I got to watch only one movie from MMFF this year (Vic Sotto’s My Big Bossing Adventures). We were supposed to watch Vice Ganda’s movie because we’ve watched Vice’s movies before. My cousin Iris told me that Vice’s Film Fest entry’s plot is not good but it’s hilarious so we planned to watch it on the first day of the year. But lo, there were only 2 seats left when we checked on Sureseats. We had to pick another movie because this will be our last chance to watch a movie together. There were 10 of us so mind you of the disappointment.
Vic Sotto’s My Big Bossing did not live up to my expectations. His Enteng Kabisote movies are much better than this film this year. Aling Maliit’s cuteness and funny wit made me smile though, an hour and a half’s time to relax my feet plus the chance to be with my aunts and cousins. We occupied the whole row in the middle of Fairview Terraces’ cinema and it was quite fun thinking of this. These were my consolation.
Before this, I’ve seen several reviews about Big Bossing. I wasn’t able to read one completely and I hope I did. I just based my decision on the blog titles which increased my expectations that this movie will at least be something I can enjoy like I did with Vic Sotto’s previous movies. Well, this is only my opinion though I tend to agree with myself all the more knowing that my two aunts dozed off during some periods of the movie. No big casts, no special effects, and the plots of the 3-small-movies-within-a-movie were too simple. My 11 year old daughter who is my movie buddy is quite a movie critic already and she rated it as “no comment”. Nobody talked about the movie either when we went home, all sleepy.
But, I won’t be surprised if this movie will win a blockbuster. The cinema was full and I heard several moments of laughter from the audience. Even then, I still wished that Vic had produced something better and grander for the public. After all, he’s the only comedian producing Filipino movies which are good enough for little kids. His movies are being waited upon by families and it will be sad if these families will just watch just because they don’t have anything to choose from. Please Bossing please.
