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Monday, December 10, 2007
movie review assignment
“NARS” IS A pathetic excuse for a movie.
I apologize for the bluntness of my language, but I cannot think of a better euphemism to describe the movie that has left my mouth agape, not because of its poor quality but because it had potential flowing from its every scene which (unfortunately) all went down the drain. Don’t get me wrong. It was neither the remote seats in the movie house, the lack of better multimedia equipment nor the expensive tickets that drove me to dislike the movie. Believe me, if the physical setup was the sole basis for my judgment, I would not think twice in giving this movie a lone star out of five, and I would have walked out of the theater a second after the movie started. The real reason for my disappointment, though, is the film’s lack of substance and severe superficiality.
Honestly, I grew excited at first because of the famous names and faces (and the reputation, too, that went along with them) found on the promotional posters. Although the actors and actresses gave an exemplary performance, they were trees left in a small pot to thrive. The plot and screenplay left little room for the performers’ characters to develop. There were several chances for the scenes to reveal a more profound side to the story, but much to my utter dismay every scene halted to a dull hanger.
Take Jodi Santamaria’s story for instance. Sure, she was moved by Ka Leo’s speech about nurses going abroad and having none left in the Philippines, but not enough for that to be actually be the reason why she decided to stay in the country. Her only reason was she was sick of being rich. The film didn’t even delve deeper to her plight which was not really too believable.
I realized after watching the movie that people stereotype nurses and among those people are the makers of this film. I feel bad for Mr. Carl Balita who I admit I admired for his achievements and his excellence in the both the fields of Nursing and Business. He should have reviewed and re-reviewed the film before showing it. The movie only showed what everyone knows about nursing students and practicing nurses. What was lacking in the movie was the masked reality of the professional and of the study. It could have talked about the plight of the nurses abroad or the students’ struggle in mapping out a blurry future. It could have delved deeper into the lives of these people, how the present circumstances of the society have forced these individuals into making certain decision and the experiences they went through to become what they are now. But nah, it settled for the obvious cliché.
The movie had hardly scratched the surface of nursing and what it is to become a nurse. It only settled for a love story as an eyecandy of a main attraction. It built an excitement it could not sustain, only to fall flat on an awkward end. Thus, there is nothing more for me to contemplate than the thought of what the movie could have been.
lostandconfused lost herself at 10:46 PM
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