LOVE YOU TO THE STARS AND BACK
Date Watched: 11 September 2017
JR's Rating:
(7.8 out of 10, Alright)
JR's Rating:
(7.8 out of 10, Alright)
"The Long, Cheesy Yet Emotional Trip to Mt. Milagros"
POSITIVES
➕ Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto
➕ "Tapang Kalabaw" Lunch Scene ➕ The Emotional "Tulay" Scene ➕ Final Call to Love Ones ➕ Second Half of the Film |
NEGATIVES
➖ Shaky Camera
➖ Numerous Inconsistencies ➖ First Half of the Film |
Ashira grevinda mama ajaarum! With a very weak first half filled with too many fillers, Love You To The Stars and Back redeems itself in its final half with numerous tearjerking scenes that are quotable and memorable. Love You To The Stars and Back brings us an overly-depressed Mika and a cancer-stricken Caloy on their road trip to Mt. Milagros to have themselves be surrendered to aliens. With such a weird yet effective idea, we came to experience their various yet morally-inspired struggles during their travel towards the mysterious mountain. The love team between Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto proved important in the magical formula of this movie. In fact, there are various scenes where it seems they have naturally done it. Their chemistry is well made but I still find their first movie stint better, Vince and Kath and James. The first half of the film was filled with too many unnecessary scenes (ie. "gas station" scene and too many scenes when both of the main characters debate and fight). The second half of the film was its most powerful though bringing in Caloy's cancer-stricken state very evident, making you feel pity between the two main and their families. The most powerful would definitely be the time when Caloy had an outburst of emotions while at a bridge questioning the presence of God due to his very miserable state. The ending was really cute, (reminds me of the ending of their MMFF movie), but usually those films I like are those that have unexpected and sometimes tragic ending. A lot of inconsistencies and the shaky camera made me a bit irritated but at least the movie never failed to pull my heart towards scenes made to feel with the character. Though, I'm really curious on what tapang kalabaw tastes like. Love You To The Stars and Back is still a movie worth watching, most especially if you crave for those random "kilig" and "torete" moments.
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Time Published: 12 September 2017 (9:00 PM)
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