I was never really interested with Forgotten Island nor Kim K but I would like to say that FI fails in the Philippines because it’s unrelatable. The view comes from privilege. As someone who migrated to the US for 15 years, this movie is so clear on how it’s coming from a Fil-Am view. Everything’s romanticized. It’s not what the typical masa goes through on a daily. It asking the typical filipino to view what being a filipino is from a view that’s unrelatable to most.
Commenting is free but watching the film is asking for people's hard earned money. Supporting our own is so much easier when it's free. The film seems to be for making western audiences impressed more than anything else, which i guess succeeded in terms of critics but not in box office sales.
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Oh no, you mean life is not fair? :D :D :D Why is KK so famous and I am not ;) ;) ;)
ReplyDeleteKumita naman sa Pinas ang FI. International hindi.
ReplyDeleteMagtataka pa ba tayo sa choice ng mga Pinoy? Sa politics pa lang obvious na e.
ReplyDeleteI was never really interested with Forgotten Island nor Kim K but I would like to say that FI fails in the Philippines because it’s unrelatable. The view comes from privilege. As someone who migrated to the US for 15 years, this movie is so clear on how it’s coming from a Fil-Am view. Everything’s romanticized. It’s not what the typical masa goes through on a daily. It asking the typical filipino to view what being a filipino is from a view that’s unrelatable to most.
ReplyDeleteCommenting is free but watching the film is asking for people's hard earned money. Supporting our own is so much easier when it's free. The film seems to be for making western audiences impressed more than anything else, which i guess succeeded in terms of critics but not in box office sales.
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