STARTING OVER AGAIN, How can l unLOVE you?

STARTING OVER AGAIN
A February 12, 2014 Movie Experience

It was 6-10yrs ago since I've been wanting, wishing and yes PRAYING for a movie team-up of my Ultimate Showbiz Crush Piolo Pascual and One of my only Few Well-Followed Young Actress in Philippine Cinema Toni Gonzaga, grabe tagal ng hinintay ko, everytime na magkaka-movie si Toni with other leading man I am always saying na "Sana si Piolo naman ang sumunod," same goes with Piolo everytime he was teamed-up to other Actresses either on TV or Movie, I am always wishing na "Sana si Piolo naman!" Hindi lang naman ako actually ang nag-abang ng ganun katagal even my ate and my Mami. Kinikilig kami sa mga movies nila or projects nila with other "katambal/loveteam" pero lagi na lang na tinatanong naming ang isa't isa "Kelan naman kaya sila ni Piolo?"

Like one of Ginny's line in the movie, "Tinutulungan na tayo ng Universe" and I think ganun din ang nangyari dito sa project na ito. Finally the Universe, the Stars have aligned perfectly to make a new constellation exclusively dedicated to Toni and Piolo. And that Constellation was named #STARtingoveragain.

It was last year ng mabasa ko sa twitter while searching the word Piolo, may mga tweets/ig ng mga pics ng shooting sa isang school of him with Toni. Nakasulat nga sa mga tweets na nabasa ko "OMG ang gwapo ni Piolo they were shooting at my school," and iyon nga na-curious na ako then nabasa ko rin sa mga tweets na may movie nga si Piolo and Toni na UNLOVE YOU (working title).

I am a Piolo fan I must say, kasi halos lahat ng movie nya pinanood ko sa sine. Pero hindi ako yung tipong kasali sa fans club nya or sa fans club ng mga loveteams nya. Wala akong litrato sa wall ko o posters ng may mukha nya. Wala akong banner/tarp ng I LOVE YOU PIOLO but definitely I am always interested to him. Other than his twitter account I don't follow him on other social networking sites. Kuntento na ako sa twitter nya, which I don't religiously read too, kasi I seldom visit my twitter account. Pero 'pag nag-twit ako ay naku, talaga naman I'll flood the timeline of my very few followers in not just an hour but more than 6hrs. Which is nakakahiya nga sa mga nagpa-follow sa akin, well sorry po. Most of my twits naman ay about Piolo, Alaska Aces, minsan politics at minsan nakiki-bandwagon na din sa mga #hashtags & topics na tumi-trending.

So heto na, this year I guess... nabasa ko sa timeline ko a general twit of @PJPcom na #StartingOverAgain. Aba yung UNLOVE YOU naging STARTING OVER AGAIN. Nakups, as in pagkabasa ko nung hashtag na 'yun napakanta na agad ako ng...

We are just too young to know we fell in love and let it go,

So easy to say the words goodbye,
So hard to let the feelings die.
I know how much I need you now,
The time is turning back somehow.
As soon as our hearts and souls unite,
I know for sure we'll get this feeling right.

And now we're starting over again,
It's not the easiest thing to do.
I'm feeling inside again,
'Cause everytime I looked at you.
I know we're starting over again,
This time we'll leave all the pain away.
Welcome home my lover and friend,
We are starting over, over again. 

Favorite ko 'yan song na 'yan eh. Everytime I do my laundry or taking a bath naha-hum or nakakanta ko 'yan eh. It's like di siya theme-song ng buhay ko but the melody is just so beautiful. Yung lyrics tapos 'pag ninamnam mo talagang tatagos at tatagos sa puso.

So when the Star Cinema have changed the UNLOVE YOU to STARTING OVER AGAIN, for me, it spells more magic. It creates much more noise, much more "masa" appeal. Ganun ang tao eh, kung ano yung mas relatable sa pandinig nila mas nagiging malapit sa puso nila. So again the STARS indeed align for this movie.

MY OWN REVIEW for this movie:

The Casts & Characters:
Piolo - his acting was quiet-down a bit but definitely you can dig the sincerity on his part to do what Marco should do; to talk like how Marco should talk. His character wasn't too exquisite but he as a professor there is a sense of eloquence. Parang poetic pero simple lang.

Toni - I know it's too early to conclude pero for me she is worthy of being nominated as BEST ACTRESS. She gave life to every bit of Ginny's evolution in the story. Malalim kasi yung character ni Toni and she really did a splendid job.

I don't idolize Toni (wala ako posters nya, I don't religiously patronizing her endorsements) pero lagi akong interested sa gagawin nya and for me she's only one of the few ladies in showbiz that a conservative girl (like me) can appreciate and relate to. And for me talagang complete actress/performer siya. But definitely all of these has nothing to do with how I view her performance on this movie.

Like PJ most of her movies napanood ko and on my part I have no doubt that this is HER BEST so far.

Iza - I have watched "Milan", Piolo's movie with Claudine. Iza was still with GMA that time. She got a little-role in Milan pero yung impact nya sa character ni Piolo on that movie and how she give life to it, you will know that she is a great actress.

There's no role too little for her.

And she didn't fail my expectation again, on this movie. Nung nalaman ko na kasama siya sa movie ni Piolo and Direk Olivia Lamasan, I know isa ako sa naging excited and masaya talaga. Kasi it's about time for her to do a movie again in Star Cinema at yung reunion I know for sure will be sure hit.

If I were a boy I would fell in love with Patty. And me as a girl, naramdaman ko yung kung gaano niya kamahal si Marco.

Supporting casts well Beauty Gonzales definitely stands out. Lahat sila even Lito Pimentel they attacked their role like how should they give justice to it.

The characters have reminded me of some of those people I know. And some of their stories/traits/experience I could say na nangyari sa akin or ganun din ako.

So definitely I can say the casting was spot-on and the characters were no superficial, they were someone you can bumped on 3x out of 7days.

The Story-plot/Dialogues/Scenes:

Very Realistic.

* Yung letter ang sakit, naiyak ako.

* Yung palitan ng sumbatan nila Marco & Ginny kahit hindi siya heavily-acted, sobrang tatagos pa din sa puso mo. Yung titigan nila, yung munting gestures at yung DIALOGUES grabeh, talagang parang hihimayin yung puso mo.

* Yung confrontation scenes nila Ginny & Patty, it was subtle and simple but it was so heartfelt. Mararamdaman mo yung pinaghuhugutan nila at mas maiintindihan mong magkaibang klase man ng pag-iibigan ay hindi mo pa rin masasabing mas higit o mas lamang unless alam mong appreciated iyon ng taong pinaguukulan mo ng pagmamahal.

* Bed Scene, I didn't felt awkward watching it. Kakaiba but it won't make you turn red na parang mahihiya ka. Basta one of a kind, hahaha.

* And the 7th or 6th scene before the last scene of the movie. Ang sakit.  I am not sure if I counted it right pero around ganun sequence yun. Pwede mong I-play yung "Killing Me Softly" or "How Can I Not Love You."
Cannot be together...
Must be strong and we must be brave...
How can I not love you...
When you were gone.

After watching it pumalakpak ako and marami kami, halos lahat ng nasa sine pumalakpak. This is actually my first time to watch on the First-Day of Screening ng Nationwide realease ng isang movie.

Ang saya ko, kasi alam kong sulit yung paghihintay ko na magkatotoo yung pinangarap ko 6-10yrs ago, at yung anticipation ko na maganda yung movie na ito, hindi dahil sa kung paano siya nai-promote kung hindi dahil alam kong Star Cinema 'yun.

Si Toni Gonzaga pa ang bida sa RomCom na panonoorin ko, tapos crush ko si Piolo or basta nagagwapuhan lang sa kanya;

Or dahil nakarelate ka agad sa see-ins/trailer ng pelikula or you just like the official sound track. Kapag iyon pinagsama-sama, lahat or kahit dalawa man sa mga factors na 'yun, sigurado di ka magsisi na pinanood mo, ginastusan mo ng P200.00 o higit pa at inaksayahan mo ng Dalawang-Oras at Sampung-Minuto.

DEFINITELY IT'S WORTH IT.

Q- Bitin ba ako?
A- Yes! Nabitin ako. Actually I am already looking forward to their next movie team-up.

And I am happy for the #StartingOverAgain team kasi even 11am (1st screening) siya ang dami na agad tao sa sine. If it reflects the turnout of other cinemas what more the evening screening of this movie for sure triple the number nung mga nanood. If magpapakahenyo ako sa pag-estimate ng 1st-day with reference of the Cinema I had went to I guess aabutin ng 35M ang Gross (Ticket Sale).

Solo ko siyang pinanood, kasi dapat kasama ko mommy and ate ko, unfortunately my mom is not too healthy now; and she's battling her asthma for many years kaya impossible for her to watch it on cinema. Pero I did prayed na pwede siya, kaya lang talagang may ubo-ubo siya ngayon, kaya promise ko na lang sa kanila ng ate ko I'll buy the DVD as soon as it becomes available to market.

Mga friends ko naman it is either they are not into Tagalog movies, they were not free for today. Eh ako gusto ko talagang maging part sa 1st-day rush.

Ngayon I am contemplating of watching this movie again with my cousins na pinangakuan kong ililibre kong manood. Since they can't din today because of their school-sched, eh solo-flight na 'ko, can't wait for weekend. Si BF naman nasa abroad.

Kaya nga sabi ko hindi ko alam kung malungkot ako dahil mag-isa akong nanood, o dahil talagang sobrang nadurog lang yung puso ko dahil sa story. But now I know, as I am writing this blog; I definitely know why I felt sad.

I am sad kasi I cannot UNLOVE the movie that made me laugh out loud, tickle with kilig moments and cried na humatong sa pagkakasipon. I am sad kasi tinamaan talaga ako sobra. It really hit hard within, yung parang what ifs...

Kaya ko lang gusto sanang I-unlove kasi ang sakit... waaaahhh!!! Napakain tuloy ako ng madami, eh I am cutting my food intake na nga eh. Asus. Starting Over Again na naman sa diet?

So now, I am not sure if I have the courage to ride the roller coaster of this movie. I'm such a cry-baby and emosyonal talaga ako kaya...
Bahala na if sasamahan ko pa cousins ko or bigyan ko na ang silang tatlo ng pang-sine at snacks.

LESSONS: (Quote-quote-an ko)
"Starting Over Again it's not the easiest thing to do,
But I know every fall we encountered there is autumn."

"If you truly love someone, you will also embrace his/her weaknesses. For you might only be his/her source of strength."

"Unloving someone was never easy,
Letting go of someone wasn't easy too,
But if it continuously breaking you,
Then you gotta let it go,
For you to find true happiness."

CONGRATS & THANKS for making this movie possible 
TO YOU ALL:
STARCINEMA Production (Staff & Crew)
Direk Olivia Lamasan
Ms. Carmi Raymundo (screenplay)
Casts: Panga-loveteam PJ & Toni, Iza, Ms. Liza Lorena, Mang Arthuro (este Mr. Lito Pimentel), Beauty Gonzales, Cai Cortez, Joross Gamboa, Ryan Yllana & Bryan Santos

P.S. You owe us Piolo & Toni team up again, sana MMFF-entry naman po or basta don't let us wait again ng dekada. Sana 2015 meron na ulit. God Bless po and aja aja sana kayo sa takilya.