Months ago, I was first exposed to Indie Films through our school’s requirement of watching 1 Indie film in the Cinemalaya 2011 and it is there that I realized how Indie Films produced such masterpieces that tackles the social issues that Mainstream Films lacked of. Such social issues that most people would prefer it to be locking in a box and should not be a topic that they should be concern of… But Indie Films tells us that social issues shouldn't be just an issue but something we all should have a deeper understanding of. And one of the social issues in our generation today is the Homosexuals.
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Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is an Indie Film that also finds its place in Mainstream Cinemas, is about a guy named Remington who was cursed to be turn into a gay when the right time comes. This cursed was brought to him because of his continuous teasing of “Aaaay! Bakla! Bakla! Bakla! Bakla!” to every gay he sees when he was still a little boy. As Remington’s 21th birthday came near, he slowly becomes a gay. While Remington is transforming into a homosexual and his friends are looking for ways to uplift the curse, Remington’s mother is dealing with a case of countless murders of gay in their town. Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington, written by Raymond Lee and directed by Jade Castro, was first showed as the closing film in the Cinemalaya 2011.
Zombadings, for me, is a 2-in-1 film. I say 2-in-1 because we have the adventure of Remington, we see how he transformed into being a Man to being a Gay and the other story which is the haunt for the serial killer for murdering gays in their area. Both stories were compressed in one film; they may differ with the flow of the story but in the end meets with one great lesson of acceptance and equality.
Indie Films, as I first know it, are films that have very low quality of the Cinematography, Sound Effects, and Story. But in today’s settings, Indie Films also have the same quality as of that in Mainstream.
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The Cinematography of the Zombadings does not differ than that in the Mainstream. I was expecting that there would be shaky capture of scenes because of the running away from the zombies… I did not see that in this film. Although, it was expected of a Pinoy Film that when it comes to costumes, we do not meet the same standard/quality of scary costumes of Korean Horror Films and the Japanese Horror Films… But I guess, that actually don’t matter since the people who acted as Zombadings were really good with their acting skill. Talking about acting skills, I really have to praise Martin Escudero and Kerbie Zamora with how they worked with their chemistry in the film which is at first the chemistry between them they should be seen as good buddies but as Remington (Martin Escudero) transforms into being a gay, the chemistry between him and Jiggs (Kerbie Zamora) should also transform as Remington develops a crash on his best buddy. The actors fit perfectly in their respective characters and the chemistry is seen which moved the audience to be kilig during the Jiggs & Remington’s scene. Little chemistry was seen between Hannah (Lauren Young) and Remington, which I don’t have the capacity to explain why because I really don’t know the reason behind it probably because the film is about gays that’s why by the end of the day, I’m a fan of Jiggs & Remington’s love team.
Over-all, the story is 4.5 stars for me because I’m more of a viewer who pays more attention to the story that was portrayed in the film, the lesson and the purpose. One thing that I didn’t like about the film is just the Zombadings, amazing make-up and costumes but still not there, the ability can be seen but I know they can surpass the other countries when it comes to this aspect of filming.
To end this critic, I must say, Indie Films should really be shown to the Mainstream and people should start investing their money in Indie Films because what they’ve been portraying are issues that are made open to the public and can be tackled openly to the public for us to have a deeper understanding and acceptance of the people who are involved in such social issues.
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