Let me give my few cents about this very heart-warming film, "Walang Forever". You see, with the Metro Manila Film Fest (MMFF)
ruling over the cinemas for the entire holidays, patronizing local films and critiquing them is now an enjoyable past-time.
"Walang
Forever", which bagged the "Best Picture Award",
stars Jericho Rosales and Jennylyn Mercado. Among the movies I watched,
this one struck me, so far, because the concept that got
the movie rolling is about the life of a script writer (a famed writer of
popular rom-com movies) ... a profession I fantasize about, yes,
honestly! There are lazy days, even now, when I simply day dream
about my "what ifs" and picture what could have been in the other
roads I abandoned. Writing, broadcasting, TV hosting and singing
(nawwh, just a joke!) are among the wild dreams I draw around
stories of "what could have been". As they often say so, it
is with the unknown when the imagination of a hopeless
romantic runs the wildest to inspire #kilig and #iyakpamore stories.
Laughters, tears, joys, trials, love and losses ... are always the main
characters of the "movies in my mind".
And so, this
movie is relatable to me, not because of the “forever theme” (seriously?!) but more for the
twist that the “writer writes about her life” while she earns her living &
fame from it and, then, in the process, achieves her sense of security & survival.
If I am not who I am now, then, yes,
that! could have been… almost … possibly
… the kind of life I would be writing about, too.
Oftenly, as a
frustrated writer, I wondered what runs true in the mind of my
co-writers. When they write fiction, is it really fiction? When
they write about themselves, are their stories authentically theirs or a
figment of their subconscious? And when they go through the so-called
"writer's block" (which I am experiencing now), are they truly losing
the muse of their passion or are they simply unlearning things about themselves?
But, this is what I tell you, my friends, in a writer’s mind,
the answer to the question about “forever” is infinite! In this particular award-winning
film about Mia (Jennylyn Mercado) and Ethan (Jericho Rosales), “wala daw
forever” (oh my, am I a big spoiler here?).
But, let me tell you more.
Any other writer can put a continuity to it and prove “forever is
forever and it may be true”. It just
depends on how one’s fingers would tap the keyboard longer and dance the story around more.
But for me, I still like to believe “meron ngang
forever” … and I challenge myself to write my own story down soon…
But , for now, do watch the movie, folks! It's a tear-jerking one that will bring lightness and joy. I'm glad it won the highest award among all the MMFF films. Kudos to "Walang Forever" film-writers!
I bet you, if you take time and buy your tickets now, you'll certainly fall in love with Ethan, the romantic. And you'll definitely be proud with Mia, the writer,
the lover, the fighter.
And, at the end, like me, “you’ll wish there is forever ….”
Frustrated Writer,
Rox
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