BONIFACIO ANG UNANG PANGULO

REACTION PAPER

I really appreciate the cinematography of the film. Every scene was captured neatly
and nicely. The tones and colors are in great quality and it really influences the mood that
the director was trying to catch for the viewers. The characters were properly portrayed
especially Robin Padilla who give justice to Andres Bonifacio’s strong personality. It really
can be seen that every people who are part in this big production really give their best
effort in producing this great film that can capture the sense of appreciativeness of the
Filipinos to their heroes.
I really love their idea of having a past day and present day because it can be seen
that there are really some misconceptions that students believe. Some of the texts that
where written in the book today didn’t actually match to what really happen in the past.
Some of the minor details that are considered to be important where remove and some
are really wrong maybe because some authors have different perspectives on how they
look on the past.
I really appreciate that they include a museum in the film because through this they
can actually persuade everyone to visit museums that are open publicly for their additional
knowledge of the past. Through this, they can raise awareness that there are artifacts
and archaeological findings that the government are preserving for them to appreciate
more the things that our heroes did for our country and to prove that those people are not
mere imagination of the authors because of the remains that they left to us. Also, every
Filipino especially the kids today should visit museums like this because through this it
can boost the act of heroism that everyone possess in their inner self and it is also believe
that, “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan.”
This movie showed the brutality of the Spaniards during their reign in the
Philippines. Like, arresting people that they thought violated their imposed rules and
regulations, killing people they found crossing their lines, charging people a tax through
cedulas, forcing people to work for them, and others. This form of cruelty that they are
showing gives the rise of sense of nationalism of every Filipino living at that time. Whether
it is a man and women, they all want to attain the peaceful nation that was once belong
to them.

JAMES DEN MAR R. SALINAS BSCR 1