Namets! Ilonggo Digital Film--a Movie Review

Hubby and I finally managed to watch Namets! on Tuesday night. We were so curious and excited and we were happy we did.

We thoroughly enjoyed the movie! Well, after all, this was done by professionals. I loved the script, very witty and fast paced, kudos to my former film and photography professor and Palanca Awardee, Vince Groyon. And the movie was successful making us hungry. We had a whole large pizza afterwards, and hubby and I finished the entire plate! Anyway, hubby envied Direk Peque Gallaga's role--he had no speaking lines and was just practically eating in the whole movie! Oh, the only intelligible thing I heard him say was "Namets!" when he threw that fruit in the pool when Angel Jacob's character resigned from his employ.

Angel Jacob tried very much to deliver her lines in Ilonggo, and I salute her for that. I just thought that in some scenes, they could have re-shot those where she delivered the lines rather "pitla." But her acting was pretty good, considering that her experience leans more on the hosting side. And my goodness! She is sooooo thin! And she was eating so much in the movie! Anyway, in relation to this, I wonder if we didn't have an Ilongga celebrity and why the producers had to have someone from Manila. Angel's intonation and pronunciation was so far from what we have, despite her efforts. But kudos for trying Angel.

The scene I really enjoyed was where veteran character actor Ronnie Lazaro played a farmer whose family was experiencing poverty and hunger in their farm. He wanted to eat meat, but his son loved their animals so much that even the chicken was named "Leonard." In the end, the famiy had to eat noodles, like in the Lucky Me commercial. Anyway, I loved how that boy acted out his part! I didn't know who he was, but just the same congratulations!

The movie is funny and witty and show a lot of things about Bacolod and Negros. I think Vince Groyon should consider taking a post in the Bacolod Tourism Office. I think that this movie did a lot more to show off this city than our government's programs. Seriously, we should have programs that will show not just MassKara, because it is only an annual festival, but we need to interest people of the adventures that await them here, even if it is merely gastronomic. For this will sustain our tourism industry the whole year through.

And lastly, eventhough I never did like radio dramas in Ilonggo because the Ilonggo language being spoken on air sounds awkward, but the movie wasn't. I hope it could be dubbed in Tagalog for the appreciation of people all over the country.

P.S. So good of Joel Torre to lend in a hand -- as the caveman! Who would have thought....:-D