I don't know why we keep on watching these Filipino movies. I guess if you want enough of them, you're bound to find a couple of good ones. These two are not. In fact, the plots are so forgettable I have to think hard in order to write up this post.
Fuschia is a about old woman (Gloria Romero) who's trying to be hip. Can't remember whether she's married or widowed, but I seem to recall that she has a boyfriend, but she's still flirting with another guy (Eddie Garcia). Then there's the mayor who's after some land because some property group wants to develop it into a memorial park. She then makes a speech in public, berating the mayor and exposing his shady deeds. Unbelievable! In real life, she would've been abducted and salvaged before managed to hold the mic. Why Fuschia? Because that's her favourite colour.
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! is
Regal Films' official entry to the 33rd
Metro Manila Film Festival. Not saying that the
Mano Po series about a Fil-Chi family is any good, but Bahay Kubo is nowhere near the "quality" of Mano Po. We have province girl Eden (Maricel Soriano) adopting kids left and right. She marries Perry (Eric Quizon), bore a child, and adopts some more. A few years down the track, the kids started getting unruly. You have sibling rivalry between the real and adopted kids. The biological parents came a-knocking. Perry's business failed, and he had to make tracks. Boo hoo hoo. If you know of any other cliched drama elements, feel free to add them here. By the end of the movie, the Dad comes back, and everything is okay again.
Fuschia is a about old woman (Gloria Romero) who's trying to be hip. Can't remember whether she's married or widowed, but I seem to recall that she has a boyfriend, but she's still flirting with another guy (Eddie Garcia). Then there's the mayor who's after some land because some property group wants to develop it into a memorial park. She then makes a speech in public, berating the mayor and exposing his shady deeds. Unbelievable! In real life, she would've been abducted and salvaged before managed to hold the mic. Why Fuschia? Because that's her favourite colour.
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! is Regal Films' official entry to the 33rd Metro Manila Film Festival. Not saying that the Mano Po series about a Fil-Chi family is any good, but Bahay Kubo is nowhere near the "quality" of Mano Po. We have province girl Eden (Maricel Soriano) adopting kids left and right. She marries Perry (Eric Quizon), bore a child, and adopts some more. A few years down the track, the kids started getting unruly. You have sibling rivalry between the real and adopted kids. The biological parents came a-knocking. Perry's business failed, and he had to make tracks. Boo hoo hoo. If you know of any other cliched drama elements, feel free to add them here. By the end of the movie, the Dad comes back, and everything is okay again.
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