Panday 2: The magic phallic symbol
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2. The sword is a very obvious phallic symbol.
2.1. When it is not in use it is a short dagger that can be held in one hand. When Panday must fight, it grows a few feet.
2.2. Flavio’s blind grandfather, the narrator (Joonee Gamboa) who is apparently a retired elocution coach, warns Flavio against putting all his faith in his sword.
2.3. Lizardo sends assorted foul creatures from his evil army to get their hands on Panday’s sword.
3. Panday 2 observes all the tropes of Pinoy action fantasy movies.
3.1. The hero is always much older than the leading ladies.
3.1.1. It is interesting to note that Alice Dixson, who plays the mother of Marian Rivera’s character, was the original female lead in the Enteng Kabisote TV series. Vic Sotto, who plays Enteng, is still paired with actresses half his age. Here Alice Dixson is cast as the wife of the venerable Eddie Garcia.
3.1.2. The advancing age of action heroes is never acknowledged, but when an actress hits 30 she starts playing mother roles.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
January 8th, 2012 at 15:26
If I’m not mistaken, Max Alvarado’s head-in-a-jar was actually last seen in Bong Revilla’s first Panday movie in the 90s, Dugo Ng Panday, although Edu Manzano was the main villain, I remember he answered to Higher Authority that is Max Alvarado’s submerged head. Edu’s villain was some sort of cyborg avatar of Alvarado’s Lizardo. How come this is called Panday 2 when he must has had 3 Panday films already, including 2009’s Panday?
January 8th, 2012 at 18:33
The numbering is boss.
January 8th, 2012 at 21:43
ramon bong revilla jr should learn from his father how to make movies http://www.cheezmiss.com/2011/02/ramon-bong-revilla-should-learn-from.html
January 9th, 2012 at 07:30
“It is interesting to note that Alice Dixson, who plays the mother of Marian Rivera’s character, was the original female lead in the Enteng Kabisote TV series. Vic Sotto, who plays Enteng, is still paired with actresses half his age.”
This is what bothers me about the Enteng movies post-Okay Ka Fairy Ko: most of the actresses are young enough to be his daughters, and the ones who are age-appropriate for his character end up playing Ina Magenta. The big irony here is that the actresses who play Faye end up having more chemistry with Oyo Boy than they do with Vic. I’ve only seen one Enteng movie, but I could not help but notice that Kristine Hermosa’s body language during the action scenes with her “son” could barely hide the fact that she and Oyo had something going on during filming.