Never considered watching Suddenly It's Magic, a 2012 Filipino-Thai collab movie in the cinemas back then. I never even got to watch this on CinemaOne or on any cable channel. It's interesting though that because of it, I decided to avail for a one-day premium subscription of iWantTV.
I wanted to watch this movie starring Thai actor Mario Maurer and Filipina actress Eric Gonzales because of, well it started with lakorn, The Crown Princess, which I hope I could write about later and just got me here. This movie also guest starred Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul a.k.a. Baifern as Sririta Taylor.
Giving credit to this ECQ that allowed me to be relaxed and laid back as well as more tolerating to genres I don't usually pay attention to, because by one look I wouldn't really bother watching Suddenly It's Magic. And if I stayed the way I was, I dare say I'd miss out one feel-good movie with a sweet story.
True it has the cheesy elements of a romantic movie but the overall story or plot isn't dull, for my poor vocabulary these days. I think it followed a formula, whether conventional for the genre or particular for Filipino audience and even for Thai people. I said the latter because the last scene between Marcus and Sririta it reminded me of lakorn.
The conflict they both faced didn't end when Marcus (Maurer) had to decide whether to stay in the Philippines for Joey (Gonzales) or go back to Thailand to pursue his career. That may had been resolved but reality hit them in the face so a new or continuing conflict arose when they were in Thailand.
I'm not familiar with Maurer's acting, as I've only watched him in his hit movie A Little Thing Called Love with Baifern, but I think it was decent with Suddenly It's Magic. I remember watching an interview or behind the scene vid where he said he got surprised when, I think on the first day of filming, he got a real slap on the face. It was part of the movie, but he said he didn't expect a real one. Based on the lakorn/s I've watched, slaps are fake. One of the differences between Filipino and Thai acting scenes.
Suddenly It's Magic did not require heavy acting so for Erich's part, one can't really expect much. But it wasn't mediocre. However, the one who stood out for me was Joross Gamboa, who played as Sam and Joey's best friend. I dare say he was amazing here, neither exaggerated nor downplayed.
As usual, at least among the Filipino movies I've watched, the cinematography was amazing. I can't say it was the best but I like how Philippine scenery and culture were presented. Too bad there wasn't much scenery for Thailand.
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True it has the cheesy elements of a romantic movie but the overall story or plot isn't dull, for my poor vocabulary these days. I think it followed a formula, whether conventional for the genre or particular for Filipino audience and even for Thai people. I said the latter because the last scene between Marcus and Sririta it reminded me of lakorn.
The conflict they both faced didn't end when Marcus (Maurer) had to decide whether to stay in the Philippines for Joey (Gonzales) or go back to Thailand to pursue his career. That may had been resolved but reality hit them in the face so a new or continuing conflict arose when they were in Thailand.
I'm not familiar with Maurer's acting, as I've only watched him in his hit movie A Little Thing Called Love with Baifern, but I think it was decent with Suddenly It's Magic. I remember watching an interview or behind the scene vid where he said he got surprised when, I think on the first day of filming, he got a real slap on the face. It was part of the movie, but he said he didn't expect a real one. Based on the lakorn/s I've watched, slaps are fake. One of the differences between Filipino and Thai acting scenes.
Suddenly It's Magic did not require heavy acting so for Erich's part, one can't really expect much. But it wasn't mediocre. However, the one who stood out for me was Joross Gamboa, who played as Sam and Joey's best friend. I dare say he was amazing here, neither exaggerated nor downplayed.
As usual, at least among the Filipino movies I've watched, the cinematography was amazing. I can't say it was the best but I like how Philippine scenery and culture were presented. Too bad there wasn't much scenery for Thailand.
Now Playing: Utada Hikaru - Flavour of Life
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