WORDS BY: SIEGE MALVAR
IMAGE FROM THE MOVIE YOU CHANGED MY LIFE (STAR CINEMA, 2009)
February 11, 2010 | 5833 views
Let’s admit it. We’re suckers for drama. We’ve pegged our public actions on romance movies. When all life’s a stage, it’s easy to see how life quickly imitates art.
But when the art we’re talking about is Pinoy Romance Movies, exactly how much are education are we getting?
Here are some things we’ve learned from watching Pinoy Romance Movies:
1. The More You Hate The More You Love – Most love affairs, apparently, begins with unnecessary logic. Boy meets girl, and they have a fight. They always hate each other at first, justifying the 3rd Grade Golden Rule of “The More You Hate, The More You Love.”
Witness: Kc Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez’ For the First Time. There comes a crucial point in the scene where the female lead confronts the male lead and they have this big fight that leads first to physical violence, to sexual aggression, and then, finally, to romance.
This isn't necessarily what transpired in said KC-Chard starrer but the following is a general little sequence. Observe:
Babae: Hayup ka! (sampal)
Lalake: (hahalikan si babae)
Babae: Bastos! (sasampalin uli)
Lalake: (sasaluhin ang sampal, at lalong hahalikan)
Babae: (masasarapan sa halik)
Now, how many times have we seen this scene on screen, and how many times has this actually worked in real life?
2. The One-Line Rule. No matter how complicated your situation is, it can all be summed up in One Line of Song Lyrics in English: It Might Be You, or You Gotta Believe in Magic. In any case, you have to Let The Love Begin, and take your One More Chance and Love Me Again.
