THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEIROS
I went to watch this movie at The Picturehouse last night with Jules and Vince. We were looking forward to it since Jules had previously seen the trailer in the cinemas and said that it was a rather sad, sappy movie. But here's the real deal - my advice to anyone who is even considering watching this movie is - DON'T!!!!
I mean, I have watched other Filipino low budget films and they were, well, not great but acceptable. But this, OH MY GOD!!! It's utterly, totally and definitely a fucked-up movie! Before I even booked the tics for the movie I did some research on the Internet and read some reviews about this movie and I remember one review that described it as (and I quote): - "... a poignant tale..." YEAH! RIGHT! Poignant my ass! More like pungently distressing!!!
Ok, ok.. this movie is supposed to be the tale of a 12 year old effeminate son of a gangster in a Filipino slum, Maximo Oliveiro. Maxi falls in love with a hunky cop, Victor, who is much, much older than him and then suddenly the movie seems to take on a paedophilia love-tale toll! And then it does a sharp turn and talks more about the illegal activities and the righteous and upright ways of Victor.
Ok, apart from the movie losing its story line. The director did an extremely bad job on the movie as a whole! The cinematography sucked... the sound and music was appalling! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Sure, it was a low budget production but for, crying out loud, I have seen better standards of low-budget movies! I am even wondering how this movie made it to the film festival!!! Totally not worth the 9 freaking bucks I paid for it! Thank god, we weren't allowed to bring food and drinks into the the cinema hall, or else, I would have thrown my tub of popcorn at the screen and booed my ass off! Aaaargh! Such disappointment!
As if that wasn't enough to frustrate the viewers, there was not even ONE actor who was good looking enough to give you the patience to at least sit through the whole movie. The only reason why I even sat through it was because I didn't wanna seem like a spoilt sport to Jules. All for a friend. But, I fret not..., I take consolation in knowing that there is at least one movie that I am looking forward to and its La Môme, it's about the life of the legendary Edith Piaf! I am so gonna catch that movie and you should too!
Well, that's it for now.. I'm signing off... Peace out dudes dudettes. Remember DO NOT WATCH this movie!!!
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