All the Top 10 Pinoy movies last year surpassed the PHP 100 million mark, not to mention the top-grossing local film of all time (A Second Chance, PHP566 million) was registered the same year. It could easily be the finest box-office performance of the local showbiz industry after the long doldrums. One thing glaring was the beauty of the faces that lorded over the box-office.This is a new audience. The economy has been growing for the past few years and surely there was more disposable income available. But PHP200 is PHP200, it is still big for a big part of the Philippine population. You really won't expect the lower classes to stay away much from their free teleserye or the PHP30 pirate DVD (unless they have their bonus & 13th month pay come MMFF). But there were more people who had more money to spare and I bet they won't waste their money chasing on films with artists whose faces they won't bother watching for 2 hours. They have self-respect too, y'know.
It was not a coincidence that Pinoy movies boomed when beautiful faces grabbed the baton. It's a prerequisite for the renaissance.
Last year I watched the most Pinoy movies in my life. Last year was also the first time I watched a local movie in a cinemahouse. I was lucky, I liked all my choices. I have to admit the only reason I wanted to watch Ex with Benefits was to see how Coleen Garcia would register on the big screen and she did looked great. It turned out I liked the movie as well (read my sort-of-review in this blog). The gloss and the MTV-like editing & scoring of director Gino Santos were perfect counterpoint to two hours of drama and I found it suited the mood of the movie. I was looking forward to his future works, so while skimming over the entertainment news today, I kinda got a kick from reading he has an upcoming project. With Coleen again at that. A bonus is Dawn Zulueta. I also liked her in The Love Affair, another hit last year, also featuring another beauty, Bea Alonzo.
NB. Good news, even the so-called lower classes who subsist on free teleseryes & PHP30 pirate DVD's welcome the revenge of the beautiful faces, the beautiful Lizquen, etc. flew high in 2015 with Forevermore, etc. Beauty is really back everywhere in Pinoy showbiz!
OK to pag may frontal nudity si Coleen. It's about time. Di ba, pipol?
ReplyDeleteOO nga, pag bumalik ang magaganda, dapat balik din hubaran siyempre para masaya
DeleteDapat si Dawn din meron. Pwede pa siya MILF
ReplyDeleteIt's good you pointed that out. It's time na mukhang artista talaga mga artista natin. Sa presyo ng ticket, di mo sasayangin pera mo sa mga mukhang kung sino-sino lang. Para di na rin magsayang ng oras mag-isip mag-artista ang mga dapat e mag-waitress na lang.
ReplyDeleteAbout time. Matagal-tagal din nakakadisappoint yong mga mukha ng mga artista natin. Mahilig tayo sa beauty contests pero parang galing sa kung anong puwet yong mga pinipilit isalaksal sa lalamunan natin. Tinganan ninyo nabilaukan tuloy ang mga Pinoy. Beauty wins always
ReplyDeleteKaya nga napagbigyan na yong mga trying hard, deka-dekada rin yong partida nila at hayun sumemplang ang Pinoy showbiz. Ngayon nakabangon na dapat alagaan na ang pelikulang Pilipino. Nakita natin nawiwili ang marami sa mundo rito, gamitin natin ito para pabanguhin ang sirang image ng Pilipinas. Yong iba ngang bansa national pastime nila ang Plastic Surgery para mabigyan lang nila ng magandang image bansa nila, kesehodang mukhang arinola ang pagmumukha karamihan sa kanila pero di nila ibinabandilyo yong mga mukhang arinola. E tayo na may maganda na, bakit itatago pa natin e kokonti lang namang nawiwili sa mga trying hard. Wala naman silang nagawa kundi pinaliit lang nila market ng Pinoy films kasi na-turn off karamihan
ReplyDeleteNakalimutan mo sabihin yong pananabotahe ng mga Koreano sa mga Pinoy stars. Read Scandal Number 2 sa blog na ito ... hanggang 8. Grabe yong mga Koreano sa pananabotahe kasi di sila makaporma na gaya sa propagnada nila na they are the most beautiful Asian daw kasi sa mga website nila mismo sinusulat ng mga fans na nakakasawa na pagmumukha nila at bilib sila sa kakyutan ng mga Pinoy kaya hayun sabotage ng sabotage sa mga Pinoy stars
DeleteGarapal nga pagkukunwari ng mga Koreano, nagsisimula na rin talaga akong mandiri sa mga trying hard na to
DeleteNapansin ninyo? pati direktor hot din
ReplyDeleteNaku mag-ingat yong direktor, lagot siya kay Piola
DeleteWow, ngayon ko lang nalaman, enjoy pala masyado blog na ito. Natawa talaga ako
DeleteDelikado, baka masuka direktor masira concentration niya
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