![]() ![]() One scene (shown in the trailer) had Jennylyn and Sam Milby engaged in a loud banter that never bothered the other passengers. Nothing made sense but her croaking frog scene made me laugh so hard that I actually decided to raise the movie’s rating a star higher.Ħ. To be honest, Melai completely stole the movie with her outrageous characterization and wicked slapstick comedy. How was that even possible? One of the adopted sisters was played by the delightful Melai Cantiveros and she had a Bisaya accent that was never explained as well.ĥ. Speaking of adoptive fathers, the other half was played by Dominic Ochoa who was probably just a decade older than Jennylyn. In another scene, he was wearing a fitted purple shirt, leopard scarf, and puruntong shorts. Besides, I don’t know any self-respecting gay that would wear a multi-colored, polka-dotted dress shirt unless they have a “Multi-Colored, Polka-Dotted Dress Shirt Theme Day” in the office. Why can’t there be more diversity of gay characters in Pinoy comedies? Do we really have to see the same stereotypical shrieking gay dressed in rainbow-colored outfits? Gardo Versoza (playing one of Jennylyn’s adoptive fathers) sounded like he recently got castrated. I could definitely relate in all that craziness.ģ. She was like a walking Facebook status update. Oh, I liked that her character kept talking to herself. With this and the upcoming Walang Forever, I hope that she wouldn’t get typecast in the usual kooky jologs role that really puts the manic in Manic Pixie Dream Girl. She was fine here as well but there just wasn’t enough good material for her to work on. Jennylyn Mercado was a delight to watch in English Only, Please. I was surprised this wasn’t directed by Wenn Deramas.Ģ. Even the situations felt heightened to an absurd degree that was neither funny funny nor weirdly funny. Most of the characters delivered their lines a pitch higher than their normal speaking voice. If there was one word to describe this movie, it would have to be shrill. (Originally published November 7, 2015.) Posted in (2/5), Pinoy - 2015 Tagged AlDub, Angel Aquino, Buboy Villar, Budoy, Calculus, Christmas, Cia Hermosa-Jorge, Forrest Gump, HEKASI, Judy Ann Santos, Kinder, Lotus, Microsoft Office, Tessie Tomas, Trinidad & Tobago, Typewriting, United Nations, Wordstar, Wowie de Guzman MOVIE REVIEW: THE PRENUP (Jun Lana, 2015)ġ. Teacher: “Mabuti! Kung hindi dadalhin kayo sa ospital.” Teacher: “Ilagay ang kanang kamay sa puso. Styrofoam solar system! I had the exact same project in grade school! Memories!!ġ0. Other: “Heograpiya, Kasaysayan, Agrikultura, Sining, at Sibika.”īut seriously, di ko inabot ang HEKASI. She kept screaming every 15 minutes on the most petty stuff that I missed my morning alarm clock (read: my mother). In contrast would be the shrill performance of Angel Aquino who basically hated life. I wish there was no sudden change of heart because he was funnier when he made other kids cry. ![]() ![]() Buboy Villar was good as the school bully. I swear I hated the quick brown fox that jumped over the lazy dog.ħ. I’ve mentioned this before but I’m still amazed that we had Typewriting classes back in grade school. Oh and that Microsoft Office Computer class! I suddenly remembered my Wordstar and Lotus days. I wonder if they have an AlDub version.Ħ. I was happy to see that artista notebooks (you know, the ones with Juday and Wowie on the cover) are still available. ![]() Also, with the advanced learning system now, don’t they teach Calculus and algorithms as early as Kinder?ĥ. I was also confused when she mentioned that she was supposed to be the batch valedictorian before she stopped schooling and yet she couldn’t add basic fractions. (In another, she was obviously reading the lyrics of a song on the back of a classmate during the Christmas production.)Ĥ. In one scene, she wore a Trinidad and Tobago outfit for United Nations Day (?) complete with a headpiece full of dalandan and bananas and she acted all clumsy like Forrest Gump just stepped in class. There were times that she acted like Budoy when she was just a perfectly normal old woman that just wasn’t able to finish grade school.ģ. Tessie Tomas is one of our finest actresses but her performance here was very inconsistent. The problem with it though was how it played its supposedly inspirational message with throwaway gags and juvenile humor.Ģ. It’s hard to be tough on Old Skool, a well-intentioned movie that obviously wore its heart on its sleeve. ![]()
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