80'S MOVIE TIME

As an act of  physical support to the triumvirate raketeras (moi, jp and carls), i was there for the sake of chika and updates on our other affairs while the 2 men are editing our project for UP Diliman. So chika dito, chika doon. This is what the chinese businessmen's philosophy on 'being there'. And so i was there.

JP is currently into Filipino camp movies and he made us watch 2 of the most outrageous camp movies in Philippine Cinema that was made at the same time my Poodrahbel and Moodrahbel was making me as well. Luckily for us, he still has VHS copies of the films that we watched in pure delight.

TEMPTATION ISLAND

I think Joey Gosengfiao is so hands down innovatively and wickedly jologs. Ito talaga yung cult classic sa lahat ng pelikulang pilipinong napanood ko. Ibang klase. The atomic bomb lines, the devil may care clothes, the catfights in underwear, the hallucinations of ice cream in the middle of the desert and the sexually charged scenes of Azenith Briones ata with the waiter and to be really over the top--- cannibalism.

Saan ka naman nakakita ng isang babaeng tumakbo at nagsuka sa dagat tapos ang blocking ay parang sexual positions sa Kama sutra?  Dito lang iyon. Alfie Anido is so gwapo. I particularly laughed so hard when the Maid (Deborah Sun) of this malditang contestant was so mad at her amo that she pinned her down and slapped her while the rest of ther girls were just looking at them as if nasa print ad sila ng Louis Vuitton sa buhangin. Naka pose at nakakaloka. Tapos yung eksenang helicopter sa ibabaw ng pool at naglaglag ng mga flyers ng Miss Manila Sunshine just to find a venue para malaman ni Bambi Arambulo ang contest eh pwede namang nakita na lang niya yung ad sa diyaryo. Iniisip ko na lang kung paano sinabi ni Joey Gosengfiao kay Mother Lily yun na he needs helicopter for just one scene .

And if you want to see Taft avenue sans the LRT meron dito sa pelikulang ito. I remember  some lines from Azenith : I'm a crook. A damn good crook. And i know a crook when i see one. San ka pa?

BOMBA STAR

If Alma Moreno were the same age today as she was in Bomba Star, wala nang karir sila Katrina Halili at Angel Locsin sa FHM. This 80's icon was so young and hot and looks so good to lick in her films. Haha. Alma's boobs were so plump. And those are all for real--- the boobs and nose. This is another Joey Gosengfiao movie pala. In Bomba Star, Alma was so bent on being an artista that she idolized Marissa Delgado who was then the rival star of her mother (Celia Rodrigues) during her heydays as an artista.

Nadiscover at naging artista nga si Alma Moreno dahil sa picture na kinuha ni Ricky Belmonte. At ang unang pelikula niya ay isang pinoy porn flick na ang director ay si... tada! Behn Cervantes. Sa movie, jowa ni Ricky Belmonte dito si Eddie Gutierrez, san ka pa? Imagine mo na lang si Richard Gutierrez na jowa si JC de Vera. At meron talagang eksenang sexual tension si Ricky Belmonte at Eddie Gutierrez na naghaharutan sa gym with their oiled up bodies. Kinabog pa ni Alma Moreno si Madonna dahil nung inintroduce na siya sa press sumayaw siya na ang takip lang ng boobs niya ay sinlaki lang ng utong niya--- parang crown cap na may maliliit na pompoms.

Alma Moreno also ran the streets half naked after her mother knew of her dream to be an artista. She stripped her child down and chased her all over town with Alma in her palda and her hands on her boobs. Lumublob si Alma sa lubluban ng kalabaw and she emerged from it  in full view and form of her body. Para siyang naka-chocolate spa.

At the end of the movie, pinatay ni Joey Goesngfiao ang lahat ng artista except for Alma Moreno a.k.a STELLA AMOR. Nagkaroon ng stampede sa premiere night ng movie ni Stella Amor dahil nag show up si Marissa Delgado na umaapaw sa inggit at may dalang baril. Maganda ang production value ng stampede scene--- may dugo talaga at inaapakang ulo at naiipit na mukha sa escalator with matching labas ng dugo sa ilong. Pati si Inday Badiday (special role of movie reporter ng premiere night) pinakitang dead at nakadilat ang mata. Morbid.

I remember some lines thrown by Alma: Ang pangalan ko ay Estella pero Stella na lang kasi sa English ang ibig sabihin ng Stella ay star and i'm going to be a STAHR! (with matching buga ng hininga yan)

Napansin ko sa mga pelikula ni Joey G. ginamit talaga niya to the fullest potential ang hallucinatory tendencies ng tao. Those hallucinations were sort of made real in the characters' location like the giant ice cream and fried chicken scene in the desert at yung production number scene ng idol ni Alma habang nasisimba siya at doon mismo sa loob ng simabahn ginawa ang eksena.

In fairness, lahat sila may lesson learned in the end. Kahit gaano pa kababaw ang lesson nila like beauty is skin deep at Love your parents, at least meron pa ring redeeming value. At di isosoplak sa mukha mo.