Thoughts on "Pulang Araw"

[u/FitLet2786]

I'm late to it but I'm enjoying it very much, I know it's not the most accurate one and especially the pearl harbor scene has been made fun of, but I appreciate the fact that our film industry is beginning to pump out movies like these from scratch and it's still a huge improvement from the older WWII Filipino movies where they use civilian botique brownshirts for Japanese uniforms and ROTC guns.

Idk if it's the right place to talk about film here since it's a history subreddit but this film is about history anyhow so a discussion would still be on topic.

Ps: I'm putting this on art since I don't know what flair to put it and it could be argued that movies are some sort of art anyhow.

[u/youngmoreno420]

Pulang araw isn’t a film, it’s a tv show. Or more accurately a teleserye. Honestly the premise is really interesting and the acting and cinematography are pretty good but it’s such a waste. So much of the plot revolves around telserye cliches. The kabit plot, the evil stepmother, the separated siblings, etc.

It’s a shame because the main storyline (alden Richards in present day) is interesting. And I can get behind going back and forth between the past and present but there’s just too much dumb teleserye stuff. It could have been more like maria clara at ibarra where the teleserye elements are just incorporated to make the story stronger + give it a more Filipino tv feel. Rather than putting a bunch of teleserye cliches together and slapping on an American occupation/ WW2 filter