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Bam Banti
Bam Banti
Bam Banti
Going In
Sinag Maynila the first local film festival I was actually excited for. I
originally wanted to see fellow entries, Swap and Imbisibol, while I wasnt
pumped to see this movie at all. However, the time slot which we got our ticket or
had this movie as the film to be shown. I wasnt expecting much, especially how
unappealing the synopsis of the movie was as per Sinag Maynila.
Synopsis
Bambanti (meaning scarecrow) is a film depicting the raw adversity of life in
the rural areas. Whereas corruption, poor family planning, and social problems
between one another reign rampant, but are rarely told in a bold fashion such as
this. This story follows the story of Belyn (Alessandra de Rossi) and her son, Popoy
(Micko Laurente), as their lives are being crushed to the core from being accused of
stealing the golden watch of their in-laws. The issue spreads everywhere in their
locality, putting their family in a bad name. With their school, family and livelihood
compromised due to the controversy, how will they get past this adversity in a world
already filled with controversy?
Bambanti is one of the most layered piece of cinema I have seen this year.
This movie offers a lot of social commentary. It is almost like Birdman or (The
Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), which takes advantage of its relatively simple
synopsis in order to fill the huge canvas with a bigger picture that will just make you
want to step back and think about our society even more.
This movie is not afraid to show us whats going on to make the Philippines
population explode. It gave some scenes where I thought were very interesting
regarding that in a PG-13 movie, MTRCB finally did something right! This movie also
makes us question the existence of fair justice, are our judges deciding based on
facts, or just based on a testimony that has not been proven made by a wealthier
witness? This movie also boldly showed us the negative effects of gossip in the lives
of people that are involved with it. It showed us how much gossip and destroy your
relationships, education, and your dignity.
Despite the interesting social commentary I mentioned above, that wasnt really my
favorite of the bunch. My favorite is its social commentary on the school system.
The film showed us how selfish and inconsiderate the school system can be. It
showed that, in spite of the lack of livelihood, the school just constantly brings
about numerous expenses to the students that struggle just to buy food to eat. One
shot in particular just left me speechless, but is something a lot of people will most
probably not think about. That shot is, when the teacher of the class of Popoy,
looking chubbier than most people there, is a glutton. She is a glutton to the point
that she eats a lot during class, while her class just tries to pay attention to what
she is saying.
I would like to give praise to the acting of the main cast here, especially with
Alessanda de Rossis performance as a troubled mother. In every scene she was in,
she just gave her all in her performance. Their performance just added more layers
in an already brilliant script that I dont see most actors in the business in the
country can manage to pull off.
The ending of this movie ended quite quickly, when no one was expecting for it to
end. Which I thought was very interesting, because of the chosen point of
conclusion, the filmmakers made the audience reflect and piece together the
events, showing them that the movie was more clever than what you would expect.
Despite all of the praise, there are flaws in the movie. Early on, I really did not see
where this movie was going. You were really not sure where the movie was going,
since it didnt present much of a direction in the first act.
I have to say that I didnt really like the transition from the 2 nd act and the 3rd act.
For me, a certain plot point in the movie, which is supposed to be the transition, had
a major plot hole present in it. With the audiences brain working, its hard to get
away with a small plot hole, let alone a big one. Moreover, in spite of the plot
roaming around the mystery of what happened to the golden watch, it was
predictable on who did.
My last complaint in the movie doesnt deprive the film of anything, this is just a
minor detail that I am very bothered with. The extras in the movie were horrible
actors. There was this one in particular that was obviously phoning it in, which took
me off the movie for a while.
Conclusion
Despite a simple premise, Bambanti has guts by making us question our
society. The movie is fueled with a lot of layers and brilliant performances. The end
really had the audience thinking and managed to paint a bigger picture that proves
the movie is cleverer than you expected. However, the transition between the
2nd and 3rd act wasnt as good as it should have been and the end was somewhat
predictable. Bambanti proves that local indie films deserve more respect than what
they are receiving.
Gusto kong pasalamat sa pagkilos ng pangunahing cast dito, lalo na sa pagganap Alessanda
de Rossi bilang gusot ina. Sa bawat eksena siya ay nasa, binigyan lamang niya ang lahat ng
kanyang sa kanyang pagganap. Ang kanilang pagganap lamang nagdagdag ng higit pang
mga layer sa isang na napakatalino script na hindi ko makita ang pinaka-aktor sa negosyo sa
bansa ay maaaring pamahalaan upang hilahin off.
Ang pagtatapos ng pelikulang ito natapos lubos na mabilis, kapag walang ay umaasa para
sa mga ito sa dulo. Aling Akala ko noon ay napaka-interesante, dahil sa mga napiling punto
ng pagtatapos, ang mga filmmaker na ginawa ang madla sumasalamin at piraso
magkasama ang mga pangyayari, pagpapakita sa kanila na ang pelikula ay mas matalino
kaysa sa kung ano ang gusto mong asahan.
Sa kabila ng lahat ng papuri, may mga bahid sa pelikula. Noong una, talagang hindi ko
makita kung saan ang pelikulang ito ay pagpunta. Ikaw ay talagang hindi sigurado kung
saan ang pelikula ay pagpunta, dahil ito ay hindi ipakita magkano ng isang direksyon sa
unang kumilos.
Kailangan ko bang sabihin na hindi ko talagang gusto ang paglipat mula sa 2nd na kumilos
at ang ika-3 kumilos. Para sa akin, ang isang tiyak na punto plot sa pelikula, na kung saan ay
dapat na maging ang transition, nagkaroon ng isang malaking plot hole sa kasalukuyan ito.
Sa utak nagtatrabaho ng madla, ito ay mahirap na makuha ang layo na may isang maliit na
balangkas hole, pabayaan mag-isa sa isang malaking isa. Bukod pa rito, sa kabila ng mga
plot roaming sa paligid ng misteryo ng kung ano ang nangyari sa mga golden watch, ito ay
predictable sa kung sino ang ginawa.
Ang aking huling reklamo sa pelikula ay hindi-alis sa pelikula ng kahit ano, ito ay lamang ng
isang maliit na detalye na sa lalong ako bothered sa. Ang mga extra sa pelikula ay kakilakilabot na aktor. Nagkaroon ng isang ito sa mga partikular na malinaw naman pagtawag ito
sa, kung saan kinuha sa akin off ang pelikula para sa isang habang.
pasya
Sa kabila ng isang simple premise, Bambanti ay may lakas ng loob sa pamamagitan
ng paggawa sa amin tanong ating lipunan. Ang pelikula ay fueled na may maraming mga
layer at napakatalino performances. End Ang tunay na nagkaroon ng madla ang pag-iisip at
mga pinamamahalaang upang ipinta ang isang mas malaking larawan na nagpapatunay ng
movie ay cleverer kaysa sa iyong inaasahan . Gayunman, ang paglipat sa pagitan ng ika-2 at
ika-3 gawa ay hindi na mabuti bilang mga ito ay dapat at ang wakas ay medyo predictable.
Bambanti nagpapatunay na lokal na indie films -ukulan ng paggalang sa kung ano ang
natatanggap nila