As promised, I’ll be
writing my favorite and remembered local
movie lines so as not to patronize discrimination in my own blogspot. But I
have to admit, of course, that I prefer foreign films than our very own simply
because I find them more substantial. By substantial, I mean, the storyline,
casting, acting quality, special effects, twists, and, of course, graphics. But,
of course, over the years, local films are transforming from bad, to good, to
better and can actually be in line with foreign movies. Bravo!
So, without further
ado (as always said during introductions of someone or something, but they
actually furthering ado just by saying it), I give you another 20 lines that
sure are still encrypted in my delicate memory. These, once again, are randomly
chosen. No ranking, for short.
Dig in.
1. “Kung ganyan ka ng
ganiyan, lahat ng nagmamahal sa’yo, tinataboy mo, hindi ka magiging masaya.”
-Rosalie from the
movie “Ang Pulubi at ang Prinsesa”
**This line sure was
filled with emotions when young Rosalie said it. She was actually crying. Me,
too, I guess. The ‘Prinsesa’ named Nica was saying bad things to her and
literally knocking off the food Rosalie politely offered her. What a spoiled
brat. Doesn’t even know how to say ‘Hey, thank you for saving my life over
those kidnapping good-for-nothing pips. I owe a lot you!”. And that makes me
mad! *<clenched teeth>*. Well, as they say, and I say, too, good
antagonists make their viewers hate them and actually curse them. I guess Nica
was a good ‘bad girl’. You see, in the movie, Nica was kidnapped by a syndicate
operating in kidnapping and making the poor kids roam around the town begging
for money and eventually issuing the collected alms to them. In this case, Nica
wasn’t a part of it. She was kidnapped for ransom. Nica is, of course, a
‘Prinsesa’, so, she is wickedly rich. Rosalie, on the other hand, was sold by
her money-drooling aunt (I’m not exactly sure that was her aunt) to the
syndicate. Oh, by the way, Rosalie was also looking for her long lost mom. So, while
at syndicate’s cruel hands, Nica was held captive, forced to eat foods that, in
her standards, were not foods, at all. When the police came, things got worse
(that’s one thing local moive police got in common: making things worse), a guy
aimed a shot on Nica but Rosalie heroically jumped in between Nica and the
speeding bullet and got shot instead. Good thing was, she was just hit in her
arm. And the hit was what they call ‘daplis
lang’. But, despite all these, Nica remained evil! Until, of course, the
sudden change of heart that took place later in the movie. What an ungrateful
little girl.
2. “Kayo…”
-Winona from the
movie “My Only U”.
A Funny movie. And
quite sad, too. I remember myself shedding a tear when I watched this movie.
Anyways, Winona said this line after being freed from the unsuccessful scheme
of Bong and his friends to let her stay at home all day. You see, when Winona
woke up one morning, there was no electricity, no gas, no nothing. And their
door was artistically blocked by nailed pieces of woods. Only to protect her
from any possible cause of death. I’ll make it clear, Winona’s ancestry way
back from Jurassic period, didn’t manage to live their lives to the fullest. No
one, I say no one, in her family tree, reached the age of 25. And a day before
her 25th birthday, Bong planned to imprison her in her own room so
as to avoid any ‘Final-Destination-like’ cause of death. But, obviously, it
didn’t work. And Winona didn’t like it, too. And she also added that if they
keep on doing things like that, they are actually reminding her of her doom!
3. “Sheryosho ka ba?”
-Oprah from the movie
“Bulong”
One thing I like
about local movies is its bravery in mixing two entirely different genres with
still having its sense of seriousness in its storyline. In this case, HORROR
and COMEDY mixed. Sure I did have the strangest opportunity to come across
movies like Scary Movie 1, 2, 3, and 4. But I found it so OA! They do comedy the
perverted way. And everything they do is just way out of line. By ‘they’, I
mean the actors in it. So, the storyline is just actually a second offering.
Because they somehow focused on making the viewers laugh. And I realized, I
will not consider it a mash-up between horror and comedy anymore. Because it’s
just plain comedy. Bulong is different. The comedy is there, and the story is
not left behind. They made it actually very interesting. Movies like this, in
my opinion, should have hit the blockbuster list. So, this particular line, was
delivered few minutes before the movie ended. You see, after their perilous
adventure of searching for Lala, they managed to get out safe and sound, and
most importantly, mission accomplished. And I guess, along the way, they
finally realized they love each other. Something that’s still blurry at the
first scenes of the movie. Quite a turn over, actually. So, Conan gave Oprah a
ring, that I’ll-give-you-this-ring-can-i-marry-you? kind of ring. And I’d like
to point out the awesomeness behind the naming of the characters. There is
Conan, there is Oprah, and there is Ellen! Whoa, three of the most notable and
most awarded American TV hosts!
4. “Alam mo ba?
Haunted house ‘yan. Maraming ghost diyan.”
-“My Precious” from
the movie “D’ Anothers’
There is nothing
really special in that line when you read it your way. But it did catch my
attention the other way. You see, a girl (or a hag), who I can’t remember the
name but always referred to as “My precious” by the villain, said it quite
peculiarly. She said ‘hoooss’ rather than saying the correct pronunciation of
‘house’. And instead of ‘ghost’, she said ‘ghoooost’. Jesus (say He-Sus), the
main character in the movie (who freaked out easily on literally anything
ghostly) was about to receive an inheritance in a form of a 25 million
ancestral house. The problem was, this house was also a house for a lot of
differently-mannered ghosts.
5. “I… never… said…
that… I LOVE YOU!”
-Val from the movie
“Ang Cute ng Ina Mo”
**This is one of the modernized
comedies. When I say modernized, I say modernized. You must, of course, notice
the significant differences on how comedy looked like before and how it is now
today. In my own point of view, today’s comedies are full of exaggeration. To great
effect, of course. Today’s generation’s definition of comedy goes down to EXAJ.
And this movie is one of them. Here’s another thing from today’s comedy. They
are fond of quoting lines from more serious movies and with comedic touch on
the line, they deliver it hilariously. Now, that’s awesome. This line was
delivered some time at the last part of the movie, when Val’s mother’s real
daughter finally realized the wrongness of her scheme: to prove to her father
that her mother is a good-for-nothing creep who loves younger guys, drinks a
lot, plays extreme badminton, and puked on her. She asked for forgiveness but
everything was too late, of course. I mean, not really. Local comedies always
end with happy ending.
That’s five of them. And
there are more to come. You just wait :D
For favorite foreign
movie lines… click here.
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