Friday, April 07, 2006
Phillit Evaluation
La Visa Loca

Tungkol nga pala kay jess husson ang movie na La Visa Loca, si jess isang taxi driver na matagal nang naghahangad na magkaroon ng "visa" para makasama nya ang kanyang girlfriend na nasa Florida at maging isang nursing aid. Ngunit, sa unang subon nya sapagkuha ng visa eh nimalas sya. Para sa akin, si jess husson (robin padilla) ay parang ang mga pilipino na nagnanais makapunta sa amerika. Imbis na gumamit ang director ng maraming tao para ipahiwatig ang kanyang mensahe, nag-focus sya kay jess na isang tipikal na pinoy.
Nakakatuwa din isipin, at nakakapagtaka bakit hindi natin naisip ang mga sinabi ng tatay ni jess na si mang sancho sa pagtawag nya sa radyo. Parang ganito and sabi ni mang sancho, bakit kapag english ang salita eh ayos lang banggitin dito sa radyotulad ng "vagina","penis"... atbp pero kapag yung katumbas na salita ng mga salitang iyon sa language natin eh parang masama kapag binabanggit tulad ng "pekpek","tite". (Walang bastos dito!) Grabe tawa ako ng tawa noong sa part ng movie na ito. Perokung iisipin mo, bakit nga ba parang masama at ikinahihiya natin kapag ganun?
Para sa akin ang storyang ito ay pwede mo ding itulad sa “The Mats”, sa the mats inaalala pa din ng ama ang mga yumao nyang anak kahit na pinpilit sya ng kanya asawa na wag nang alalahanin pa ang nakaraan parang sa La Visa Loca din yung sinabi ni mang sancho sa radio ulit, na may mga bagay sa mundo na nalalaman mong mahalaga kapag wala na sila. Nakakalungkot isipin, pero totoo di ba?
Masaya, nakakatawa, puro kalokohan pero kahit na ganoong ang La Visa Loca eh maraming magandang aral na napupulot ang mga manonood!
Crime Priests
The weird thing about this story is that there are priests acting like investigators. They are Father saenz and Father Jerome. As discussed in our PHILIT class, the reason why the author used priests as investigators is to make the story "COOL". For me the story is not COOL AT ALL! Why?
First, in this story you can foresee what will happen next after a certain event happened.
Second, for me the story didn't show any sign of struggle and thrill as the Crime Priests and SOCOs try to solve the crime.
Third, it seems that the crime investigators and the priests in the story didn't have a hard time to determine who is the killer unlike other stories that they are having a conflict solving the conflict.
Fourth, the story seems like it is trying hard to be as thrilling as the other suspense novels.
Fifth, it is not normal it is normal in the filipino society to have a serial killer.
Lastly, priests solving a crime is not cool at all!
At first I thought that I will like this story because in the first part of the story the conflict of the story was succesfully defined and I as the reader was able to understand how big the problem is for the investigators unfortunately, as the story continues for me, it seems like the author starts to fail in making the readers feel the intensity of the story. The story is good but the way the author presented it for me is not effective.