i really wanted to like this, but the story just couldn't keep up with how incredibly good it looks and sounds. the cinematography is genuinely beautiful, and the way they used eraserheads' track set the perfect mood. but man, the plot just refuses to take a single risk. you can clearly see all these interesting directions the narrative could have explored, yet it just settles for the most generic, predictable route possible. it's frustrating when the massive potential is right there staring at you, but it ultimately ends up being pure style over substance.

i really wanted to like this, but the story just couldn't keep up with how incredibly good it looks and sounds. the cinematography is genuinely beautiful, and the way they used eraserheads' track set the perfect mood. but man, the plot just refuses to take a single risk. you can clearly see all these interesting directions the narrative could have explored, yet it just settles for the most generic, predictable route possible. it's frustrating when the massive potential is right there staring at you, but it ultimately ends up being pure style over substance.

the first 30 minutes were the best thing ever happened in this whole film; the cinematography and color grading were beautiful and I love how they choose the music to use, and how they could really made it look like a fantasy to themselves through the ambiance, narrative, and the color pallette.

I realized it late that they changed the color grading when he hits to travel alone as they navigates real life already and not to the fantasies that were shared to him when his mother were still alive.

the first 30 minutes were the best thing ever happened in this whole film; the cinematography and color grading were beautiful and I love how they choose the music to use, and how they could really made it look like a fantasy to themselves through the ambiance, narrative, and the color pallette.

I realized it late that they changed the color grading when he hits to travel alone as they navigates real life already and not to the fantasies that were shared to him when his mother were still alive.

Alitaptap is my new favorite word

Alitaptap is my new favorite word

wanted to give tonton a big hug when natapon yung ashes ng mom niya :((( poor kid

wanted to give tonton a big hug when natapon yung ashes ng mom niya :((( poor kid

need more myth driven filipino movies. love the visualization of childhood aspirations and trauma in a way that is easily tangible to its viewers. it couldve been shorter but i couldnt care less because in the end tonton got to where he wanted to be.

need more myth driven filipino movies. love the visualization of childhood aspirations and trauma in a way that is easily tangible to its viewers. it couldve been shorter but i couldnt care less because in the end tonton got to where he wanted to be.