tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post6875386774163130233..comments2024-01-07T06:02:25.272+08:00Comments on Make Me Blush: Emmanuel Palo's Sta. Nina - Coco Martin and RedemptionCathy Penahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208160859321153472noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-55861086061341548852012-12-12T16:54:12.689+08:002012-12-12T16:54:12.689+08:00Coco Martin is one of the biggest actor now. I rea...<a href="http://entertainment.inquirer.net/" title="Coco Martin" rel="nofollow">Coco Martin</a> is one of the biggest actor now. I really like and appreciate his abilities doing his job as an actor. Thank you for this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03919143400293807791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-17793455745897868412012-10-05T11:12:04.426+08:002012-10-05T11:12:04.426+08:00Mark:
I personally didn't mind the commercial...Mark:<br /><br />I personally didn't mind the commercial sensibility. The only thing that bothered me was the "lakbayan"... and the performance of Irma Adlawan and Leo Martinez. :(Cathy Penahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208160859321153472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-15313722972690330732012-10-05T02:01:45.329+08:002012-10-05T02:01:45.329+08:00It's sad that Cinemalaya films are created to ...It's sad that Cinemalaya films are created to have commercial viability. When I saw this in CCP, I immediately thought it was too commercial. The music and story treatment was too teledrama-ish to me. mvchinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919631261387111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-35866389558385444502012-10-02T17:42:38.421+08:002012-10-02T17:42:38.421+08:00Jason:
Thank heavens I'm no Kapampangan or I ...Jason:<br /><br />Thank heavens I'm no Kapampangan or I would probably mind their doing away with the dialect. It would have given the film more local texture - although in that aspect, I think they've succeeded much. Pero sayang, they missed the opportunity to insinuate regionality to the film no? :(Cathy Penahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208160859321153472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-51985317357695435932012-10-02T13:50:51.481+08:002012-10-02T13:50:51.481+08:00^^ it was a conscious choice. according to an insi...^^ it was a conscious choice. according to an insider, they deliberately chose not to include a single Kapampangan line due to fears of losing commercial viability. yup, that's how they thought of it.<br /><br />i personally found that BS. making all the lines, or a huge percentage of the dialogue in the Kapampangan language might indeed affect commercial viability, but using a few here and there?<br /><br />to think the filmmaker and some of the leads (Coco and Angel) are Kapampangans.<br /><br />saddening.<br /><br />j.laxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-16857891824887263592012-10-01T23:25:37.965+08:002012-10-01T23:25:37.965+08:00@ Jason:
That's true. The film did away with ...@ Jason:<br /><br />That's true. The film did away with the dialect altogether. This is probably a conscious choice. Cathy Penahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208160859321153472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-60834346416938940122012-10-01T09:13:20.623+08:002012-10-01T09:13:20.623+08:00i am also fine with the crucifixion scene. however...i am also fine with the crucifixion scene. however, i didnt like the actual ending -- that part when coco and alex conversed at the cemetery. i dont even find the scene necessary.<br /><br />as a Kapampangan, I personally didn't like the fact that there was no single Kapampangan dialogue in the movie. it would have added cultural authenticity to the whole thing.<br /><br />-j.laxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-10540059496221058942012-10-01T01:37:49.620+08:002012-10-01T01:37:49.620+08:00Mark:
I wasn't too fond of the latter part of...Mark:<br /><br />I wasn't too fond of the latter part of the film, but I kinda like the scene when Madel dropped the coffin and the corpse inside just blew into thin air. Kinda like, oops, there goes the miraculous. :)Cathy Penahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208160859321153472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954980542950250593.post-77145181714834813012012-09-30T23:22:07.086+08:002012-09-30T23:22:07.086+08:00"I would like to think that whenever we face ..."I would like to think that whenever we face gray areas, our decisions are only answerable to God; not the church. So why do we need their blessing?"<br /><br />Amen.<br /><br />I already forgot how this ended, but it could have been better if they go up on a hill ala-Himala, and make their own worship. Kung ayaw ng Catholic Church, wala kaming pakialam; santa siya para sa amin.<br /><br />A much better ending than the crucifixion one (I now remember. Wow).<br /><br />But I guess the director was thinking of mainstream appeal.mvchinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919631261387111209noreply@blogger.com