Sem Break Day One

You have no idea how liberating it feels when I can strut around the house in the morning and see people get ready for work while I sit around and do nothing. Haha. The perks of sem break.

So, first official day of sem break was spent watching a local movie - A Secret Affair. And I swear, almost everyone who was in the cinema when we watched were senior citizens. Seriously haha. 

If I would be asked to describe the movie in word, it would be CONFUSED. A whole lot of the movie was confused. I was confused. It was very confusing! Why the hell did Anne's character ran away the night before her wedding? Why the hell did Derek and Andi's character did it in a construction site (seriously, eeww yun ha.)? Why the hell are they so damn rich? Why is Tim Yap there? Why do they keep on talking in English?! Di ba sila marunong mag-tagalog?? Pang-Oscars ba to? WHY IS JACKLYN JOSE'S LIPSTICK FUCHSIA PINK?!?

To watch a movie and have multitude of questions unanswered is not very satisfying. Mahirap mag-concentrate. I guess the biggest, and most confusing part of the movie was, trying to decide whether it's a drama or comedy. Sadly, the movie failed in both genres. It tried to pull off a No Other Woman with the plot and the script, but it also did things that I would see in a Nickelodeon teen series. Talking Facebook and Twitter pages? Uh, ICarly lang?

The movie had some good and redeeming qualities in fairness. I liked the caladryl part. "Para sa kati mo!" 

And bakit parang hindi ako sanay makita si  Jacklyn Jose na mayaman ang role? Para sakin siya pa rin si Nay Magda hahaha.

I also liked the glass symbolism. I just don't know if the writers explicitly put it or ako lang ang naka-isip nun ('cause I'm literary like that. Lol). Anton (Derek) and Sam (Andi) had a mahalay scene in Anton's condo, on top of the glass dining table. And their romp left a small crack on the corner. Rafi (Anne) noticed it, and said something to this effect "Dapat mapalitan na 'to. Malas ang basag na glass sa bahay." (she said it in conyo talk, of course). Then, in that very awkward confrontation scene, Sam told Rafi why the glass has basag on it. And in very dramatic sloooow mooow, Rafi made sira the glass with this metal fruit bowl. 

See, the glass represents the relationship between Anton and Rafi. Then Sam symbolizes the basag on the glass. So no matter how Anton and Rafi fix their relationship, there will always be basag on it. So she made sira na lang the glass to free herself from the basag. 

I know. I should be a movie critic or something. Hahaha. I guess this is the effect of taking up literary criticism classes before. I-analyze ba?!

xo,

KC

I wonder when will the next movie come out?! (I did not make this!)