I have remembered the song “I miss you like crazy” when I was I think in high school. I kept singing it. I cannot remember the singer or to whom the song was dedicated (or maybe I just have a bad case of LSS or last song syndrome), but I can very well remember the lyrics.
Anyway, I brought it up because today I saw the movie trailer of the new Star Cinema movie entitled “Miss you like Crazy”, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, his long-time ka-love team. While I am not really excited with their love team because I am more kilig with the John Lloyd-Sarah Geronimo tandem, nevertheless, I was struck with the trailer of this movie. Hmmmm….I just might watch this film after all. The last Tagalog movie that I watched was Mano Po 6, and would you believe, that was my first? I am not very fond of Tagalog movies except the John Lloyd and Sarah starrer.
Will let you know how I like it.
By the way, speaking of Star Cinema, I just remembered Rubi, the new teleserye in ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. I was really excited to watch this. As in I asked my husband to take care of my baby while I watch the show. But I was disappointed. I could not establish the story at all. Okay, what else is new because Filipinos like to re-do the scripts of foreign soaps. But why adapt them anyway if they are going to change the script. The first part was very dragging. I wanted to see more of Rubi.
I hope things will change in the coming days. As such I have stopped watching Rubi after two episodes. But I think I will resume watching it because I want to see Angelica Panganiban in action.
Hi. It’s me again. Hope you’ll catch Miss You Like Crazy. I know you favor the John Lloyd-Sarah pairing but what makes John Lloyd and Bea special together is highlighted in this new movie. In this new movie, even if we didn’t write scenes for the sole purpose of making pa-kilig, John Lloyd and Bea delivered the scene in a way that all of the people who saw the initial cut of the film felt kilig.
This is a more mature love story — you see people falling in love not because somebody danced to stop the rain from falling, but because two people connected on a deeply emotional level over the simplest things: lugaw, tokneneng, Divisoria, chicken inasal, coffee, Simbang Gabi, cornic, and endless conversation. The movie was written in such a way that even if these two characters were not talking about themselves or how they felt, their actions and their silence spoke volumes. Sometimes, it was those gray stones (shown in the trailer) that would do the talking for them.
But I guess that’s where the true magic of John Lloyd and Bea lie. They don’t have to do anything over-the-top or overtly-pa-cute or overtly-pa-kilig (a manufactured cinematic moment) to convince viewers that they are in the moment, feeling the love. They approach the material intelligently and deliver brilliantly. Even their eyes, their lips, their hands act. It’s those subtleties that are wonderful to explore and depict onscreen.
Another bonus to their team is the fact that their movies are remembered both by fans and non-fans alike even after many years: when you watch their films, you forget that they are John Lloyd and Bea as they become their characters onscreen. And after working with them again, I always end up telling people (like I’m doing now) that seeing them, up close and personal, work together and support each other, might just actually change your feelings towards them. They’re great professionals and excellent human beings — all the more reason to love them.
Regardless, I still hope you find the time to watch this movie. Thank you as always.
yeah…i think i might just catch this movie onscreen.
will post it here if i do.