I managed to watch the movie "Transformers" yesterday in Trinoma. I’m glad I did. I was really looking forward to watching the movie because of the good feedback from some close friends and officemates. I also read Nestor U. Torre’s review of the movie and it was good but not perfect.
I don’t know if it was just the cinema (I really enjoy watching in Ayala cinemas), the good word-of-mouth feedback for the movie, or just me but the moment I entered the new Trinoma cinema, I was expecting a really good movie. I was impressed by the trailers of new and upcoming movies including the Tagalog movie "Ouija".
A lot of people were talking loudly and laughing in the small cinema at the start (pissing off a group of yuppies) but as the opening scene unfurled, they became quiet, and so did I. I was really impressed by the special-effects! I wonder when will Filipino movie makers create that kind of special effects? Talk about wishful thinking! Anyways, I was drawn not only by the special effect but also with the movie’s sense of humor, courtesy of lead star, Shia Labeouf. The story line was reasonable enough. The climax and the ending not overly dramatic. I was hooked the rest of the movie. The only word that comes to my mind while watching the movie was "outstanding."
In NUT’s review, he mentioned that at the end of the movie, a handful of moviegoers clapped at the ending credits of the show. There were also some people who clapped as the ending credits of the movie rolled and I was one of them. It was the first time I clapped at the end of the movie to show my appreciation. Not because It was the first movie I really enjoyed but because of a couple of reasons. Most of the best movies (in my opinion) was shown when watching movies was still cheap which was in late 90’s to early 2000. I can name a few - "Saving Private Ryan", "Shakespeare In Love", Sleepless In Seattle", "Goodwill Hunting", "Titanic", etc. At that time I was still young and at that time clapping at the end of the movie was corny. Of course, very few Filipinos do that. Filipinos don’t just clap or give standing ovations even if they did enjoyed what they saw. In my life, the only time that I saw Filipino fans stand up after watching a very good performance was last year, when Mau Marcelo performed her remarkable take on Shirley Bassey’s "Diamonds Are Forever" on one of Philippine Idol’s episode. I don’t know why. Maybe we’re just too hard to please or we just don’t care. But from now own, if I really enjoyed a movie or a performance, I would stand up and clap to show my appreciation.
Anyways, the movie "Transformers", ignited my passion for movies again. That despite of the steep prices, going to the movies is still one way of chilling out. It’s still worth the ticket prices to "relax and see a movie." Somehow, after watching the movie, it gave me a new lease in life. Don’t ask me why.
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