Comments on: Macho dancer movie capital of the world http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: capitanmontressor http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36751 capitanmontressor Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:34 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36751 It's always gay people in those fancy schmancy awards-night-socially-relevant-commentary-on-the-human-condition type of movies... If not, then somebody's gonna get raped or shot in a war somehow. I've developed a bit of an allergy to those things, probably due to teachers forcing me to watch them to make us more "socially aware" and junk. I don't think I could suggest a clear solution, but I have a feeling we'd do way way better material if we have a more robust animation industry. It’s always gay people in those fancy schmancy awards-night-socially-relevant-commentary-on-the-human-condition type of movies… If not, then somebody’s gonna get raped or shot in a war somehow. I’ve developed a bit of an allergy to those things, probably due to teachers forcing me to watch them to make us more “socially aware” and junk.

I don’t think I could suggest a clear solution, but I have a feeling we’d do way way better material if we have a more robust animation industry.

]]> By: occamsrazor http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36736 occamsrazor Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:43:10 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36736 Didn't get to see "Jay". But based on this review it did seem like a "Tuhog" rehash. Hope to see it soon, though. If it's better than "Tuhog" then it must be really good. Hopefully, they didn't play too much into poverty or rape the way "Tuhog" did. =) Didn’t get to see “Jay”. But based on this review it did seem like a “Tuhog” rehash. Hope to see it soon, though. If it’s better than “Tuhog” then it must be really good. Hopefully, they didn’t play too much into poverty or rape the way “Tuhog” did. =)

]]> By: volume-addict http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36731 volume-addict Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:14:23 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36731 I've managed to steer clear of "those kinds of films" whenever the Seattle International Film Fest happens (regardless of country of origin), just because it is basically a repeat of a working formula with diminishing results at each iteration...either that or the concept and execution brims with too much cheese and/or melodrama. I'm glad SIFF has managed to also pick up other Pinoy films they've screened in public like Kubrador, Foster Child, and Tirador in recent years. I’ve managed to steer clear of “those kinds of films” whenever the Seattle International Film Fest happens (regardless of country of origin), just because it is basically a repeat of a working formula with diminishing results at each iteration…either that or the concept and execution brims with too much cheese and/or melodrama.

I’m glad SIFF has managed to also pick up other Pinoy films they’ve screened in public like Kubrador, Foster Child, and Tirador in recent years.

]]> By: rmsblue http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36730 rmsblue Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:57:37 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36730 This can't be?! Something tells me you excluded some pertinent cinematic details from your synopsis. Isn't Jay or Jay actually gay or used to be gay? Or didnt his wife/sister/cousin/maid get raped and he had to avenge her by waylaying the entire gang of sexual miscreants, single-handedly with nary a hair on his head ruffled? Or wasnt same wife/sister/cousin/maid forced into the low-life hustling on the streets of Ermita/Quezon Ave after her lavandera mother finally succumbed to her illness in a final spasm of blood-expectoration on the street leaving her in the hands of a do-nothing gin-swilling (step) father? I'm not watching this movie until I see the full synopsis. This can’t be?! Something tells me you excluded some pertinent cinematic details from your synopsis. Isn’t Jay or Jay actually gay or used to be gay? Or didnt his wife/sister/cousin/maid get raped and he had to avenge her by waylaying the entire gang of sexual miscreants, single-handedly with nary a hair on his head ruffled? Or wasnt same wife/sister/cousin/maid forced into the low-life hustling on the streets of Ermita/Quezon Ave after her lavandera mother finally succumbed to her illness in a final spasm of blood-expectoration on the street leaving her in the hands of a do-nothing gin-swilling (step) father? I’m not watching this movie until I see the full synopsis.

]]> By: jeg http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36725 jeg Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:34:13 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36725 Too bad ABC 5 is completely overhauling their programming. They were the only free TV station showing Pinoy movies by independent film-makers. Too bad ABC 5 is completely overhauling their programming. They were the only free TV station showing Pinoy movies by independent film-makers.

]]> By: Maikeru76 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36724 Maikeru76 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:13:11 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36724 That's Philippine Realism for you.....More lesbian love this time around please...How about a love story about a stripper (dancer yet again!?) and a closet lesbian cop and the complications, that would be cool (or has that been made? I stand corrected if that is so...)... ;) That’s Philippine Realism for you…..More lesbian love this time around please…How about a love story about a stripper (dancer yet again!?) and a closet lesbian cop and the complications, that would be cool (or has that been made? I stand corrected if that is so…)… ;)

]]> By: johnmarzan http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/comment-page-1/#comment-36723 johnmarzan Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:10:06 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/07/30/niche/#comment-36723 poverty, prostitutes, macho dancers. poverty, prostitutes, macho dancers.

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