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Dahil wala pa rin ako masaydo ginagawa sa work ko. Magsusulat na lang ako ng magsusulat ng mga nasa isip ko. Tonight I want to right about the movie “In The Name of Love” na masasabing pinaka favorite ko ng local movie. Next to one more chance, magnifico, you change my life and I miss you like crazy. Galing talaga kapag kapamilya. There are many reasons why I loved the movie. To be honest I didn’t want to watch the movie at first not just because my mother spoiled the story to me kasi hindi naman ako naiispoil okay lang kahit alam ko na yung mangyayari. But the movie really blew me away. It was the same feeling I felt when I first saw “A Moment to Remember” (Korean Movie).

I loved the movie because, it was a new storyline!!!! Finally a love story that wasn’t typical or should I say hindi na gasgas. Isang love story ng isang hosto at japayuki-like ang eksena ng pelikula hindi na mayaman mahirap, matalino bobo, panget maganda, bestfriend and etc.

Second is because it was very realistic sa panahong ito. Sa mismong panahon na tayo ay nabubuhay. Maliban sa matagal na talagang maraming OFW sa Japan na illegal ang papeles at sa iba pang parte ng mundo. Ang istorya ng OFW ang isa sa pinaka relatable sa lahat. All of us, one way or the other felt the feeling of being given a state-side pasalubong. At ang ibigay ang bahagi kung saan binibili ang pasalubong at hindi ang bahagi kung kelan ito ibinibigay ay para sa akin ay napaka talino. Parehong istorya pero magkaiba ng epekto. Isa pa sa nagpatotoo sa istorya ay ang mga Ampatuan. Maybe years back ang mga pelikulang mayroong isang makapangyarihang pamilya na nagpapakita ng kademonyohan sa istorya ay parang natural lang o walang dating o malalim na kahulugan. Ngunit ang ipinakita sa “in the name of love” ay tumugma sa mga massacre na nangyayari sa atin ngayon na kagagawan ng mga political families maintaining political dynasties. Galing …

Of course the superb acting of ALL the cast. Hayyy wala akong itulak kabigin sa ginawang pagarte ng mga artista sa pelikulang ito. Ang pagdurusa, ang saya, ang pagpapatawad ang takot, ang galit at ang pagmamahal ay talgang damang dama sa bawat eksena. I am not knowledgeable of the technicalities of cinematography or what even exactly it supposed to do. But the shots, the lighting and the segmentation of the movie was not ordinary, I felt that each scene was handled with enough time and was really invested with effort. Pasensya na kayo, dalang dala lang talga ako sa pelikula. And good thing I watched the movie who gave me some insights on how hard each scenes was achieved.

Ang pag arte ni Aga Muhlach ay masasabi kong napakahusay. Hindi sya nakakainis sumayaw o baka ako lang hindi kasi alam kong ganun talaga pumorma at umasta ang mga entertainer sa japan because of my brother. He was so effective. At the start of the movie, he was able to play a very forgiving man, it’s as if he erased all the pain and grudge he has for angel. He was able to look at her in the eye and give the feeling that I am not mad, it’s all over. But only to surprise us that, he can not handle it anymore. The longest scene of Aga and Angel where the confrontation and confession happened was one of the best scenes I’ve seen so far. Yung pakiramdam na, totoo yun eh. When you love again a particular person. Hindi lang love ang nabubuhay ulit, pati ang galit. And I saw how torn was aga. To let love again prevail or just let go with so much anger.

And then Angel uttered her piece and explained her side of the story. But before that. I would also like to commend the outstanding performance and acting of angel locsin. She was literally a walking dead in the moview. A lifeless human being, patay na siya kasi ubos na siya. Wala na siyang natitira pang kahit ano sa sarili nya and Angel showed that emotion superbly. And going back to the scene where she explained, after the harassment of aga, kung saan pinaghahalikan nya at medyo binaboy si angel locsin, Duon ako sobrang naiyak. Dahil lang inispoil ako ng nanay ko. Umiiyak ako habang sinasabing “shet aga wala kang alam!!!! Kawawa naman si angel!!” huhuhuhuhuhuhu. Then angel didn’t do anything, she calmly apologized for the hardships and difficulties she caused aga. And the soon to be imoortalized line “Pinili ko lang mamatay, para mabuhay ka” Oh my! Talaga. Wala na kong nasabi.

I don’t want to speak less about the other artists, jake Cuenca! To be honest he was the character I related the most. The anger management issues and the no choice situations, he played it nicely. The governor! And ryan eigenman! Hudas kung hudas! And of course the ever breath of fresh air smokey na buhay nanaman ang career. And I can not deny the amazing even though short scenes of Carmi Martin and the father of Aga. The lines of carmi “I don’t like you for my son, you don’t love him enough” and the father’s line “hanggang kelan ka ba susugal sa mali” hai the movie would have been different without them. They gave meaningful assumptions that helped us understand the entirety of the movie.

All of the movie was great really, maybe I am overrating it but I don’t care. Napakita nila kung saan ba nanggaling yung foundation ng pagmamahalan nilang dalawa. On what type of relationship they were exposed to. One that is seldom jealous, mapangunawa at mapagaruga sa isat isa. The chasing in japan and the buying of the key chain, all was placed perfectly. Wala akong masabi.

The ending of the movie was also appropriate for me. Siguro kasama na din yun gkultura na hindi pwedeng mamatay ang bida sa Philippine movie. But I am in favor of the ending not just because of that but because angel and aga suffered enough for them not to enjoy more years of loving each other. Kung may namatay sakanila naku siguro isang buwan akong madedepress. Hahaha

Well I have said enough ang gusto ko lang naman talga sabihin. Panuorin nyo rin yung pelikula kasi maganda. Haha pinahaba ko lang. marami pa kong insights pero nahihirapan na ko iorganize into words haha okay na yan..

Thank you my bez for forcing me to watch the movie. Hahaha I Love You.

I want Maldita (Demz Espinosa) to sing for me… any song… any song will do.. hehehe

GUSTO KO SUMALI SA PINOY BIG BROTHER. HAHAHA

I think all of us would agree that in life…. STANDARDS EXISTS, a certain system that defines how and sometimes why a person should act. Although we are free thinking human beings we cant help ourselves be attracted to this certain standards or systems. These systems are not out rightly wrong but it is also definitely not right. Maybe it depends on who is doing it and how he or she had been eaten by the system or the standard.

Here in the Philippines, we can not always blame it on the customs. It all rests on the person. For example the MRT’s and LRT’s, yes the situation in India is far worse because most of their trains are not air-conditioned, we are still lucky ours are with air-con. What I am saying is that, we push each other just for the ride. We do not back down and we will do what it takes to get in the train. The normal environment in riding trains doesn’t involve violence but because the situation or the SYSTEM provides otherwise, we are to adapt with it. We want to get a ride, so we have to fight. This is one classic example of us being eaten up by the standards. To the question do we have a choice? If opted not to push others around will I be able to get a ride? Will I be able to meet my appointment? Maybe not but just maybe, we always have a choice and unless we choose to do otherwise we can not fully say we did what we supposed to.

Another example, still in the field of transportation. Also in the MRT’s and LRT’s and even at buses. In general women should be given a preferable seat or space in these means of transportation regardless if she is pregnant or if she is with a child or if she is old. She is still a woman. It is not that I judge the capacity of women, it is more of the respect. If they are standing, it is just right to offer them seats no matter what the situation is. It’s not about who can deal better with the situation of standing but the simple idea that it is for respect. Now a days seeing that most men do not even care if a lady is standing in front of them in the LRT is disheartening, first come first serve idea has been the prevalent mentality. Men and women are equal, I do not argue with that but it doesn’t mean that we should compromise the aspect of respect. The system provokes us to do such things, to be disrespectful towards others. But what we should see is that we are only provoked and not mandated and compelled to do such things. We always have a choice. We do.

And the macro scale of this mentality of distorted system conformity is corruption, crime and deceit towards others. We are more concern on the welfare of our own that the welfare of others is immaterial for us. It is not entirely wrong but it is not a character of a good nation or a successful nation. If we want to see improvements, we must go back to basics and try to fight the wrong that we see. We say cheating is only wrong when we get caught. But I think no man can cheat without getting caught, not by God but by ourselves simply. We have to catch ourselves and accept what we are doing is wrong. It’s hard when we are to stop something that feels right when we think we are losing something because we lose the convenience and the other nice stuff that goes with it. We just have to see it the other way around, the right way of seeing it. That for doing the right and good things, we gain respect, not of others but self-respect.