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One More Chance
November 20, 2007I've seen the movie "One More Chance" last Sunday night at Trinoma and it was really a big hit. We needed to be there 45 minutes before the screening to find ourselves pretty good seats because only the free-seating cinema had available tickets for LFS when we arrived there several minutes before 7pm.
I actually went to the movie with my ex "WT" and without exaggerations, that movie perfectly fits our story. We couldn't believe how exacting the casting was to actually have certain characters represent the people in our very own love story.
There was one particular part in the movie where I cried because I was carried away by John Lloyd's acting. His acting was so powerful that I sort of remember how painful it was to experience a break-up. I cried, sobbed a little, the way I did when I was in that situation. WT (feeling kinda guilty maybe), held my hand and whispered "sulit na yung binayad natin, naiyak ka na e."
After the movie, I asked WT what he can say about it. He said he find it just so-so because according to him, it was kinda predictable. He was looking for a certain kind of twist in the story for him to be awed by it. I think he prefer a not so happy ending for greater emotional impact.
But for me, the movie, having an ordinary story as what we often experience in real life, was very good for that very same reason that it is ORDINARY. People who have watched it cried with the characters and were touched by the lines because they could relate to it– because it was not so out-of-this-world. And of course, we Pinoys would always prefer a happy ending.
WT and I now often joke about the lines that we picked up from the movie that sort of applicable to us. And maybe that's how it really works. Its very hard to go through that break-up stage, but once you get over it, you can actually look back to what you've gone through, smile and praise yourself for being strong enough to have survived it.
I may sound a little too idealistic at this point but who knows, my "happy ending" may happen soon as well… 
(JINX don't you ever come near me!)
