Top Five Pinoy Movies

Richard S Sucgang

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Nov 30, 1993, 3:40:20 AM11/30/93

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Just to start a topic, if you had to choose the top five Pinoy movies
you have ever seen, what would they be? Dapat, Pinoy, ha? A Dangerous Life
doesn't count. This shouldn't be too difficult since most movies made in
the Philippines are really feature length soap operas, but here is my
list, in no particular order:

1. Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Classic! Watch for Nanette Inventor in a nun's outfit)
2. Lollipops and Roses (at Burong Talangka) (partly shot in San Francisco,
it is in my mind quite a radical storyline for its time. Black and white
pa ito!)
3. Sister Stella L. (Touchy topic, although a little sanitized. And the
acting skill of L. Guilien is evident)
4. Moral (Well directed and acted.)
5. Darna...Kuno? (a satire of Pinoy komiks, with Dolphy in top comic form.
If only it had a better ending, but the concept was sound. Memories still
gets me giggling).

Sort of hovering there are Oro Plata Mata and Macho Dancer, believe it or not.

What about you?

-rich
richard sucgang rs...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu
"friends call me ace"-CAJR

Raphael Ravago

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Nov 30, 1993, 5:49:14 AM11/30/93

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Definitely Oro, Plata, Mata should be on the list.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Raffy R.

Ted C. Gonzalez

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Nov 30, 1993, 12:08:05 PM11/30/93

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My own more-than-five list:
1. Oro, Plata, Mata
2. Condemned (A Nora Aunor movie.)
3. Kakaba-Kaba Ka Ba? (A Mike De Leon movie.)
4. (Another Mike De Leon movie about incest starring Charo Santos and Vic Silayan.)
5. (That period piece starring Cecille Castillo and Philip Salvador.)
6. Banaue (Another Nora Aunor movie.)
7. Relasyon (The only Vilma movie I like.)
8. Atsay (Yet another Nora Aunor movie. Obvious bang Noranian?)
9. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
10. (That Amy Austria/Gina Alajar movie about rape.)

Michael Santos

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Nov 30, 1993, 12:55:57 PM11/30/93

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In article <24...@news.duke.edu>

Hoy, yoong #4 I think is Kisapmata (beauty talaga yon!), ang #10 mo naman eh
... teka nalimutan ko pero gusto ko rin yon! ANO BA YON (here I am, pacing
in my room thinking of the title .... parang "Sakdal" ang tunog non di ba?)....
.hmmmm.....leche, mamaya na lang yan.

Anyway, padagdag naman. Ang nakalimutan mo ay (hoy, Noranian ka ba? Bakit mo
hindi si-ney ito ....) Himala (beauty yon!) NExt is Facifica de Falayfay
(beauty din siya! Classic na classic at walang kupas!). Ang huling dagdag ko
naman eh "Gatas" (starring Myra Manibog, Olivia Ortiz, Tigas Ortigas and
Aurora Boulevard) ... ay, hindi naman, loko lang naman yang panghuli na iyan.
Pero kung gusto ninyong panoorin iyan, showing pa rin siguro siya sa Alta sa
Cubao. Doon ba sa tapat ng Columbia Bargain Telamart. Sa baba ng Alta Cinema eh
isang magandang club called "Hots"

Isa pa, hoy Rich, ngayon, alam ko na ang isa mo pang nickname! Hindi ko na lang
sasabihin dahil baka ako ma-turn on, eh magBIBISIKLETA pa ako papuntang campus.
Mahihirapan pa ako kung saka sakali. Pero that's beside the point, my punto is
hoy, bakit mo naman ininclude ang Burong Talangka Lollipops and Roses?
Diyos ko naman! Don't cheapify me to death! Baka naman sa next list eh idagdag
mo ang "Bagets" pati na rin ang "Chikas." Ahemme na lang ang masasabi ko at
hindi ko ibababa ang aking kilay! Tchuss! ......Mhike

Michael Santos

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Nov 30, 1993, 1:21:08 PM11/30/93

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In article <16C96B5E...@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>

MSA...@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (Michael Santos) writes:

>In article <24...@news.duke.edu>
>sid...@duke.edu (Ted C. Gonzalez) writes:
>
>>My own more-than-five list:
>> 1. Oro, Plata, Mata
>> 2. Condemned (A Nora Aunor movie.)
>> 3. Kakaba-Kaba Ka Ba? (A Mike De Leon movie.)
>> 4. (Another Mike De Leon movie about incest starring Charo Santos and Vic Silayan.)
>> 5. (That period piece starring Cecille Castillo and Philip Salvador.)
>> 6. Banaue (Another Nora Aunor movie.)
>> 7. Relasyon (The only Vilma movie I like.)
>> 8. Atsay (Yet another Nora Aunor movie. Obvious bang Noranian?)
>> 9. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
>>10. (That Amy Austria/Gina Alajar movie about rape.)
>>
>
>Hoy, yoong #4 I think is Kisapmata (beauty talaga yon!), ang #10 mo naman eh
>... teka nalimutan ko pero gusto ko rin yon! ANO BA YON (here I am, pacing
>in my room thinking of the title .... parang "Sakdal" ang tunog non di ba?)....
>.hmmmm.....leche, mamaya na lang yan.
>

Got it! #10 is "Brutal"! AYon, beauty talaga at nanalo pa si Amy ng best
dressed, este, best actress para don. WOnderful acting talaga. Ika nga ng mga
khritihks kuno, it's AMS (a-must-see).

At may-idadagdag pa nga pala ako dahil magagalit sa akin ang kasama ko kung
hindi ko i-mention. Beauty rin ang "Baby Tsina"! (cheer na tayo ....1..2...3
"Vilmanians 4-ever"). Ay naku, nauubusan ako ng panajon para sa lab! Etche che!
Vavu na muna for a long time.....Mhike

arbo...@oregon.uoregon.edu

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Nov 30, 1993, 3:39:57 PM11/30/93

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In article <16C96B5E...@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>, MSA...@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (Michael Santos) writes:
>In article <24...@news.duke.edu>
>sid...@duke.edu (Ted C. Gonzalez) writes:
>
>>My own more-than-five list:
>> 1. Oro, Plata, Mata
>> 2. Condemned (A Nora Aunor movie.)
>> 3. Kakaba-Kaba Ka Ba? (A Mike De Leon movie.)
>> 4. (Another Mike De Leon movie about incest starring Charo Santos and Vic Silayan.)
>> 5. (That period piece starring Cecille Castillo and Philip Salvador.)
>> 6. Banaue (Another Nora Aunor movie.)
>> 7. Relasyon (The only Vilma movie I like.)
>> 8. Atsay (Yet another Nora Aunor movie. Obvious bang Noranian?)
>> 9. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
>>10. (That Amy Austria/Gina Alajar movie about rape.)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BRUTAL. Konting chismis: This is how Manang Amy and Jay Ilagan met.

Jiffin

>>
>
>Hoy, yoong #4 I think is Kisapmata (beauty talaga yon!), ang #10 mo naman eh

>.... teka nalimutan ko pero gusto ko rin yon! ANO BA YON (here I am, pacing

>in my room thinking of the title .... parang "Sakdal" ang tunog non di ba?)....

>..hmmmm.....leche, mamaya na lang yan.

fmat...@altair.selu.edu

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Nov 30, 1993, 3:35:13 PM11/30/93

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In article <24...@news.duke.edu>, sid...@duke.edu (Ted C. Gonzalez) writes:
> My own more-than-five list:
> 1. Oro, Plata, Mata
> 2. Condemned (A Nora Aunor movie.)
> 3. Kakaba-Kaba Ka Ba? (A Mike De Leon movie.)
> 4. (Another Mike De Leon movie about incest starring
Charo Santos and Vic Silayan.)

-- Kisap-mata ???

> 5. (That period piece starring Cecille Castillo and Philip Salvador.)

-- Hindi ko yata napanood ito, ah...

> 6. Banaue (Another Nora Aunor movie.)
> 7. Relasyon (The only Vilma movie I like.)
> 8. Atsay (Yet another Nora Aunor movie. Obvious bang Noranian?)
> 9. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang
> 10. (That Amy Austria/Gina Alajar movie about rape.)

-- Brutal ???

Hey! what about SCORPIO NIGHTS??? BAGETS?!? KAMAKALAWA?!?
o kaya'y mga pelikulang gawa ng VIVA? Napanood n'yo ba ang
'The Bodyguard'? Kung hindi pa, panoorin ninyo -- at para na
rin kayong nanood ng pelikula ni Ate Sha. May kantahan, may
konting love story, at tumabo ng husto sa takilya. Kaya gusto
ko ang mga pelikulang gawa ng Viva, dahil karamihan sa mga ito ay
maganda ang pagkagawa -- malinis kumbaga. May ibang pelikula
kasing parang gasgas na ang rolyong ginamit... kaya kahit na
maganda pa ang istorya, nakakawalang ganang panoorin.

>

cane...@gold.tc.umn.edu

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Nov 30, 1993, 9:49:10 PM11/30/93

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>Just to start a topic, if you had to choose the top five Pinoy movies
>you have ever seen, what would they be? Dapat, Pinoy, ha? A Dangerous Life
>

>1. Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Classic! Watch for Nanette Inventor in a nun's outfit)
>2. Lollipops and Roses (at Burong Talangka) (partly shot in San Francisco,
>it is in my mind quite a radical storyline for its time. Black and white
>pa ito!)

Is this the one with Nora Aunor wearing an outrageous afro, ante-dating
Madonna's kitsch "Deeper and Deeper" video?

>3. Sister Stella L. (Touchy topic, although a little sanitized. And the
>acting skill of L. Guilien is evident)
>4. Moral (Well directed and acted.)
>5. Darna...Kuno? (a satire of Pinoy komiks, with Dolphy in top comic form.
>If only it had a better ending, but the concept was sound. Memories still
>gets me giggling).

Ever seen the ole Dolphy & Panchito slapstick movies (50s or 60s?)? Now
those are classics -- perversely funny, if I may say.

>
>Sort of hovering there are Oro Plata Mata and Macho Dancer, believe it or not.
>
>What about you?

OK, here's my top five: (not necessarily in order)

1. Oro, Plata, Mata (Maya Valdes' (yup, with an S!) 'dalampasigan' scene.
That's gotta be it. 8-)

2. 'Merika (I thought this was one of the few movies straying away from that
America-is-the-land-of-milk-and-honey-and-lotsa-money-Filipino-
movie-shot-in-the-US bandwagon. What a relief and what a movie.
No Virginia, not every Filipino in America lives the "Am"dream.)

3. Sister Stella L (Maski madre ay may pulitikal na kabuluhan din -- at 'wag
niyo 'kong iko-quote!)

4. Brutal (A slow descent to hell -- and yeah, I took that from S & E! 8-)

5. Insiang (Haven't really seen all of it...just bits and pieces, but from
the looks that could kill of Hilda (ya know), I vote for it!)

just my 2 cents,

JC

Edgardo S. Cureg

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Nov 30, 1993, 10:24:44 PM11/30/93

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rap...@kura2.te.chiba-u.ac.jp (Raphael Ravago) writes:

And also the following:
1) Tagos ng Dugo (Vilma Santos)
2) Brutal (Amy Austria, Gina Alajar)
3) Himala (Nora Aunor)

EDo

Ivano Renzetti

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Ted C. Gonzalez (sid...@duke.edu) wrote:
: My own more-than-five list:

: 1. Oro, Plata, Mata
: 2. Condemned (A Nora Aunor movie.)
: 3. Kakaba-Kaba Ka Ba? (A Mike De Leon movie.)
: 4. (Another Mike De Leon movie about incest starring Charo Santos and Vic Silayan.)
: 5. (That period piece starring Cecille Castillo and Philip Salvador.)
: 6. Banaue (Another Nora Aunor movie.)
: 7. Relasyon (The only Vilma movie I like.)
: 8. Atsay (Yet another Nora Aunor movie. Obvious bang Noranian?)
: 9. Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang

Bakit wala si Sharon Cuneta ? Wala bang maka-Sharon diyan ?

Regards

Romy P.

guti...@ug.eds.com

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Dec 1, 1993, 2:26:41 AM12/1/93

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Can't think of five offhand. The following are my best so far:

DAHIL SA ISANG BULAKLAK (Charito Solis, Ric Rodrigo, and a very young
and lovely looking Liza Lorena)

TINIMBANG KA NGUNIT KULANG (Christopher de Leon, Lolita Rodriguez,
Lito Anzures, and an all-star cast)

IGOROTA (Charito Solis, Vic Vargas, Mario Montenegro) - this won the
FAMAS and ASIA FILM FESTIVAL's Best Picture award

BIYAYA NG LUPA (Leroy Salvador, Charito Solis) - also won ASIA FILM
FESTIVAL award for Best Picture (this is the story of the
"lanzones" fruit, and shot on location in Laguna.

=dante gutierrez=
yorba linda, calif.

Jose Roberto Fernandez

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Dec 1, 1993, 11:50:36 AM12/1/93

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Not having watched most of the movies that have been mentioned in this
thread, I'd like to fork a related one. What are most clever,
profound, or funny Pinoy movie titles that you know? I'll start:

Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Are You Nervous?)
Langis at Tubig (Oil and Water)
Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Were Weighed But Not Enough)
Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (If You Dream and Wake Up)

Bobit
--
Jose Roberto Fernandez
fern...@cps.msu.edu
Computer Science
Mich. St. Univ.

Philip Eugenio

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Nov 30, 1993, 8:05:27 AM11/30/93

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Richard S Sucgang (rs...@merhaba.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: Just to start a topic, if you had to choose the top five Pinoy movies

: you have ever seen, what would they be? Dapat, Pinoy, ha? A Dangerous Life
: doesn't count. This shouldn't be too difficult since most movies made in
: the Philippines are really feature length soap operas, but here is my
: list, in no particular order:

: 1. Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Classic! Watch for Nanette Inventor in a nun's outfit)
: 2. Lollipops and Roses (at Burong Talangka) (partly shot in San Francisco,
: it is in my mind quite a radical storyline for its time. Black and white
: pa ito!)
: 3. Sister Stella L. (Touchy topic, although a little sanitized. And the
: acting skill of L. Guilien is evident)
: 4. Moral (Well directed and acted.)
: 5. Darna...Kuno? (a satire of Pinoy komiks, with Dolphy in top comic form.
: If only it had a better ending, but the concept was sound. Memories still
: gets me giggling).

I guess you have missed some of the most award winning movies in
Philippine cinema.Although they
aren't necessarily in particular order,it
follows:

1.Bata pa si Sabel(?)o Isabel (Gina Alajar)
2.Ang totoong buhay ni Pacita M.(Nora Aunor)
3.Hayop sa Hayop (Hilda Koronel)
4.Pieta (Ace Vergel)
5.Mga Basang Sisiw (The late Julie Vega)

So be it!

Ralph Philip

C Delfinado

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Dec 1, 1993, 12:08:46 PM12/1/93

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What about

Saan Darating ang Umaga? (Where will the morning go?)

----------------------------------+
Cecil Delfinado |
Department of Computer Science |
University of Illinois |
Urbana-Champaign |
----------------------------------+

C Delfinado

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Dec 1, 1993, 12:20:05 PM12/1/93

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>What about

>Saan Darating ang Umaga? (Where will the morning go?)

Correction : Should've been "Where will the morning arrive?"
That's how profound it is! I can't even make sense of it.

WOO...@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu

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Dec 1, 1993, 12:39:33 PM12/1/93

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fern...@limestone.uucp (Jose Roberto Fernandez) writes:

>
>Not having watched most of the movies that have been mentioned in this
>thread, I'd like to fork a related one. What are most clever,
>profound, or funny Pinoy movie titles that you know? I'll start:
>
>Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Are You Nervous?)
>Langis at Tubig (Oil and Water)
>Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Were Weighed But Not Enough)
>Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (If You Dream and Wake Up)
>
>Bobit
>--
>Jose Roberto Fernandez

how about "Apoy sa Magdamag" (9-1-1 overnight???).........

Emilo Chua

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Dec 1, 1993, 1:08:47 PM12/1/93

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In article <16C97A3F...@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>,

it should be "In the Heat of the Night"

cheers,

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Dec 1, 1993, 1:28:44 PM12/1/93

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In article <2dii0s$q...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, fern...@limestone.uucp (Jose Roberto Fernandez) writes:
> Not having watched most of the movies that have been mentioned in this
> thread, I'd like to fork a related one. What are most clever,
> profound, or funny Pinoy movie titles that you know? I'll start:
>
> Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Are You Nervous?)
> Langis at Tubig (Oil and Water)
> Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (You Were Weighed But Not Enough)
> Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (If You Dream and Wake Up)
>
> Bobit

Got it -- ISANG BALA KA LANG!!!
teka, ano pa nga ba 'yon? YARI na ang balang papatay sa 'yo?
wala na akong maisip... kailangan na ngang pumunta sa SF
para makahiram na naman ng mga tapes...

Sige!

--Dennis

Elson Trinidad

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Dec 1, 1993, 3:33:10 PM12/1/93

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Is it me? Or do almost ALL Pinoy movies contain the following:

-- Love story

-- A female character with short hair

-- A small child

-- A singing number

-- Lots of crying scenes

-- A corny, round, funny-looking guy for comic relief

-- 30 --

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Dec 1, 1993, 4:01:37 PM12/1/93

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>1. Kakaba-kaba Ka Ba? (Classic! Watch for Nanette Inventor in a nun's outfit)
>2. Lollipops and Roses (at Burong Talangka) (partly shot in San Francisco,
>it is in my mind quite a radical storyline for its time. Black and white
>pa ito!)
>3. Sister Stella L. (Touchy topic, although a little sanitized. And the
>acting skill of L. Guilien is evident)
>4. Moral (Well directed and acted.)
>5. Darna...Kuno? (a satire of Pinoy komiks, with Dolphy in top comic form.
>If only it had a better ending, but the concept was sound. Memories still
>gets me giggling).
>

>What about you?

Paano naman yung "BAGETS?" Okay na okay nga yung pelikulang yon, e.
Pati na rin yung "ROBIN GOOD!"

- ED

Michael Santos

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Dec 1, 1993, 6:44:07 PM12/1/93

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Aha! Eh paano naman yong mga best quotes from pinoy mubis? (naku,
bibilisan ko nalang ito dahil mag aalas siete na talaga!)

Natatandaan niyo ba yong kay Dina Bonnevie at Sharon na ultra ultra baduy
line which goes like this:

Dina: "Para kang karinderyang laging bukas sa lahat ng kakain!"

(sampal from Sharon ...."pppppakkk")

Yuck and how baduy!!!!

Eh how about the exena of my sister Roderick Paulate (aka Rhoda Hobarnes):

Tatay: Babae ka ba o lalaki? (galit na galit at hawak si Rhoda sa leeg)

Rhoda: Babae ho.

Tatay: Leche! (sa galit ng tatay, nilublob niya si Rhoda sa isang batya ng
tubig)

Tatay: Magtuus ulit tayo! Babae ka ba o Lalaki? (galit na galit pa rin at
hawak hawak si Rhoda sa leeg)

Rhoda: Bbbba......

Tatay: Leche! Huwag mo nang tapusin ang sasabihin mo. (nilublob na naman niya
si Rhoda sa batya ng tubig. This time, matagal si Rhodang nakalublob
at halos malunod na siya!)

O ngayon, babae ka ba o lalaki?

Rhoda: Sss...ss....sirena ho.

Jose Roberto Fernandez

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Dec 1, 1993, 8:36:02 PM12/1/93

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This is one I couldn't remember earlier:

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? (How Often is Once?)

Edgardo S. Cureg

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Dec 2, 1993, 3:10:52 AM12/2/93

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In article <CHD9H...@cs.uiuc.edu> delf...@cs.uiuc.edu (C Delfinado) writes:

>>
>>>What about
>>
>>>Saan Darating ang Umaga? (Where will the morning go?)

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>Correction : Should've been "Where will the morning arrive?"
>>That's how profound it is! I can't even make sense of it.
>>
>>----------------------------------+
>>Cecil Delfinado |
>>Department of Computer Science |
>>University of Illinois |
>>Urbana-Champaign |
>>----------------------------------+

Saan darating ang Umaga? Ito ba 'yung movie ni Maricel
Soriano with Nida Blanca and Raymond Lauchenco? Yes, this
one's good. And another Maricel Soriano is worth mentioning.
I forgot the title but it's the movie which produced the
popular catch phrase "Ayoko ng masikip, ayoko ng mainit,
ayoko ng walang tubig, ayoko ng mabaho!"

--
EDGARDO S. CUREG
Bio-Physiological Engineering Lab (BPEL)

Information and Computer Sciences
Toyohashi University of Technology
TEL (0532)47-0111 local 496
e-mail: cu...@bpel.tutics.tut.ac.jp

Liang Hwie Oei (I90)

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Dec 2, 1993, 5:43:53 AM12/2/93

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cu...@bpel.tutics.tut.ac.jp (Edgardo S. Cureg) writes:

>In article <RAPHAEL.93...@kura2.te.chiba-u.ac.jp>
>rap...@kura2.te.chiba-u.ac.jp (Raphael Ravago) writes:

> >>
> >>
> >>Definitely Oro, Plata, Mata should be on the list.
> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >>Raffy R.

>And also the following:
> 1) Tagos ng Dugo (Vilma Santos)
> 2) Brutal (Amy Austria, Gina Alajar)
> 3) Himala (Nora Aunor)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Si Elsa! An absolute genuine authentic oriental village doll.
The fact that I can still remember her name in the movie means
that she made a deep impression on me, considering that I am
a 'Dutchman' ;-)

That movie featured in the first (and probably the last)
"South East Asian Film Festival" in Amsterdam last year.

Selamet,

lh ( an oriental movie addict )

Edgardo S. Cureg

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Dec 2, 1993, 6:15:09 AM12/2/93

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In article <16C97A3F...@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu>
WOO...@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You mean, "Init sa Magdamag"?

--
EDGARDO S. CUREG
Bio-Physiological Engineering Lab (BPEL)

Jose Rafael M Gorospe

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Dec 2, 1993, 11:40:58 AM12/2/93

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In article <2div26$d...@aludra.usc.edu> etri...@aludra.usc.edu (Elson Trinidad) writes:
>
>Is it me? Or do almost ALL Pinoy movies contain the following:
>
>-- Love story
>
>-- A female character with short hair
>
>-- A small child
>
>-- A singing number
>
>-- Lots of crying scenes
>
>-- A corny, round, funny-looking guy for comic relief
>

OK, here is my list of the more unusual themes and scenes from some of the better Filipino movies I have seen. The list is only up to 1989 (the year I came here to the states), so if anybody knows of other films which might fit in this category, then join in. Here goes (in random order):

1. Salome (Laurice Guillen)
Gina Alajar "rides" Dennis Roldan and stabs him while he is in orgasm. A treatise on who-is-telling-the-truth..... the same incident as seen by three individuals...... A Manunuri multi-awardee (picture, director, actress).

2. Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Peque Gallaga)
A horror trilogy..... the first story shows Janice de Belen being raped by a refrigerator possessed by the devil..... Cool!

3. Tagos ng Dugo (Maryo delos Reyes)
Vilma Santos becomes a psycho-killer everytime she has her period. She wins the Catholic Mass Media Award for best actress...... Hmmmm, those priest must have seen something I didn't.

4. Burlesk Queen (Celso Ad Castillo)
A good period (1950's) film...... Vilma Santos (again?) belly-dances her way to an abortion..... The film sweeps the awards at the Manila Film Festival.

5. Si Malakas at si Maganda (Danny Zialcita)
Ang T-bird at ako (?)
Ang Tatay kong nanay (Lino Brocka)
Three films with gays as major characters and where they are not portrayed as caricatures.
First film: a gay Dindo Fernando falls for the lesbian Elizabeth Oropesa.... very witty screenplay..... Woody Allen-ish of sorts.
Second film: a lesbian lawyer (Nora Aunor) defends a murder suspect (Vilma Santos) and falls for her.
Third film: a gay father (Dolphy) trying to raise a son (Nino Muhlach).

6. Sister Stella L. (Mike de Leon)
Kapit sa patalim (Lino Brocka)
Minsa'y isang gamu-gamo (?)
Sakada (Behn Cervantes)
Four of handful Filipino films with socio-political themes. The first two deals with the labor problem...... the third tackled the US military bases.... the fourth touched on land reform.

7. Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (Mike de Leon)
A delightful japan- and china-bashing film. Nanette Inventor singing the "Ama Namin" with glittering stockings is hilarious. The best Filipino comedy film I've seen.

8. Kisapmata (Mike de Leon)
Incest...... what could be a more controversial theme. Got very good review in Time magazine when it was shown at Cannes.

9. Himala (Ishmael Bernal)
Nora Aunor as a visionary..... and the commercialization of religion that ensue. Reminds me of what has happened in Agoo, La union when I went home last March.

10. Oro, Plata, Mata (Peque Gallaga)
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? (Eddie Romero)
Tatlong Taong Walang Dios (?)
Bayani (Robert Arevalo)
I'm a sucker for period films!!

11. Scorpio Nights (Peque Gallaga)
Sex, sex, and more sex....... Wow!

Well, that's all for now......mag-iisip muna ako ng iba pa.

hanggang sa muli,
raffy
--

Virgilio (Dean) B. Velasco Jr.

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In article <83...@blue.cis.pitt.edu> jmgs...@pitt.edu (Jose Rafael M Gorospe) writes:
>
>2. Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Peque Gallaga)
> A horror trilogy..... the first story shows Janice de Belen being raped by a refrigerator possessed by the devil..... Cool!

Somehow, the physical difficulty of such an act
always struck me as somewhat ludicruous.

--
Virgilio "Dean" Velasco Jr, Department of Electrical Eng'g and Applied Physics
graduate student slave, roboticist-in-training and Q wannabee
I'm not an engineer, but |I practice the safest form of sex | My boss is a
I play one in grad school.| known. It's called abstinence. |Jewish carpenter

Edsel Adap

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Dec 2, 1993, 2:45:10 PM12/2/93

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In article <2div26$d...@aludra.usc.edu> etri...@aludra.usc.edu (Elson Trinidad) writes:

|>==============================================================================
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Another thing you can add:
--- Lots of yelling and screaming at each other. (I really hate this
stuff)
--
Edsel Adap Computer Science / Mathematics Major
ad...@andrews.edu Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

The Briggs/Chase Law of Program Development:

Jun Soriano

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Game of the XXVIIth Olympiad

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Dec 2, 1993, 8:56:51 PM12/2/93

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Hanggang Filipino video store lang kasi si Mrs at wala siyang akses
sa net na kagaya natin eh... :-)

>Regards

>Romy P.

later,
tony
cast...@tango.cchs.su.edu.au

Reggie Victoria

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Dec 2, 1993, 10:10:00 AM12/2/93

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In article <2div26$d...@aludra.usc.edu> etri...@aludra.usc.edu (Elson Trinidad) writes:
>
>Is it me? Or do almost ALL Pinoy movies contain the following:
>
>-- Love story
>
>-- A female character with short hair
>
>-- A small child
>
>-- A singing number
>
>-- Lots of crying scenes
>
>-- A corny, round, funny-looking guy for comic relief
>

To add:

From my own observations (by the way, I haven't watched a pilipino movie
for quite some time now so pardon me if a lot of my following views are
inconsistent with the current movies), there always seems to be violence of
some kind--even/especially in comedy films, starring Dolphy or whoever...

In pilipino dramas, someone usually dies (U.S. dramas don't have as many
deaths, I think, as the pilipino movies do--unless you're talking about
the movie "Glory" or other war movie, of course 8-) ). With pregnant women,
the woman will usually be climbing up the stairs when she slips and has a
miscarriage. Additionally, I think there are a lot of scenes in many
pilipino movies taken in the hospital room (maybe a little too much). How
about those "fairies" with the magical powers? Also, the fast-moving
action scenes where everyone walks ten times faster than you or me, while
some corny music or song is playing? Anyway, these are some of my own
observations... I sure hope that there are more of you out there who agree
with me than there are who do not... 8-)

--Reggie Victoria

Willie Dizon

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Dec 3, 1993, 12:21:51 AM12/3/93

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And don't forget "Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa (The Most
Beautiful Beast on the Face of the Earth)" starring former Ms. Universe
Gloria Diaz. Say, does anyone remember where it was filmed. I know it
was somewhere in the Visayas, and I wonder if the place is still a big tourist
attraction nowadays. Nasa dulo ng dila ko ang lugar na 'yun e.

Willie

Wilson TAN-HO

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Dec 3, 1993, 6:17:55 AM12/3/93

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Edgardo S. Cureg (cu...@bpel.tutics.tut.ac.jp) wrote:

: In article <CHD9H...@cs.uiuc.edu> delf...@cs.uiuc.edu (C Delfinado) writes:

: >>
: >>>What about
: >>
: >>>Saan Darating ang Umaga? (Where will the morning go?)

: Saan darating ang Umaga? Ito ba 'yung movie ni Maricel

: Soriano with Nida Blanca and Raymond Lauchenco? Yes, this
: one's good. And another Maricel Soriano is worth mentioning.
: I forgot the title but it's the movie which produced the
: popular catch phrase "Ayoko ng masikip, ayoko ng mainit,

: --

Was it "PINULOT KA LANG SA PUTIK" ? Maganda nga `yon!

Amen.

...bistik

Rhenee M Blanco

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Dec 3, 1993, 10:49:50 AM12/3/93

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In article <2djgq2$t...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> fern...@calcite.uucp (Jose Roberto

Fernandez) writes:
>This is one I couldn't remember earlier:
>
>Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? (How Often is Once?)
>--

And this one is tough to forget:

Maynila sa Kuko ng Liwanag

-Rhenee
rbl...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

rcag...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

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Dec 3, 1993, 10:53:46 AM12/3/93

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In article <2djgq2$t...@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, fern...@calcite.uucp (Jose Roberto Fernandez) writes:
> This is one I couldn't remember earlier:
>
> Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? (How Often is Once?)
> --

How about, "How often is sometimes?"

-rommel

rcag...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

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Dec 3, 1993, 10:57:55 AM12/3/93

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In article <CUREG.93D...@ss1.bpel.tutics.tut.ac.jp>, cu...@bpel.tutics.tut.ac.jp (Edgardo S. Cureg) writes:
>
> In article <CHD9H...@cs.uiuc.edu> delf...@cs.uiuc.edu (C Delfinado) writes:
>
> >>
> >>>What about
> >>
> >>>Saan Darating ang Umaga? (Where will the morning go?)
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>Correction : Should've been "Where will the morning arrive?"
> >>That's how profound it is! I can't even make sense of it.
> >>
> >>----------------------------------+
> >>Cecil Delfinado |
> >>Department of Computer Science |
> >>University of Illinois |
> >>Urbana-Champaign |
> >>----------------------------------+
>
> Saan darating ang Umaga? Ito ba 'yung movie ni Maricel
> Soriano with Nida Blanca and Raymond Lauchenco? Yes, this
> one's good. And another Maricel Soriano is worth mentioning.
> I forgot the title but it's the movie which produced the
> popular catch phrase "Ayoko ng masikip, ayoko ng mainit,
> ayoko ng walang tubig, ayoko ng mabaho!"
>
>
>
> --
> EDGARDO S. CUREG

If I'm not mistaken this was "Kaya kong abutin ang langit",
one of the best too by Maricel.

-rommel

rcag...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca

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Dec 3, 1993, 11:03:46 AM12/3/93

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I've seen Scorpio Nights and i don't know but what's so horny about
exchanging saliva ?

-rommel

Seth D Meyer

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Dec 3, 1993, 1:59:39 PM12/3/93

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THis is a worst title

Filippina Dream Girls

It was on A&E, supposedly an comedy, that
was pretty offensive......English guys
on a "Find a Wife Trip",
Really pretty disgusting, did anyone
else see this? In these PC times
I can't believe that A&E would show
it.

Seth

--

Rachel Figueroa

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Dec 3, 1993, 2:27:38 PM12/3/93

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Well, I only have 1 to add:

Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa (Lino Brocka?), with Gloria Diaz,
Elizabeth Oropeza, etc.

randy

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Dec 3, 1993, 3:37:48 PM12/3/93

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a) Ano ba ang pangalan noong sine ni Vilma Santos at Christopher de Leon
na
ginanap sa bandang 1975-1978, tungkol sa isang mag-asawang doktor na
minomolestia ng dating kaibigan o kasintahan ni Vilma?

Ang natatandan ko lang as mayroon naganap na rape ni Vilma sa cementerio at
ang mga huling sandali ng pelikula ay ginanap sa banka.

Hindi ko rin matandaan kung ano ang pangalan noong kontrabidang sumasalig-
sik kay Vilma. Siya'y "matso" at mayroon siyang sikat na pelikula kasama
si Gina Alagar.

b) Maynakakaalam ba sa inyo kung saan ang ofecina ng "viva films" sa
califirnia? Gusto kong bumili ng VHS tapes sa kanila.

Dave Flewitt

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I have seen it (although not on A&E). I enjoyed it, except for the silly subplot
with the hospitality girl chasing the guy because of some phisical attributes he
supposedly had.

This was a British comedey, not american. It is more of a black comedey than
your typical fummy haha american movie ghostbusters or beverly hills cop or
others of that type.

The mood was very dark, the characters pathetic and basically unlikable. Nothing
good happened for any of the brits looking for a wife.

I guess you would prefer a censored, sanitized PC entertainment industry that takes
no risks. I guess all we need is one channel to watch reruns of Threes Company
and the Mary Tyler Moore show huh ?

Yes it was offensive to filipinos, but IMHO even more offensive in it's portrayal
of those pathetic brits (the ones in the moovie). If you find it offensive
you can change the channel. I for one am glad that there is some refuge from
this PC bull####.

Just say no to PC.
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In article <38...@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> df...@hcsd.hac.com writes:
>In article 1...@news.iastate.edu, sdm...@iastate.edu (Seth D Meyer) writes:
>>
>> THis is a worst title
>>
>> Filippina Dream Girls
>>
>> It was on A&E, supposedly an comedy, that
>> was pretty offensive......English guys
>> on a "Find a Wife Trip",
>> Really pretty disgusting, did anyone
>> else see this? In these PC times
>> I can't believe that A&E would show
>> it.
>
>I have seen it (although not on A&E). I enjoyed it, except for the silly subplot
>with the hospitality girl chasing the guy because of some phisical attributes he
>supposedly had.
>
>This was a British comedey, not american. It is more of a black comedey than
>your typical fummy haha american movie ghostbusters or beverly hills cop or
>others of that type.
>
>The mood was very dark, the characters pathetic and basically unlikable. Nothing
>good happened for any of the brits looking for a wife.
>
>I guess you would prefer a censored, sanitized PC entertainment industry that takes
>

You and I must not have been watching the same show,
because it wasn't funny, I'm not some PC nut, but this
was really pathetic portrail of anyone. The "good"
filipina in the move, was still shown as a prostitue

I really don't consider that "Arts and Entertainment"

By the way, who cares about bad portrails of people
` who would engage in a show that sanatizes a sex tour
industry (don't give me that they were looking for
wives, because you don't go to a gogo bar to find your
wife).....

>
>Yes it was offensive to filipinos, but IMHO even more offensive in it's p
>

DY HEINRICH,,Student Account

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Dec 8, 1993, 8:31:04 PM12/8/93

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Are you guys actually saying that A&E actually played a Filipino movie????
(Filipina Dream Girls)

Just a bit surprised!

Heinrich
~~~~~~~~

Orlando De Guzman

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In article <83...@blue.cis.pitt.edu>,