I watched Dubai this afternoon and the movie stars Aga Muhlach, John Lloyd Cruz and Claudine Barretto. The movie started with Aga Muhlach riding on his pick-up and singing Alapaap by Eraserheads. I was also reminded by a similar scene from a different movie where Eric Quizon and Giselle Toengi is on the car while Alapaap is playing. Star Cinema seems to have a big budget and they sure have a lot of “advertisers” in this film as shown by the short close-up shots of Bobson Jeans, SafeGuard, and others. Aga works for a courier company in Dubai. He sent money to John Lloyd so that they could be together again in Dubai. They had dreamed once in their childhood days that they would go to Canada. When John Lloyd was wandering around Dubai, he was able to meet Claudine who happen to be Aga’s ex-girlfriend. Then, things became a lot more complicated when John Lloyd began dating Claudine. And even became more complicated when Claudine became pregnant with John Lloyd. However, Claudine still loves Aga even though he’s very much enjoying his bachelor days. Claudine decided to go home in the Philippines instead of being imprisoned at Dubai for getting pregnant without getting married.
Ratings
Make-you-cry factor: 4 out of 5
Cinematography: 3 out of 5
October 2nd, 2005 at 7:24 am
Parang gusto kong panoorin ah. Taas naman yata ng Make-you-cry-factor. Nakakaiyak ba talaga?
October 2nd, 2005 at 4:15 pm
nice… look like i can relate to that movie, even though im not a fan of a barreto actresses. Cause living in a arabic country is harder than i thought.. whew!!!
peace! \m/
October 2nd, 2005 at 6:13 pm
kates, yep nakakaiyak sya
pero syempre pinigilan ko lang luha ko haha
:p
errol,
mukha nga masmahirap mamuhay sa arabic country
syempre mahigpit ang rules dun
October 2nd, 2005 at 10:33 pm
Hahaha. Kakapanood ko lang ng Cinderalla man. Nakakaiyak din. Talagang umiyak ako. Putsa, ke lalaki kong tao. Hindi, talagang nakakaiyak yung movie.
October 2nd, 2005 at 10:53 pm
okay lang naman umiyak kates eh :p
hehehe
October 5th, 2005 at 11:28 am
ang saya na movie ito grabe,,,subrang madrama,nakakaantig sa damdamin,lalo na favorite ko yong theme song nila by:Gary Valenciano,sana magkaroon ako nang lyrics nang Theme song nito,at Idol ko si Claudine , Aga mhulac, and john loyd cruz,ang gagaling nila…
October 5th, 2005 at 12:24 pm
I’ve seen previews of Dubai, ang di ko lang magets, bakit sila namamasyal sa dessert, ano bang makikita dun???
October 5th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
oliver, let’s just say they some sort of a roller coaster ride hehehe
October 10th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
anong makikita doon? e di madami! madaming buhangin! hehe! masarap mag-dessert safari chaka mag dune-buggy po.
November 24th, 2005 at 3:51 am
I’m from SF Ca. I rented this movie, one thing I can say…A STAR IS BORN..John Lloyd Cruz, he has a magnetic personality..
November 27th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Yeah i agree. Cruz’s intensity is gripping. I was aphalled when some critic commented he had no depth. I wonder what that crit meant…As far as im concerned,i felt that depth.
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thanks a bunch
January 16th, 2006 at 5:41 am
Nice Movie, it really depicts talaga the life of Filipinos Overseas specially in the Middle East. John Lloyd really gave an outstanding performance together with Aga and Claudine. He(John Llyod)really evolved as an actor from the “tabing ilog” days, I’m looking foward to see his other movies.
Quote:
“The movie started with Aga Muhlach riding on his pick-up and singing Alapaap by Eraserheads”
I also did that, not in a pick-up though and I was driving in the Nevada Desert going to Vegas
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