MMFF Moviethon Day 4: The battle for Dingdong’s dingdong (Updated)
Summary: It’s the same old Star Cinema adultery drama, dressed up with a disease. As everyone has noted, it has the exact same story as the Chinese movie, In Love We Trust. There’s nothing wrong with borrowing from another movie and calling it an hommage, but the source is never acknowledged. And then the MMFF jury gives One More Try the best picture and screenplay awards, which tells us everything we need to know about their standards of “excellence”.
This is how to do an hommage. Ang miningunang ino ay mahura. Muno hampalan, hingawan, iyangan. Charlie Arceo, we miss you at MMFF time.
Rating: 2 stars.
Recommendation: Watch the Chinese movie.
Our full review is at the MMFF Moviethon on InterAksyon.com.
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December 31st, 2012 at 00:32
Yeah, what a shameless rip-off.
If the MMFF had any integrity whatsoever, the top movie would probably be “Thy Womb” followed by “El Presidente” (especially considering the competition, though I think “El Presidente” did win second place). I’m also certain “Sisterakas” did not deserve its 3rd place win; I would probably give that to “The Strangers.”
December 31st, 2012 at 10:58
Did Sen Sotto produce this movie?
January 2nd, 2013 at 00:57
sen. sotto did not produce this? it was malou sotto and charo sotto-concio.
January 2nd, 2013 at 01:05
working title pala nito ay in love we trust! napaka-obvious namang pang-ripoff yan. LOL