“Heneral Luna is a film that should be watched by every Filipino from all across the globe.”
This was the only statement my mind was able to process and produce the first time I watched the renowned movie Heneral Luna. It was as if my whole tiny and parched patriotic-system was watered and revived.
The movie Heneral Luna is a biopic film directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno productions having John Arcilla play the role of Antonio Luna. [1] It was a film narrating the story of Heneral Antonio Luna, the genius Secretary of War of the Philippines during the outbreak of the Philippine-American War.
I must admit, I admired the movie a lot.
As I browse through my social networking accounts, I was in awe of how the movie …show more content…
There, I began to think again of my admiration.
The story opens up with the scene where Joven[1](Arron Villaflor)was having an interview with Heneral Antonio Luna asking him if he would give Joven and his colleagues permission to write about the life of Heneral Luna. There, Luna narrates some of his hilarious experiences at battlefield. And then goes back at present time.
It was like the movie tried to show or to become too many things at once. Some of the comic reliefs did not get me. Thus, p?’there were parts of the film that got me like, “how did that öhappen?” or “where is this part …show more content…
It tells basic facts about him; his childhood, how he grew up, and how he chose the life of war. The humor injected in the story and the way the characters spoke was very natural and conversational. Though the cinematography wasn’t really as I was expecting since the hills and plains where some scenes occurred has no more trees, it should’ve been a little more ‘foresty’ with more trees that are lush and green
The whole movie has that “inside” history effect all through out until the part where after the death of the general, some of the characters were “interviewed”. That was the part where the movie moved “out” of history. For me, it kind of intervened with the thoughts and conclusions reflected by the audiences.
Also, the burning flag at the end-part was an indication of this intervention since it drew the attention of the viewers from the real-historic atmosphere towards the fiction “soul” of the
This was the only statement my mind was able to process and produce the first time I watched the renowned movie Heneral Luna. It was as if my whole tiny and parched patriotic-system was watered and revived.
The movie Heneral Luna is a biopic film directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno productions having John Arcilla play the role of Antonio Luna. [1] It was a film narrating the story of Heneral Antonio Luna, the genius Secretary of War of the Philippines during the outbreak of the Philippine-American War.
I must admit, I admired the movie a lot.
As I browse through my social networking accounts, I was in awe of how the movie …show more content…
There, I began to think again of my admiration.
The story opens up with the scene where Joven[1](Arron Villaflor)was having an interview with Heneral Antonio Luna asking him if he would give Joven and his colleagues permission to write about the life of Heneral Luna. There, Luna narrates some of his hilarious experiences at battlefield. And then goes back at present time.
It was like the movie tried to show or to become too many things at once. Some of the comic reliefs did not get me. Thus, p?’there were parts of the film that got me like, “how did that öhappen?” or “where is this part …show more content…
It tells basic facts about him; his childhood, how he grew up, and how he chose the life of war. The humor injected in the story and the way the characters spoke was very natural and conversational. Though the cinematography wasn’t really as I was expecting since the hills and plains where some scenes occurred has no more trees, it should’ve been a little more ‘foresty’ with more trees that are lush and green
The whole movie has that “inside” history effect all through out until the part where after the death of the general, some of the characters were “interviewed”. That was the part where the movie moved “out” of history. For me, it kind of intervened with the thoughts and conclusions reflected by the audiences.
Also, the burning flag at the end-part was an indication of this intervention since it drew the attention of the viewers from the real-historic atmosphere towards the fiction “soul” of the