you couldn't relate to Sarah Geronimo's movies. Which is kind of weird because I watched KC Concepcion films with Richard Gutierrez and I was able to sit through the awkward crying scenes, the beauty of Santorini and Palawan, simply looking at two beautiful people. A little less than two years before, I followed KC's character in Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala as an antagonist. Seeing her again in a sweet protagonist role is a step back in time but portraying black and white definitely makes an actor grow.
My rule is I don't really watch Pinoy films starring an actor born in the '80's. Thus Sharon, KC's mom. And her contemporaries or older, so si Nura, si Velma. I was into Flordeluna as a kid. So. I once explained the significance of Janice De Belen to Lovelyn, who's in her late twenties. Why she had all those cute guys as boyfriends when she was not even mestiza? Well, she was Flordeluna and she was in-demand, the perennial teenage daughter in Danny Zialcita films, a Regal Films staple.
Back to Miss Geronimo, the film was the one with Gerald Anderson. I usually like Sarah. She's huge on talent. But there was no spark for that particular midnight viewing. I couldn't connect with the lines in the movie, it's like a massive generation gap.
As Judy Ann is not doing any films. I don't have anything to watch. These days it's all about the young stars, those with the love teams. They dominate the teleseryes. They have a huge number of likes in their instagram accounts. They have tons of comments on gossip blogs. They have box office draw. They are money earners for entertainment companies.
While I'm the older audience and I like more mature stories, more mature actors. Or maybe I'm just content to go back in time and watch Sharon as a teenager. Or see Janice again as a 17 year old.
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