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Partners in Crime (2022)
Vice Ganda and the Chronicles of Having A Strong Comeback
Partners in Crime is Vice Ganda's comeback movie, this time pairing herself with Ivana Alawi.
This movie a fruit salad of different flavors and a lot of milk. What I mean to say is that this movie triggers emotions in very witty ways. Emotional scenes remain emotional even when it makes you laugh. Uplifting scenes remain uplifting even when it makes you laugh. There's actually a lesson to be learned and it doesn't have too much subplots, which makes it easy to understand. What's more is that it tries to break the typical Filipino Cliches you find in many comedy movies. This movie's plot is very refreshing for a Filipino Movie.
The premise of the movie is about Jack and Nicole's friendship, how they met, how they turned on each other, and how fate reunites them for another try in fixing friendships and ruining careers. All of these plot points are in the trailer so I don't really consider it as spoilers. How the plot played out is what I want to discuss, and boy was it refreshing to see a new concept play out that diverts from other comedy films.
The jokes are new, suspiciously more suggestive, and is honestly even dark at times but they're not the kind of dark ones that might have the tendency to offend anyone. However, there are in fact jokes that do miss; heck there's a lot of them. But when they hit, I assure you that you will get the best laughs out of it. Even if some of the jokes were spoiled to viewers when watching the trailer, it doesn't take away from the laughs at all. In a nutshell, the jokes are what you call an "all or nothing" scenario. It's either you burst our laughing, or you stay silent and ask yourself if there was a joke there in the first place.
The visual effects doesn't look good at all. Honestly it's actually terrible, but that's just used for certain scenes and it doesn't play a big role in the movie. Almost all of the movie is composed of real backgrounds, props, and materials unlike Fantastica.
Even so, I was never entertained this much by a Vice Ganda Movie. I did have a couple laughs in his previous movies, but I had a lot of laughs with this one. Maybe it's just the thrill to see the audience laugh? Probably not. The last time I watched a Vice Movie in the cinema, the audience was barely laughing.
That says a lot to this movie. It's good. You should add this to the list of must-watch movies if you're a Filipino. Sadly, you do have to be a Filipino to understand a lot of jokes, and the sub doesn't really do a good job of translating the jokes.
The Broken Marriage Vow (2022)
You might as well deny that this is an adaptation.
Mixing in the Filipino Soap Opera Formula, I had low expectations for The Broken Marriage Vow; likely because of the logo and the shaky camera angles; but that turns out to be the least of the hindrances compared to how it perfectly mixed the Doctor Foster plotline into a Filipino Telenovela.
The Directors were well-aware of the original and the Korean versions being a worldwide phenomena, and they didn't disappoint at all. The acting was wonderful. The culture was deliberately present, and, no offense to the other two, I could definitely say that this show nailed the dinner scene better than the other two.
You can see how extremely dedicated the people who worked on this show were; and luckily, other Doctor Foster fans agree.
Turning Red (2022)
Daring, relatable, uncomfortable for some yet entertaining nonetheless!
Just to make sure if it's safe enough for your kids based on your own preference, screen the movie.
Turning Red can either be on each side of the spectrum. It can be relatable, thus people like it, or uncomfortable, thus people hate it.
For me, however, The movie's highly relatable, heck I'm not even a 2000s kid, nor am I a fanboy of any boy band of sorts; but the movie reflected what my class, my community, and what my school was.
The cringe, the weird and unfunny humor, the weird movements, the peony talk. They are all intentional in my opinion because of how they were an integral part of everyone~ er, a lot of people's teenage experiences. I was thirteen four years ago, and I can happily relate to the shame and the popularity Mei was getting because she was different. I was Mei, in a different way. Some parents cannot accept that this movie could be a reflection of their child right now, which is understandable looking at how uncomfortable this movie can get for other people. If all of those properties are unintentional however, it's fortunately neutralized because this is what a teen is. That is what I was.
I could be as bold to say that this is a nice step up for Pixar. If they got twitter mad because of this, it basically means they succeeded. A lot of parents can say that it's as bold as disrespecting your parents' desires just because you want to be you, but if it's a message that normalizes a kid coming out of their shell to talk and behave like what they actually are (as long as it's socially acceptable, that is), I'm in.
In a nutshell, this is the epitome of a lot of people's teenage years; or their peers' teenage years that they experienced in this point of view. Thus, I like it.
Pixar never failed to entertained me. Thanks for the nostalgia.