movies, movies on the wall
which of you are the greatest of them all?
It's that time of the year again where people would spend money on watching the movie entries for the Metro Manila Film Festival. It has been a tradition that every Christmas people would line up for the roster of films in the cinemas. Before I don't really get how the people garnered patience waiting on long lines nor why would they watch a film right after Christmas Day, maybe because it's a trend? a tradition?
Now? I still don't get why... but I'm still giving it a chance.
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movie entries for the Metro Manila Film Festival 2015 |
Being a media student, instructors and professors repeatedly tells us about the importance of supporting local films and I get that. There are some local films that are beyond exceptions and is beautifully made. There are film festivals that also interests me (Cinemalaya) because of the (indie) movies that are featured, but I think that Metro Manila Film Festival roster of movies just strips of that purpose.
Okay, okay! I am not hating on the whole of the MMFF!
I was just pointing the mere fact that SOME of the films seemed rushed and basically an advertisement because of all the brand and product inserts in the whole of the film (and I am not pointing out anything here, alright?), thus resulting to low quality films and storyline that are just plain bad. It just seems like they are entering the movie for the MMFF because of the booming sales it begets.
(I repeat, I am not hating on ALL the entries. I know some of them are really planned out and producers really deliberated on them for some time. And I also acknowledge that film-making is a difficult thing to do.)
I haven't really watched all of them but I am trying to to have an unbiased review among the films and I just wish that the others are unlike the movies I have already watched or that one movie that I am avoiding to watch because of the many negative reviews.
Let's just say, I'm starting the new year with this post.
Yours
sleepypotterhead
