yes, that's the 1995 movie of joey de leon that featured the eheads. i just tripped over it on youtube (the whole film was uploaded in eleven segments - hooray to schizo102!) while marathoning on eheads songs.
i don't know if it was because i sorely miss this band or if my appreciation for film really has "matured", thanks to my film classes. but despite the initial impression that it's another slapstick baduy pinoy comedy, the story turned out pretty tight.
in case you don't know the story, joey de leon plays bartolome, a pizza delivery guy who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and so he witnessed the massacre of the black scorpion gang. he went to the police, where it so happened that the eraserheads were filing a complaint for piracy.
it seems like a stretch, doesn't it? but i'd have to say i was impressed with the way both the plots were dealt with (clean, shall i say), without being half-baked. the way it was delivered reminded me of how a simpsons episode would probably work out. usually the opening sequence of the simpsons presents one plot, but as the story progresses along, you realize that was just a jumping off point for the
real plot of the cartoon. even then, you've already been immersed enough into the initially introduced plot you'd think that's where the story will lead all throughout. or something like that.
anyway, the dialogue was simple, and the plot (though interspersed) were also layman enough to follow. i guess it was the surprising simplicity that caught me off guard. most pinoy mainstream comedies love to insert all sorts of jokes and puns, you know the writers picked them up from way beyond the fence in the left field. plus, i guess the plot on the eheads story really did prove that they were definitely ahead of their time. 1995 and they were dealing with the issue of piracy already! hahaha! stig.
so yun. natuwa lang ako kase grade 5 pa ko nung lumabas tong movie na to, and i hardly remember the story if at all. this is actually the first time i saw it in full. at sa youtube pa! on an office saturday. hahahaha (pero nagtrabaho ko, pramis! multitasker ako e, ba't ba! LOL!)
oks sya. tamang steady lang. i wouldn't even say it's sabaw. steady. and the boys were... boys. so different from today.
hay... magreunion na kase!
what the hey. the movie made my day so happy-happy pa rin.
i thought you knew the news nung pinost mo ito. yung blockmate ko ng college ang mag-ha-handle ng august 30, 2008 event. contracts have been signed and marlboro will sponsor kaya it's sure. no venue yet.
