tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015492527867202794.post2747963219046197442..comments2023-04-09T21:19:45.070+08:00Comments on Rundown Zoo : Summertimezooeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15816966615501675071noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015492527867202794.post-53724261686423713292010-08-28T07:23:02.631+08:002010-08-28T07:23:02.631+08:00P.S. Just realized that Oggs also made reference t...P.S. Just realized that Oggs also made reference to Summertime. Anyway, this guy happens to write for Twitch so he should have interesting stuff to say about Scorpio Nights as a movie. Noel Vera on the other hand has seen loads of Filipino films, he may even specialize in them. :)zooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816966615501675071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015492527867202794.post-57092915063542900332010-08-26T14:21:21.407+08:002010-08-26T14:21:21.407+08:00For starters, and I can't freakin believe I...For starters, and I can't freakin believe I'm saying this, there's something disturbingly beautiful about the way Scorpio Nights was filmed. I'm sure you can find critics out there who'd say that it's symbolic of the Filipino sentiment under martial law but I'd like to think of it as more of a bold experiment that got lucky in pushing cinematic boundaries. <br /><br />Despite the thin plot and the explicit sex scenes, the sight and sound of it is something that you are not prone to forget easily. It's really something that you should see for yourself in order to understand all the hoopla surrounding it. The lighting and the set design take on a life of their own and the actors (one of whom is currently a provincial governor) were just fearless in their roles. It's been 25 years and this thing is as notorious as it was when it first came out and I reckon it'll remain that way for years to come. <br /><br />I'm not really much of a critic but if you want to read up on a review, you can check out the one posted by Oggs Cruz <a href="http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2008/05/scorpio-nights-1985.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> or see Noel Vera's interpretation of it as an allegory on his blog <a href="http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">here</a>. :) <br /><br />As for what makes a film a classic? I think a movie has to be able to stand on its own, such that a viewer comes away from watching it feeling something and having a brand new or re-enforced perspective of the world he lives in without necessarily knowing the historical context or the intent behind the creation of the movie from its onset. If the point of the movie is too layered or obscure, or something that any regular joe can't readily pick up, in essence, it becomes a failure... This is just my opinion as an avid viewer but I'm sure real film buffs and film majors follow a more objective criteria in measuring a movie's standing.zooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816966615501675071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3015492527867202794.post-14805381893427065572010-08-26T13:02:28.809+08:002010-08-26T13:02:28.809+08:00Wow review! :-) Oh boy, I didn't know Summerti...Wow review! :-) Oh boy, I didn't know Summertime ripped off Gallaga's Scorpio Nights premise, tsk. At least Park Jae-hong could've acknowledged the fact. (Kind of like when Scorsese claimed that The Departed was loosely based or merely inspired by the Infernal Affairs trilogy, when -- hello it was a faithful pound-for-pound remake! The 2 movies could've been superimposed and you wouldn't see much difference! Hate it when that happens.)<br /><br />Haven't seen Scorpio Nights. Actually, I hate to admit it, but I haven't seen much from the Golden Age of Phil. Cinema -- Brocka, Bernal, etc. I guess these films weren't that... accessible to regular non-film major students in the 1990s and 2000s.<br /><br />So you're saying that Scorpio Nights didn't have the socio-political pretense that Summertime did, and was really just a stripped-down story about 2 people in the throes a forbidden love affair? What makes it a classic, then? (Besides what you said were the "visceral images" and "heightened sense of danger.") Just curious, really. (LOL, I think this calls for... a Scorpio Nights review!!! XD)Ender's Girlhttp://endersgirrrl.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com