Its refreshing to see a well-known artist write, direct, and star in her own movie. It is like an exploration to the brain and the imagination of the author. A limitless wave of possibilities as its creator is the master of her own pool. But having the fullest control over everything also has its downside, for the possibility of a product failure is not far from happening.
Bela Padilla is likely the one-man band of this film. Though she is technically not the only star in this movie, but as what the plot served, it seemed like a film about her mind alone. The desperation of having a K-drama like story, feels, and twists fall short as this full feature gave nothing but snooze fest lines and scenes. It is also quite disappointing to shot almost 90% of the film in South Korea yet the cinematography doesn’t gave justice in this aspect especially those guerrilla shots that looked quite messy to watch.
Bela’s co-actor, Yoo-Min Go who is surprisingly Korean by blood, which could’ve been a nice factor, is likewise part of the disapproving list. Literally every single thing about this motion picture does not make sense including the symbol of the plot, the book.
Personally speaking, Bela Padilla’s directorial debut came a bit early. Her craft as an actress and a writer could’ve used a little more polishing to avoid total waste of creative expression, time, and of course money. I believe her generous heart and on fire passion is what the local film industry needs. Hoping that this drives her to continuously produce more cause I’m pretty sure her next will be a lot better than Yung Libro Sa Napanood Ko.
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