Movie Review ( Humanities)

It is a totally different taste if you are going to watch the movie line-up for MMFF 2016. Because of the reason that almost of the qualified entries are indie films which really dominate Philippine cinemas for this year. From the eight entries ( Die Beautiful, Vince & Kath & James, Seklusyon, Kabisera, Sunday Beauty Queen, Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 2, Oro and Saving Sally) Vince & Kath & James under the production of Star Cinema is the only selected  mainstream movie.

This topic had been also became an issue to the public. How it happened, why is it, why is that, it’s unfair, were merely some of the statement comes out to their mouth.  Viewers are looking-up to big stars they’ve used to see on big screens but this is somewhat turn the expectations and made them upset.

However, this type of scenes is new and fresh from the viewer’s sight, so it is possible for the public to be familiarized to it as time goes by. And that will only happen if indie films makers maintain their new spot or place in the MMFF every year.

Unlike if we are going to look back three to five years ago, mainstream and commercial movies are the ones to dominate the line-up for MMFF. It is just actually disturbs me by how the familiar panorama was changed right away. I’m not saying Indies are not capable of or not competent enough to make it into the MMFF listing because they did it already in the past years, it’s just that very unusual. The unexpected shifting from what we were accustomed to this new feels and mood. But if we you are going analyse this present line-up of films during Christmas from previous years, you will really see the differences. A real issue is being shown unlike the mainstream and commercial films that have the same and familiar story line making its viewers a conclusion of what will happen in the end. And the funny thing about it is they guess right.

Still a question for me how they come up to that result. It made me thought of, perchance, the board get tired of watching mainstream movies. That they want a something new, something unique to offer to the public. To break the tradition of seeing the same faces in the big screen when it comes to MMFF listing.

According to the executive board the judging of the films was done respectively and no one object the result decision.  They said that quality is what they look-up to, it’s not only entertaining but also serves as an eye-opening. Giving the audience a new flavour and experience for Philippine movie, the board is calmed confident that this will click to different bracket of target viewers.

It could be for the generation we have now, the all-known millennials are quite much interested to independent films than the usual movies we’re used to. Preferring the classic and vintage mood from colourful and fun. I don’t know why, but Indies really sound interesting in every aspects relating to films.