Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Snatched

Jess is a snatcher.  He specializes in cell phones.  Being poor, he has resigned himself to the reality that he will be suspected of stealing even if he wouldn't actually do it.  So to save everyone the trouble, he learned to embrace the stereotype.

Grace is a call center agent, and a modern woman with a secret.  And she would do anything to retrieve that secret from her stolen cell phone even if it meant scouring the streets of Quiapo for the snatcher with the help of the police.


In an interesting and very realistic turn, Posas (Shackles) tackles the twists and turns of police procedures, and the lives of the people embroiled in it:  victim, perpretrator, and the enforcers themselves.  In the end, as Jess' handcuffs were removed, he finally and palpably felt the shackles latched on to him.

Beautifully shot and subtly acted, it was a joy to watch.  Having heard nothing about the film prior to viewing, I had no expectations whatsoever, and I was happily rewarded for my gamble.  The scene with Susan Africa is easily a favorite.

Posas and four other films are in competition under the Director's Showcase of Cinemalaya.  Ten more films are also competing in the New Breed category for budding directors.

I'm looking forward to seeing a good number of these, and no storm signal will deter me from going to the CCP to buy tickets.  For a couple of years now, I have organized marathon screenings of select movies for me and my friends.  The raging weekend storm almost prevented me from being able to procure tickets.  Experience has told me to buy them on the first weekend because most movies will sell out by the next week of screenings. 

So brave the rains, I did, thankful for the few minutes' respite from rain while travelling on foot.  It felt good having reserved those tickets for our weekend marathon.  It meant one less detail to worry about.



I'm going to watch a quite few movies




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13 comments:

  1. ako lang yata ang di nagkagusto sa posas. the best thing about the movie was john lapus and he wasn't even part of the plot!

    ano pa napanood mo?

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    1. @ Scud: Intoy Shokoy Monday night. Will watch Aparisyon Tuesday night, and Requieme! the next night. Ang marathon namin sa Sabado pa. :-)

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    2. what's your take on intoy? are the shorts any good? i tried it a few years back at nabore ako.

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    3. maganda sana yung story, but there's something lacking in the execution. For one thing, hindi mo makita yung passage of time, even when the story encompassed a year.

      Haven't tried shorts yet. They are last resort items for me. hehe

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  2. Ang malas ko lang, tatlong beses na ako nag-aattempt mag-Bwakaw, yung una binagyo. nung pangalawa sold out. yung pangatlo (kagabi) sold out pa rin. :/

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    1. @ Mugen: We're watching Bwakaw on Saturday. Makakapasok naman siguro kami with the Day Pass I bought. Good luck sa paghahanap mo ng screening. :-)

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    1. @ Fiction Nostalgia: Yeah, masaya talaga pag Cinemalaya, lalo na pag sa CCP ka nanoond. Kakaiba ang energy ng mga tao. :-)

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  4. Di ako makapili ng papanoorin. kahit basahin ko yung synopsis sa site, di ko maimagine kung ano ang magandang story. Baka Intoy at Posas nlang panoorin ko. :)

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    1. @ Justin: Try your luck on any of the films. Or read viewer's critiques. Bwakaw is good daw, so is Ang Nawawala and Aparisyon, all three are in my viewing list this weekend. :-)

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  5. Haven't seen Posas yet... Umabot na ng 1,000+ nagastos ko sa mga ticket. Sira nanaman budget ko, haha

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    1. @ Andy: Yung personal na gastos ko is about the same. At dahil nag-abono ako sa tickets ng friends ko, my actual cash out is way bigger. hahaha!

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  6. ay grabe. natuwa ako. salamat sa pagtangkilik ng sining biswal sa pinas. yey! :))))))

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