Reaction Paper

 

Reacton Paper on he Filipino Movie “Seven Sundays” Seven Sundays, a Filipino movie ha grealy deals and appeals o our love and fondness of our family members and undersanding. I has also warmed our hears because of he way hey use heir families o sele heir own problems and conics as individuals and vice versa. I is he movie ha enails how dieren families work ogeher o prove heir sabiliy, connecton, and foundaton as a whole. Based on public perspectves, Seven Sundays is one of he mos hearwarming Filipino family sory movie of all tme. Seven Sunday Seven Sundayss is a 2017 2017 Philip Philippin pine e comedy  comedy drama drama lm  lm direced direced by Cahy Cahy Garcia-Mo Garcia-Molina lina.. I s sar arss were Ronaldo Valdez, Valdez, Aga Muhlach, Muhlach, Dingdong Danes, Danes, Cristne Reyes, Reyes, and Enrique Gil. Gil.  The lm was produced and released by Sar Cinema on Cinema on Ocober 11, 2017. The movie is abou he Bonifacio siblings who reunie aer hey know issues ha heir faher was diagnosed wih lung cancer. The sory sars in he process o deal wih unresolved among hemselves. Vanessa R. Valdez, Roumella Monge, John Raphael Gonzaga and Kiko Abrillo are very brillian o come up wih a very impressive sory. The sory is remarkable on presentng he opening of he movie wih a beautful monage ha poignanly shows he Bonifacio family growing over he years. There are no faces excep for hose in old phoographs, and ye one undersands he sory behind i. The Exposiory inelligenly showss he dieren characerist show characeristcs cs of he Bonifacio Bonifacio family, heir dierences dierences,, and heir personali personaliy. y. No aending on heir faher’s birhday shows he disconnecton of he family in he beginning. The incitng inciden was well hough ou and assessed critcally. I is very good ha he disease is faal like a cancer because faal diseases builds more ension and drama in he sory. As he sory contnues, Confronaton builds and ges higher as he climax occurs. Confronatons are he very imporan ingrediens in building he climax of he sory. The use of quarrels is very eectve and i adds a spice on he sory. The lines and dialogues are very relaable and ouchy. The climax is a burs of emotons, he wriers eectvely show how he characers express heir dramatc feelings. The climax serves a “bang” in he sory and i creaes a shockful momen. mome n. The las par of he sory or he plo is he falling acton acton or he resoluton resoluton.. Aer showing showing heir full feelings in he climax, he move of he oldes broher who is Allan led he sory ino no ensions and he problems are resolved. The ending is very surprising, i is where many of he audiences burs in ears. I is full of joy and hey are very creatve in presentng he hough of giving eulogy even hough he faher is no ye dead. The use of giving he eulogy is for he recipien o know how he family members feels and o know he message hey will say. The recipien can now reac or ake in by hear he message he receives. The nal scene lends ruh o he saying ha less is more and aecs he creatve value of he lm. “Seven Sundays” successfully balances comedy wih he dramatc elemens hroughou mos of he lm, bu falers a keeping his balance owards he end. Too much of his acky comedy brand for he sake of enerainmen is an eyesore on he oherwise lovely errain of he lm.  There is no perfec sory indeed. There are some aspecs on he sory ha I didn’ like and i needs improvemen. On he rs par of he sory where he pariarch of he family wans o ell abou his illness. I seems ha his children don’ even care and some of he emotons were like i’s okay wih hem. They didn’ porray a family on ha par. The sory iself is hardly distnctve. In realiy, wih is consan allegiance o formula, i feels like a rehash. The plo of he sory is quie predicable. Even is dramatc climax, when each and every characer suddenly explodes under he weigh of heir suppressed feelings, is no longer a surprise, because he same explosive highligh was already presen in each and every one of he sories ha came before i. Being one of Garcia-Molina lms, i is somehow likely o her own   Four Sisers and a Wedding, which also feaured siblings whose sudden reunion serves as he impeus for hem o air repressed grievances. In 2000, Rory B. Quinos direced Anak which again ceners on a reunion ha reveals a family’s dysfuncton. In h he e same same year, year, Lauri Laurice ce Guille Guillen n direc direced ed Ta Tangi nging ng Yaman Yaman wh which ich is also also ab abou ou a reunio reunion n ha ha has siblin siblings gs squabbling over heir inheriance inheriance while he family mariarch is wastng away. away. And i lacks of originaliy. Anoher aspec ha I wan o give a reacton are he Acors and Acresses.   Eectve porrayal is a key elemen in his lm. I commend heir actng and heir abiliy o drive people on heir feelings and relae heir characer o hemselves as par of a family. There are generally ne performances, led by Ronaldo Valdez, who plays he family pariarch wih equal amouns of leviy and he. Parnered mos of he tme by reliable Kechup Eusebio, who plays he nephew who has supplaned his own children as his rused companion, Valdez is an endearing and enduring presence amids he lm ip-opping beween is comedic and dramatc momens. Mr. Ronaldo Valdez passionaely passionaely delivered he lines and dialogues and he role really s o him. His eldes son is Allan, played by Aga Muhlach. Himself a faher sruggling o provide for his own family, Allan appears o have developed an insecuriy owards his own siblings, who wen on o become relatvely more successful han him. As an older broher, Aga Muhlach manage o bring us his broher side and has he abiliy o  gaher our sympahy and mel our hears. Bryan, he second born, is an overachiever wih a lo o prove, bu wih a painful secre ha he ries o mask wih calculaed indierence. He’s arrogan and insensitve, and Dingdong Danes’ convincing porrayal makes i easier for us o dislike him, a rs. He is sensatonal on

 

delivering a performance ha pulsaes wih aectng earnesness. Manuel's only daugher is Cha, porrayed by Cristne Reyes. A moher o her own se of hree kids, her easer gives a grave hin ha all's no well wih her husband. She's also he one who was hi he mos by he news ha heir faher is dying. Her maryrdom adds a srong feeling o her personaliy. She even look no having a hard tme on her role because of her naural actng. Las up is Enrique Gil as Dex, he younges. Disan, he sruggles o form a close bond wih his oher siblings and Manuel. A rs we hink Enrique Gil is merely reectng his public persona bu he ses us sraigh by dropping ha self-assured sance and showing a more sensitve side o his characer. He migh no have he bes momens, bu he cerainly makes he bes of wha he has o do. The way he swiched emotons in seconds is a esamen of how much growh he has achieved already. Wha I especially like abou his performance is ha in erms of scenes he's no geng all he lead, and in mos of hem he's usually relegaed o reactng. He didn’ overreac bu he even plays he same inensiy o all of hem. Overall, all he sars shine in heir respectve scenes. The movie, Seven Sundays, is very wholesome i has a complee represenaton of a no-so-perfecperfec family. Every aw and sruggles only conribue o he bes of momens and decisions. Each scene is very relaable since i shows a normal old man who jus waned o have some tme spen wih his only family le. Wihou gaining anymore regres jus like how he did back when his children were young. Oher han ha, he characers are uniquely diverse. Their birh order really did show in he way hey ac and how hey perceive each oher’s life. Hearbreaking a tmes, hearwarming a tmes; genuine and oo close o home. Overall, wih a well-wrien scrip, excitng scenes, unforgeable performances performances,, and an evocatve message ha plunges deep ino our consciousness, consciousness, Seven Sundays is an exceptonally beautful lm ha captvaes he audience.