What did I do to make you change your mind completely?
I watched One More Chance with Lara, Kat and Hazel this afternoon. Ang masasabi ko lang: ang sakit sa dibdib panoorin 'yung movie.
Naaalala mo pa ba nung ako ang nandiyan? O, eh hindi ba't ikaw pa ang nagsabi sa akin na baka kaya tayo iniiwan ng mga taong mahal natin, kasi baka mayroong bagong darating na mas okay... Na mas mamahalin tayo. 'Yung taong hindi tayo sasaktan at paaasahin. 'Yung iisang tao na magtatama ng mali sa buhay natin.
-Popoy
Ang bigat ng feeling, paglabas ko ng sinehan. If it weren't for Janus del Prado and his funny lines, it'd be a really deep and heavy drama movie. 'Yung mga lines -- sobrang tagos sa puso. If there was one thing that made the movie really good and affecting, it would be the lines. Well-written, and most importantly, makatotohanan.
Mahal kita, at ang sakit sakit na....
-Popoy
As for John Lloyd and Bea, hands-down ako sa kanila. They effectively conveyed and imparted strong emotions throughout the movie. 'Pag umiiyak si John Lloyd, 'pag humahagulgol si Bea, ramdam mo talaga 'yung sakit ng pag-iyak nila. Affected na affected ako. And aaminin ko, umiiyak ako sa sinehan kanina. Although at some point, medyo OA na siya. Pero ganoon talaga eh. 'Pag nagmamahal, nasasaktan ka, iiyak ka. At 'pag nagmamahal ka, wala kang paki kung OA ka na o hindi, basta ba nailalabas mo ang nararamdaman mo.
Popoy: She loved me at my worst. You had me at my best. At binalewala mo lang ang lahat ng ito.
Basya: Poy, 'yun lang ba talaga ang tingin mo? I just made a choice!
Popoy: And you chose to break my heart..
I liked the ending. I think that the ending was open-ended. Hindi naman sinabing naging sila ulit eh. Nor was it implied. There was this hint of consideration that maybe, they may go back together. But it's not as good as actually getting together again, after 2 years. Parang ganun din naman sa totoong buhay -- sa mga "One More Chance" moments naman, pwede rin namang mangyaring hindi maging super happy ending. Hindi exactly happy, pero optimistic naman.
At the end of the movie, hindi ko pa rin matanggap na kailangan mong masaktan para magmahal. Bakit kailangan mong masaktan para lang masabi mong nagmahal ka? Then again, there's no such thing as a free lunch. I just dawned into me how masochistic and chivalrous, yet strongly human, of people to actually fall in love, despite the awareness that there would always be pain in love. Pero tulad nga ng sabi ni Popoy, sa pagtagal na maiisip nating nagmahal tayo, mawawala rin lahat ng sakit na kasama nito, at maiiwan na lang lahat ng magagandang alaala.
All in all, maganda siya. I'm no excellent movie critic, but I think it was a good movie because the story was real. Yeah, it was a bit over your usual drama movie, but I think it was just necessary and unpretentious. Also, it was good because kahit nakauwi na ako sa bahay at lahat, ramdam ko pa rin yung sakit na naramdaman ni John Lloyd noong una siyang isuko ni Bea.
Watch this. People really need to cry every so often. :)