For the first time ever since its inception, JR Late Night Blogs is releasing its own list of best local movies in pursuit of recognizing efforts of the Philippine cinema industry. 2017 was a great year for Filipino movies spanning those entries from the Metro Manila Film Festival held last 25 December 2016 to 07 January 2017 (3 movies in the list) and the landmark Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino held last 16 to 22 August 2017 (3 movies in the list). 2017 was a great year for Filipino movies and JR presents to you 8 which stood out amongst all releases from the past year.
JR's pick for the top Filipino Movie of the Year 2017 comes from yesteryear's amazing line-up of MMFF movies. Die Beautiful is one of the best movies from the said film festival, transgressing the usual comedies using satire and the darkest of comedies to create an amazing story about the Filipino gay beautyscape. Speaking of dark comedy, the second spot goes to Patay Na Si Hesus which is reminiscent of the typical Filipino family. While the top two slots already are comedy films, this year's list include three usually considered as your Filipino romantic comedy, one horror movie, a documentary, and a teenage drama. Majority of this year's list are indie flicks. From JR's collection of movie reviews, five have been given masterpiece scores. Now, we start with JR's master listing of the best movies from the Philippines.
Summary of the List:
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Intro | Methodology | Records | Data Sources | Photo Credits
JR's FILIPINO MOVIES OF THE YEAR - 2017 METHODOLOGY:
- All movies have to be watched or reviewed by JR during the year that was 2017.
- Movies must have been WIDELY released domestically between 25 December 2016 to 24 December 2017. (The list doesn't include films that only screened for a specific audience for a short period of time in 2017.)
- Movies from the Metro Manila Film Festival 2016 (25 December 2016 to 07 January 2017) have been taken into consideration since their time release frame has been majority in 2017.
- Movies from the Metro Manila Film Festival 2017 (25 December 2017 to 07 January 2018) are not yet included in this year's list but rather to be considered in the following year, 2018.
- No movie re-releases in HD or IMAX were included in the list (such movies had already been premiered in the past).
SCORING GUIDE:
10 - Masterpiece
9 - Excellent
8 - Awesome
7 - Alright
6 - Okay
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5 - Mediocre
4 - Boring
3 - Bad
2 - Disappointment
1 - Worthless
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JR's Filipino Movies of the Year - 2017
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Movies of the Year
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Movie Genre | Month of Release | JR's Score |
| 1 | Comedy | Dec 2016 (MMFF) | 10.0 | |
| 2 | Comedy | Aug 2017 (PPP) | 10.0 | |
| 3 | Documentary | Dec 2016 (MMFF) | 10.0 | |
| 4 | Horror | Aug 2017 (PPP) | 9.5 | |
| 5 | Romance | Aug 2017 (PPP) | 9.5 | |
| 6 | Romance | Jul 2017 | 9.5 | |
| 7 | Drama | Mar 2017 | 9.0 | |
| 8 | Romance | Dec 2016 (MMFF) | 8.5 |
#1
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DIE BEAUTIFUL
(Metro Manila Film Festival 2016) |
JR's Score:
(10/10)
"MASTERPIECE"
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Movie Genre:
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Comedy
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Director/s:
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Jun Robles Lana
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Writer/s:
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Rody Vera, Jun Robles Lana
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Producers / Distributors:
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Regal Entertainment, Octobertrain Films, The IdeaFirst Company
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MTRCB Rating:
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R-13
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Total Running Time:
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2 hours, 0 minutes
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Cast Overview:
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Paolo Ballesteros, Christian Bables
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"The Best Gay Film In Philippine Cinema History"
Die Beautiful is purely a masterpiece remaining one of the few evidences that there is hope in the yearly Metro Manila Film Festival. Die Beautiful's story complemented by its very talented actors proves that a taboo topic in Filipino culture can be used as an amazing source material for Philippine cinema. Die Beautiful explores the back story of a gay pageant enthusiast during the entirety of his funeral where he dawns a different celebrity appearance each night of his wake pre-determined and designed by his loyal best friend.
Read JR's Full Review of Die Beautiful:
http://jrlatenight.blogspot.com/2017/01/moviereviews-DieBeautiful.html