Bahay ni Lola 2
Bahay ni Lola 2 was a slipshod movie. The writer probably took just one night to write the entire script and didn’t polish the details. Mother Lily probably wanted another Regal film in the movie houses as soon as possible, so cash will continue to come in. There were a lot of unneccesary scenes and characters, unclear connections among details, unexplained motivations — almost two hours of “horrifying” apparitions and silly discourses among its actors and you’d think the reason behind all the horror would take you away with its brilliance. No. It was an annoyingly unoriginal and simple concept. Ghosts of the house’ previous occupants haunt its present occupants away, because well, the land is theirs and they don’t want to be disturbed. Just that. Oh, and can I just say that the ending was so silly. An overwhelmingly pathetic excuse for a Bahay ni Lola 3. So in the end, the occupants did leave the house, but the last scene shows you one of the ghosts hitching onto the movers’ truck. She said in a “creepy” voice, “Sama ako…” What the hell!? Papalayasin mo sila sa bahay mo tapos sasama ka sa kanila? Baliw!
I can go on with the technical lapses too, especially with the continuity, but never mind. That is such a petty thing to criticize at. The technical people behind the movie should’ve avoided those or at least remedied those in the editing, but they didn’t. The entire movie was probably made on one weekend, I guess.
For a more detailed nitpick on the movie, read this review from FlipCritic.net.
Was it even scary? Thanks to Chokoleit and John Lapus, (and simply because it was not scary at all), no. And that’s probably it’s saving grace, it entertains you by making you laugh at the absurdity of it all.
My rating: 3/10
Natawa ako doon sa “Sama Ako”. *sniggers*
ay naku! napanood mo ba yung Bahay ni Lola 1? Kamote kaya. Kaya lang nanood yung buong angkan namin dahil sa mga pinsan kong bata. Sobrang kami nga lang ang nasa sinehan eh. Hehe.
Maganda pa Feng Shui diyan.
ei… hnd aq makapag type sa tag mo kya d2 n lng… your blog, site i mean, is so awesome… pano mo nagawa lahat ng ito? the .net, titles, hnd q mahanap ang mga hosts… kya tanong q lang sayo… need to keep in touch… bonbonito.blogspot.com
oh well.. it’s another crap.
But crap movies are still viewed by those who’d still end up saying it’s a crap because there’s a fun on having a basis for an angry verdict. (huh?)
anywayz.. i just learned that you’re one of the firsts if not the “actual first” Filipino to have a blog. Ayos!
I was able to get a copy of the film online, from a group of Pinoy DVD-rippers, since I wasn’t able to watch the movie when it came out. I’m thinking, even the DVD has such bad quality (pangit ang aspect ratio, picture quality, sound — you name it).
Anyways, I still have to watch it and since I haven’t seen any good review about the film, then I guess I’d probably see it when I have nothing else to watch. Haha!