The Spoiler Room presents Bend It Like Dangerous Altar Boys
WARNING: FILM REVIEWS HERE TELL ALL, AND SPOIL DETAILS, HENCE THE SECTION NAME. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FLICK AND WANT TO KEEP THE SUSPENSE, DON'T READ THIS. OTHERWISE, SORRY KA NA LANG!
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
THE DANGEROUS LIVE OF ALTER BOYS
i decided to combine these two films for the heck of it lang. wala lang... bending it like dangerous altar boys sounds so...pornographic pala no, heheh. wala lang. syempre sinadya ko yun no! >:)
anyway, what do i think of these two flicks? i thank video piracy for making them available to me on dvd at 80 bucks each. heheh.
one is disappointing, the other is cute and likable. guess which is which. since ALTAR BOYS has jodie foster my love in the cast in a supporting role (as a nun with a wooden leg, pare, hello) and it was produced by her company egg pictures...i hated it. as in, chaka to the max. sorry jodieeee.....in the special feature interviews, isang sp o ep yata yun sabi niya, 'the script is so fresh, original, the story is so tight' pero hellooooooooooooooooo tight ba yun???????? walang nangyayari! tapos yung mga characters, helloooooo parang walang motibasyon. as in, a third of the film represents the catholic boys' fantasies in animated comic book format. that was actually good kasi aliw yung animation, malinis. pero the live action sequences suffer from lack of motivation and real conflict. parang some days in the life of these catholic school boys, and until i saw the production design on the street and in the houses, i didn't know that it was a period film. ngeh!
tapos yung young girl dun sa CONTACT, siya yung love interest ng bida. tapos biglang weird yung character niya kasi incest victim pala siya, she elicits sympathy as a victim, tapos later confess siyang siya pala nag-seduce sa brother niya. anobayaaaaaaaaaaaaan! where does all that fit in the picture? kelangan kasi ng isang angsty reason yung bida why he will go sorta haywire or something, na makakabangga niya ng konti yung best friend niya and something else. basta men, this doesn't work. if they wanted angst, they should have focused on what it's like being in catholic schools like that. of course, we all know how it is to be in catholic schools run by nuns, di ba? eh tapos sila, they were depicting the priest coach and jodie nun as evil persons pero wala naman akong nakikitang ka-evil-an sa kanila!!! hindi naman pinapalo ng ruler ang kamay nila, o pinapaluhod sa munggo na nakadipa. yung ang angst, pare! hello, eh eto, wala naman silang angst. walang motibasyooooooooooooooooooooon.
kung yung ALTAR BOYS aalog-alog sa luwag, ito namang BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM ay sobrang siksik sa plots and subplots and sana subplots. cultural fare, an indian girl who tries to fit in sa white brit society but still tries to please the traditional indian family chuva. when pitched like that, sounds boring. pero pag napanood mo na yung milieu na ginamit, this time soccer, winner na siya. basta fun siya, saka kahit yung ibang characters comical to the point na you'll think it's unbelievable, hindi rin ganun ang dating in the end kasi in the end, you'll end up saying 'hey, may kamag-anak akong ganoon!' or something. yun. alam mo naman ang asians kung kumana ng materyal na may family element, panalo, di ba? asian pride!
subplots yung sa mga parents ek sa pamilya ng brit girl at indian girl. sana subplot yung napagkamalan ng brit girl's parents na lesbians yung anak niya at yung indian girl. haha funny. i was kinda hoping doon din pupunta yung direction nila, pero they wanted a story arc na may love story ek e, kaya nilaglag yun at ginawang in love sila sa irish coach na hello shwangitz. sayang, it could have worked just as well, di ba? oh well.
nakakaaliw ding diskubrihin yung mga facets ng society nila. like instead of saying 'later!' in the american context, sila 'laters!' plural, pare, and drop the t because of the brit accent. :) saka dami pa. basta, cute siya. for a brit comedy ha, this is good. but then again, hindi kasi brit yung humawak ng material, so maybe that's the trick there. alam mo naman kasi ang brit comedies eh...
so yun...wala lang. it's almost nine in the morning and i'm feeling fine. :) friday's a nice day to tinker with the laptop...
agree or disagree? spin to win at jotjotjotblog@Hotmail.com.
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
THE DANGEROUS LIVE OF ALTER BOYS
i decided to combine these two films for the heck of it lang. wala lang... bending it like dangerous altar boys sounds so...pornographic pala no, heheh. wala lang. syempre sinadya ko yun no! >:)
anyway, what do i think of these two flicks? i thank video piracy for making them available to me on dvd at 80 bucks each. heheh.
one is disappointing, the other is cute and likable. guess which is which. since ALTAR BOYS has jodie foster my love in the cast in a supporting role (as a nun with a wooden leg, pare, hello) and it was produced by her company egg pictures...i hated it. as in, chaka to the max. sorry jodieeee.....in the special feature interviews, isang sp o ep yata yun sabi niya, 'the script is so fresh, original, the story is so tight' pero hellooooooooooooooooo tight ba yun???????? walang nangyayari! tapos yung mga characters, helloooooo parang walang motibasyon. as in, a third of the film represents the catholic boys' fantasies in animated comic book format. that was actually good kasi aliw yung animation, malinis. pero the live action sequences suffer from lack of motivation and real conflict. parang some days in the life of these catholic school boys, and until i saw the production design on the street and in the houses, i didn't know that it was a period film. ngeh!
tapos yung young girl dun sa CONTACT, siya yung love interest ng bida. tapos biglang weird yung character niya kasi incest victim pala siya, she elicits sympathy as a victim, tapos later confess siyang siya pala nag-seduce sa brother niya. anobayaaaaaaaaaaaaan! where does all that fit in the picture? kelangan kasi ng isang angsty reason yung bida why he will go sorta haywire or something, na makakabangga niya ng konti yung best friend niya and something else. basta men, this doesn't work. if they wanted angst, they should have focused on what it's like being in catholic schools like that. of course, we all know how it is to be in catholic schools run by nuns, di ba? eh tapos sila, they were depicting the priest coach and jodie nun as evil persons pero wala naman akong nakikitang ka-evil-an sa kanila!!! hindi naman pinapalo ng ruler ang kamay nila, o pinapaluhod sa munggo na nakadipa. yung ang angst, pare! hello, eh eto, wala naman silang angst. walang motibasyooooooooooooooooooooon.
kung yung ALTAR BOYS aalog-alog sa luwag, ito namang BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM ay sobrang siksik sa plots and subplots and sana subplots. cultural fare, an indian girl who tries to fit in sa white brit society but still tries to please the traditional indian family chuva. when pitched like that, sounds boring. pero pag napanood mo na yung milieu na ginamit, this time soccer, winner na siya. basta fun siya, saka kahit yung ibang characters comical to the point na you'll think it's unbelievable, hindi rin ganun ang dating in the end kasi in the end, you'll end up saying 'hey, may kamag-anak akong ganoon!' or something. yun. alam mo naman ang asians kung kumana ng materyal na may family element, panalo, di ba? asian pride!
subplots yung sa mga parents ek sa pamilya ng brit girl at indian girl. sana subplot yung napagkamalan ng brit girl's parents na lesbians yung anak niya at yung indian girl. haha funny. i was kinda hoping doon din pupunta yung direction nila, pero they wanted a story arc na may love story ek e, kaya nilaglag yun at ginawang in love sila sa irish coach na hello shwangitz. sayang, it could have worked just as well, di ba? oh well.
nakakaaliw ding diskubrihin yung mga facets ng society nila. like instead of saying 'later!' in the american context, sila 'laters!' plural, pare, and drop the t because of the brit accent. :) saka dami pa. basta, cute siya. for a brit comedy ha, this is good. but then again, hindi kasi brit yung humawak ng material, so maybe that's the trick there. alam mo naman kasi ang brit comedies eh...
so yun...wala lang. it's almost nine in the morning and i'm feeling fine. :) friday's a nice day to tinker with the laptop...
agree or disagree? spin to win at jotjotjotblog@Hotmail.com.
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