Love Me Again (Land Down Under). LOL.

January 26, 2009

Ever since the death of bomba films at the turn of this century, Filipino movie fodder has consisted mostly of a smattering of drama and comedy, a pinch of horror and fantasy. Mostly, however, Filipino movies are now all about romance or chick flicks. The biggest stars today like Piolo Pascual, Angel Locsin, Marian Rivera, and Richard Gutierrez only make romantic films and these usually turn out to be the most anticipated and top-grossing ones every year.

 

Romance films have kissing scenes and some sex scenes, but nothing nearly as intense as those in the bomba films of the past. The question is, has the Filipino appetite for sex films been quelled? Is that the reason why producers dont make them anymore, or is it because of the strict censorship laws? No, no, yes. Well, I think Filipinos still like watching sex and I think that bold films will still sell if made as how bold films should be made and marketed virally. There are still “bold” films actually, once in a while, but no one watches them because it stars faded actors, censored scenes, bad storylines, half-baked production and (if everything else is good anyway) poor marketing strategies.

 

If Filipinos still like to watch sex on the silver screen then, how do producers give it to them?

 

Why, duh, make Love Me Again (Land Down Under) starring Piolo Pascual and Angel Locsin! It’s got sex written all over it, from the title, setting, plot, choice of actors and especially the trailer. Did you see that part when Angel Locsin rubs Piolo’s abs just before they were about to have sex? Deliciously scandalous. The title, Love Me Again (Land Down Under) is already very provocative. If they didn’t want to imply intercourse, why didn’t they just call the movie Love Me Again (Australian Edition) or something?

 

The movie has cowboys, cows, horses and a lot of heat. It also stars the most-fantasized actors of the Philippines today, the ones with the perfect bodies and sex appeal. I think that everything about it is screaming “sex” but it’s far from being actually bomba. I guess, this is a new evolutionary phase for Pinoy films. We want to see people getting hot and heavy on the screen but we’re not really allowed to so producers give us an alternative. We get romance laced with generous amounts of sexual innuendoes. 

 

We get blueballed.