Thursday, February 22, 2007

Patayin sa sindak si Ligaya
(katulong ang mga Spirit Warriors)

I'm inventorying around 400+ (and 500 more to come, I was told! wah!) moldy but original video titles donated by a very benevolent faculty member. So far of this number, I've inspected just close to a hundred Tagalog titles and man, the titles were already driving me insane! I was chortling the whole time!

And then I found a way to amuse myself with what I'm doing (listing down 900+ titles could get you bored, until it grows on you). I figured, jeez, I can actually come up with my own version of teleserye just by combining and playing with these titles. This string I came up with a group of action film titles. Here's a sample (titles in boldface):

Ang sabi ni Warat, "Bibigay ka ba?"
Sagot naman ng Soltera, "Oops, teka lang…diskarte ko 'to!"
Nagalit ang Largado. Banta nya, "Ibabalik kita sa pinanggalingan mo!"
Pero ang akala ni Resbak, para sa kanya ang banta kaya ang kabig nya, "Babalikan kita!"
Pagtalikod nya, liningun nya pa si Resbak ng isang beses sabay sabing, "Uubusin ko ang bala sa katawan mo!"


Here are other titles that made me go tsk...tsk... (most is pito-pito, i.e., shot in less than a month, sometimes even in just one week!):

Babae sa bubungang lata (my comment: ano ba?!!!!)
Balahibong pusa
Gamugamong dagat
Gawin sa dilim
Hubad sa ilalim ng buwan
Malikot ang agos
Sa iyong haplos
Tuhog
Uhaw na hayop


Wah!

It's just relieving to know that Filipino film buffs have become intelligent moviegoers, most homegrown producers have begged off of cheap movie manufacture, and directors have likewise learned how to remaster their craft and tapped potential talents over time.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Just because

"Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother's house."

~ Song of songs 3:4 (NIV)