You Changed My Life
Nowadays, I rarely watch movies at the cinema. Unless it is a really good movie, I just wait for it to come out in DVD, most especially if it’s a Tagalog movie. There are exceptions, of course. Friends and my sister, Grace, have been talking about A Very Special Love when it was shown last year. The movie is a Sarah Geronimo-John Lloyd Cruz starrer and was a smash hit in the box office. It was a romantic comedy. Sarah and John Lloyd had great chemistry. The movie was funny and my friends and my sister went home smiling.
A follow-up to it, You Changed My Life, was shown a few weeks ago. It still stars Sarah and John Lloyd and follows the love story between the two, a continuation of the first movie. I was not able to watch the first movie on the big screen. But this one I thought of watching. And so I did. Last Friday, I went to the cinema with Hazel and my sister, Ming. This was not our goal, to watch the movie. We went to the mall primarily to buy things for my grandma. But then we checked out the screenings and we found one that fit our sched for the day.
It was worth it! The movie was funny, cheesy, corny and feel good! I love it! You’d get annoyed with the “Bebe Ko” ringtone but then you’ll let it go because you’d be entertained from start to finish.
Let me tell you this. I am not a big fan of Tagalog movies. I watched a handful that I liked. American Adobo. Crying Ladies. That first Regine Velasquez-Aga Muhlach movie. Got To Believe. There are more that I can’t recall at the moment. I just hate the copy-cat syndrome that most movie companies in the country have. Copying plots from Hollywood movies. The same old formula of rich boy-poor girl against all odds. Too mushy, with lots of sampalan. And the big deal kissing or love scenes… aargh! Annoys the hell out of you, really.
Anyway, You Changed My Life is a feel good movie. Enough for an afternoon when you don’t want to think about anything else. When you just want to laugh at corny scenes or cringe at cheesy lines. Sarah and John Lloyd really made our day!
Tags: A Very Special Love, Aga Muhlach, American Adobo, Crying Ladies, Got To Believe, John Lloyd Cruz, Regine Velasquez, Sarah Geronimo, You Changed My Life
March 15th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Finally you were able to watch it. I am glad that you had a great time.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:55 am
Oi, puede na pala si Hazel sa theater, akala ko under age pa sya. My sister have already watched this movie, maganda daw.
I don’t like to watch tagalog movies too. Alam mo na, we know what’s next scene and the ending because we are Filipino too. Pinoy thing you know…
March 16th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I’m happy for you sis.. i hope i can do the same thing here… it’s so boring..
nwei..
with regards to the movie as i have seen its trailer in TFC, it’s cute, funny and i think every scene from this movie is worth watching.. but thinking about this movie remembers me of ….*sigh …. whoever… can someone tell me that i feel “homesick” now! LOL hehehe