Those were starring in "Love Me Again". The man is easy on the eye and fit, and the director and cinematographer does not make you forget with the constant tight face shots (left side only where mole is), close ups of arms (both upper and fore), and the 'love scene' starring his abs. They turned him into a poster of different body parts which don't coalesce into a cohesive human being with emotions which filmmaking is supposed to be. The story details were not too convincing either. And it didn't help that there was no chemistry between the two leads. She's a better actress though, than him at least. I'd seen him in "Dekada Setenta" with Vilma Santos and I thought he wasn't a bad actor (but the mullet hair was a little distracting, as was the super soft lighting only whenever Ate Vi came into the frame), but in this movie, he's flat and lifeless. Only coming alive when riding horses, or jumping on top of his male co-stars... hmmmm.
Having grown up in Bukidnon, my interest in seeing the movie was to see what they would make of my favorite part of the PH. They did a fair job,the pineapple plantations, the rivers and canyons, the cowboys and the rodeos, but no red soil, no Mt. Kitanglad. It really is beautiful there, and being on a plateau at the base of a mountain range, the weather is cool all year round and the red volcanic soil makes for incredibly lush greenery.
I can't say that I enjoyed the movie but neither did I walk out. I think the best actors there were the horses and the landscape.
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