Comment on: '...forgetting the essential elements in movie making''

"just meant to prey on the emotions of ofws...forgetting the essential elements in movie making"

I would like to comment on the User Comment made by Layput from Saudi Arabia.
I really think you're missing the point of the movie. The movie is entitled "ANAK" (meaning: Child) which would tell us what? The story of an OFW? NO.
The story of a mother; the story of her family.
If you want to BASH an OFW-related film, I suggest you view Caretaker.


"...the character of the protagonist was poorly conceived, clichéd, just plain and vividly shallow. why would you despise your mother, who, from previous countless accounts of domestic helpers, had been enduring unimaginable working conditions in other country, just because she missed or unintentionally failed to reply to your letters how shallow does that plot go(es)? ..."
--- Are you, in any way, Filipino? FAMILY is important. FAMILY over WORK. That has always been the Filipino attitude. My family would go BALLISTIC over a single un-replied text message... and I'm not even abroad!

"...second, some angles were terrible. some perspectives were so focused on capturing the intense emotional portrayals of the actors that the important elements in the background were obliterated..."
--- What are you, twelve? The movies genre is DRAMA. It's supposed to focus on the DRAMA of the movie. What else did you expect?

"...third, many scenes were superfluous and unrealistic. in a certain scene, the mother was grabbing the daughter and wouldn't let go of her for no reason even if the daughter had no plans of going anywhere. this bad situation was so forcefully implemented so that it would appear that they were wrestling. on top of it, the people cheered as if they were watching a wrestling derby. how shallow and mindless of a plot is that that it just made me cringe. we know that when people argue, especially if it involves someone who is a senior, spectators would tend to keep their mouth shut and retreat to the sides. the people involved in the writing of this script obviously do not know what the realities of human psychology and sociology are. they just wrote it so that they had something to write. truly, they obviously lacked the necessary education and talent. they did not even bother to do a little research. they just had the stupid idea in order to have something to call a story...."
--- This paragraph led me to believe that you were writing a comment out of personal hate rather than a professional point of view. Once again, culture. CULTURE. CULTURE. PLEASE understand Filipino culture before you criticize Filipino films. You'll never understand why the mothers acts the way she does if you've never truly immersed yourself in Filipino culture. AND AS A SIDE NOTE, THOSE IDIOTS WERE HIGH ON DRUGS.


Please restrain yourself from commenting on Films that you have absolutely no background in, Layput from Saudi Arabia.

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