Is it uniquely Pinoy for friends to go to a theatre, then relive a great movie experience shortly after? If it were a comedy, they’d laugh even harder when recalling memorable scenes. Over callos, manchego and Merlot at Terry’s (plugging: their already inexpensive but good wines go on sale on Saturdays), that was what we did last night after watching Zombadings.
I prematurely proclaim it as the movie of the year, and that covers Hollywood. The upcoming movies of Polanski, Scorsese, Almodovar, Payne and Brillante Mendoza better top this tale of a boy from Lucban, Quezon who likes taunting baklas, then pisses off a grieving gay who curses him to turn queer when he grows up.
Here are 11 things in Zombadings worth recounting, also the best in many, many years:
1. Best casting for a male lead: Martin Escudero. He’s believable as a very straight bum. He gets even better from the moment he dons the tight baby tee.
2. Best dance scene: Martin Escudero’s. His hips are swaying uncontrollably. He lets go and explodes in the gayest choreography reminiscent of Eat, Bulaga’s dance contestants from Barangay Krus na Ligas.
3. Best Scene Stealer: Janice de Belen’s sidekick, Nini. The police line-up and interrogation scenes – pure madness.
4. 2nd Best Scene Stealer: Georgia from the panciteria. “Lalayas na ‘ko. Tingnan mo nga ako”. She strikes a pose.
5. Best Cameo: the rollerblading Eugene Domingo.
6. Best Comeback: John Regala as Remington’s macho yet sympathetic father.
7. Best Love Scene: Remington and Jigs on the staircase.
8. Best Rom-Com moment: Remington and Jigs up on a tree, eating suman.
9. Best Writing: “Charoterang sprikitik, umapir ka vakler! Magpa-feel, magpa-sense, ditey sa baler.”
10. Best pro-Carlos Celdran statement: “Bakla ka Father! Bakla!”.
11. Best mirror of society’s changing attitudes towards homosexuality: Daniel Fernando the bigot rants about gays but the Lucban marching band drowns out his oration. The hatred just falls on deaf ears.
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