After a long
wait I’ve finally seen “The Mistress” starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo
directed by the award winning director Olivia Lamasan. The said movie is the 10th
anniversary presentation of the John Lloyd /Bea team up.
I have to admit
that hearing about this movie made me excited since I know how superb the whole
cast is, however the title itself gave me an idea that it’s another “mistress
themed movie” and what could be new? But I was wrong. It was so realistic and it hit all the right
emotions in me. There were four main characters in the movie mainly Bea (Sari),
John Lloyd (JD/ Eric), Hilda and Ronaldo’s (Rico), in which each of their stories
was beautifully written. Each of the characters in the story were all written
in such a way that you’d see both their good and bad sides. I loved the fact
that the mistress has another meaning as to a female master cutter ( I think
that was just brilliant..). It was a whole different take on a mistress themed
movie. Precisely different from the “Maricel Soriano’s” movie “A love story” –
I just loved how there were scenes that were unpredictable in a very realistic
setting (like the part where Bea told Ronaldo that she went out with John
Lloyds character..) to tell you honestly I expected a bigtime slap – Instead I
felt a big punch from within when Ronaldo’s character said “Ano ba ang
karapatan mo, Kerida lang kita” – I think that was superb.
I liked how
there were scenes that were funny just enough to give us time to breathe in
between each heavy scenes – and also that this movie felt like a poem wherein
people would have different reactions and emotions towards each line and the
ending itself – Here are some of the memorable lines..
“Layuan mo ang asawa ko, tagalong
yan para maintindihan mo”
“Ang daming dahilan kung bakit di
kita dapat mahalin, per may isang dahilan kung bakit hindi ko yun magawa, MAHAL
KITA, yun lang yon.”
“Hindi mo malalaman na may kulang
hangang may dumating na magpupuno”
Now I’d like to
talk more about my take on the ending which is pretty interesting and clever. As
the movie was ending I heard one of the people that I watched it with say that “they
ended up together” – and I was surprised because I thought the other way
around. . I asked myself how in the world?
For me they ended up as the same as how
everything was between the Ronaldo “Benefactor”, Bea “Mistress” and Hilda “Wife”
– but since Ronaldo’s character died, JD (John Lloyd) ended up hiding his
relationship with Bea while being a good son to Hilda. I asked myself how in
the world? So let me explain how –
It all started when John Lloyd’s
character JD said
·
“I can’t be a perfect man, but I choose to be a
good man like the way my father was”
I feel like they were still
secretly together and he does need to keep it a secret because it’s the right
thing to do so that his mother won’t get furious about it.
·
Then remember the scene where his laptop showed
the “date”? Thursday (and whatever date it was)
·
Then Bea saw John Lloyd looking outside the
window with sadness and longing in their eyes
It was because “Thursday” is Bea’s
day with Ronaldo and as respect for John Lloyd’s dad they can’t be together on
that said day – and off course the rest of the days were all theirs to share.
Well
that’s how I see things after watching the movie, I suggest you watch it for
yourself (its worth all your time and money) and let me know your take about
the ending and the film itself.
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