ANG PANDAY
Year of Release: 2017
Date Watched: 28 December 2017
JR's Rating:
(6.8 out of 10, Okay)
Date Watched: 28 December 2017
JR's Rating:
(6.8 out of 10, Okay)
"Not Bad for Coco Martin's Directorial Debut"
POSITIVES
➕ Coco Martin as Panday and Director
➕ Ensemble Cast of Veteran Actors ➕ Ang Kagubatan (Dwarves Scene) ➕ Aura's Coming Out Scene ➕ Introduction Scene ➕ Tondo Brawl Scene ➕ Special Effects and Good Camerawork |
NEGATIVES
➖ Terrible Sound Mixing
➖ Unnecessary Jokes + Fillers ➖ Evident Fake Action Scenes (No Blood) ➖ Jake Cuenca as Lizardo ➖ Mariel de Leon as Flavio's love interest |
Though not perfectly crafted, Coco Martin's interpretation, portrayal and direction of Ang Panday is surprisingly good despite him to take the directorial seat for the very first time. For me, it is an action-packed teleserye done in feature length form. Ang Panday executes Carlo J. Caparas's comics of the same name which lets the youngest of the Flavio bloodline fight and ultimately defeat Lizardo, the head of a demonic empire consisting of aswangs and manananggals that threaten the city of Manila. Amazingly, the effects done on this film was done in an almost hollywood-like manner, an achievement indeed in the Filipino use of technical and special effects. Some action scenes, however, seems to be fake due non-usage of blood and observable inconsistencies but Coco Martin's hands-on stunts are a saving grace from such. The introductory scene was already astounding making you really anticipate on what's next to come. The Tondo Brawl scene was action-packed and remains my favorite in this film. The Kagubatan's river was really picturesque and realistic. The dwarves' scene was cute, the healing of Flavio by diwata was also good but Flavio's removal of the sword was the best. Aura's coming out was a symbolical addition in a the film and not a filler that was meaningless. Though the movie has an astounding veteran actors backing it (like Gloria Romero, Jaime Fabregas, Eddie Garcia, Jaclyn Jose, Lito Lapid), the film was not saved by some actors - Jake Cuenca and Mariel de Leon - who seem to have a hard time to portray their characters effectively. The sound mixing in some scenes was terrible as some dialogues can't already be heard and were irritating while watching the scenes. There were a lot of meaningless filler scenes that could have been also removed in the mix. I can't help but praise though the amazing camerawork done in this film that proves Coco Martin's future in directing. Ang Panday remains to be the better choice against some mainstream movies this MMFF season.
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Time Published: 08 January 2018 (8:00 PM)
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