First Day High

okay, okay,

so i went to see this film, i thought it was interesting, i mean, where else can you find a TV commercial stretched to be a full length movie? only here in the Philippines... right? but i do remeber a movie made into a commercial, that's a coke commerial, with an Indiana Jones scene...

but what really got me interested with this movie was the fact that it was directed by Mario Cornejo, one of the directors of the movie Big Time, one of the funniest movies i've seen... so this must be good... and i was not that disappointed...

what happens when an independent director makes a commercial movie (pun intended) this movie is the answer... but we have to give it to mario, only a good director can pull this one off...
very thin plot, predictable story line, half-baked actors, (and some are not even well-made doughs) but somehow, it was fun to watch...

it was fun seeing patty laurel, she can act, or she's not trying to hard... rich alvarez did a break dancing, it was almost disturbing, it was freakish seeing a basketball star do that... and charles lejano, very Nice Guy High... (his fiorst rexona character) and Kat Alano was also surprisingly good... but i really have to mention Carla Humpries and Denise Laurel... they were so believable, maybe because in real life they are really sosy high, because they know their roles very well... they were living the characters... (denise LAurel was the girl dancing in the close up commercial, with carlo celdran, and bart guingona as judges/jurors)

one thing, i want to really get the bottom of, was that ate sienna of batibot? the one who kissed kuya bodhie of batibot? i think the actress was familiar but could not remember, then i saw her nme, it was sienna, and if you saw BIG TIME you'll understand why i made the connection... mario and monster have this strange love for pop culture, what if mario searched for ate sienna and gave her a role, a role opposite kuya bodjie... i dont think i will be able to sleep tonight because of this... imagine, kuya bojie kissing ate sienna, and im a BATIBOT kid!!!!

but cherri pie picache, no matter how small the role is, you can be assured that she will give justice and 101 percent to such role... she was good, so was Micheal Demesa... Johnny Delgado's role was really funny, it was like Mike Demesa's role in Big Time, almost cartoonic... but very very funny... bembol roco's role was suppose to be the one that keeps the whole story together, being the investigator and another... but you have to see the movie to find his other roles.

the most effective actor of the five would be... of course, Maja Salvador, and she has the most interesting story of the five... when we saw the casting, we figured why Maja was sosy high? her roles should stick to the "susan africa roles" but when you see the film you'll understand why she was chosen...

what i really like about this movie is the fact that they are not trying to sell the jokes too much, or it is not hard selling, (very mario cornejo), he will inject humor into it, and those who get it, gets it, and those who do not, are stupid, hehe, kidding... but i think it is more of the generation difference... i was sitting next to an old man, its either he is not getting it or he does not think they were jokes to begin with...

it is clear that it is the High School Musical rip-off, and i hated the fact that they made the movie a spring board for kim chiu's singing career... which i wish shold never happen...

but the greatest "mystery" to me is, the fact micheal de mesa is fantastic actor, gina alajar is a fantastic actress, how can two of the best actors of philippine cinema produce a very bland actor for a son... that boy cant act... i dont kow if he will learn, but hopefully very soon, his acting is not even tolerable... he is becoming carlos agassi...

try niyo lang manuod ng mga ganitong pelikula... masaya din naman