It went from "O TANGINA ANG GANDA" to "Wow this got very uninteresting huh?" then to "Ah saks lang".

Tbh, the ending/end credits would've been a lot better if they used Wala by Eraserheads but the lyrics is changed to "Wala nang shabu...n".

Starts off decently enough, but eventually buckles and full-on collapses under the weight of its own cynicism and pretension. Ugh.

Receiving multiple impatient texts while in the middle of a blood magik ritual is oddly relatable.

this is how I imagine this screenplay was written:
act 1 - okay I will write this film about basketball and blood magic but I will take this (insert drug here) first
act 2 - shet tumatama na yung drugs sheeeeet
act 3 - UHHHHH ANG LAKAS NG AMATS WHOOOO ASFSFADADSGHFJFHDHDH
ending - ...and that's how Harry Potter destroyed the death star. Submit to QCinema... sent!

dont do drugs, kids

Ganito pala feeling ng naka-shabs

Ano ito at bakit ko pinanood nang seryoso? Hahaha.

Gusto ko ng Mama Mary Montessori jersey

I don't really know what to say except that this film reeks of toxic masculinity and misogyny. Props to Adrienne Vergara, though; she stole every scene she's in.

so absurd that it lost its way (but kind of found it in the end?)

“Ano ka, Hogwarts?” Hahahahhaha tong qcinema di nawawalan ng circle entry na wasak, no?

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Lockdown Cinema Club

I was really into this,,, and then there's the drugs

Ano ito at bakit ko pinanood nang seryoso? Hahaha.

The first half of the film was initially gripping---from blood magic to subjects of racism, to the 'palakasan system' in the local basketball scene, the film had a story that is unique about the Filipino-Black American experience, but that's about it. When it used meth as an element to move the story, it was just too difficult to watch.

Receiving multiple impatient texts while in the middle of a blood magik ritual is oddly relatable.

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It's scary how much effort and value we put on the messianic figures in our lives. Dog Days reminds us that they are still human and ultimately subject to failure despite how much they've been raised up.

If our messiahs are subject to temptation, shouldn't they be subject to succumbing as well? All the more, shouldn't they equally as compelled to give up when things get tough?

tangina ang hirap panoorin nang seryoso, loptreep ampota

New breed of art-house. In short, W A Z A K.
Sure, hindi siya ganun ka pleasing or hindi mo kakayanin panuorin ng derecho. Pero the more I think about it. Ginugulo ako ng utak ko. So I guess nag-work yung “treatment” from Timmy Harn...

+ I rarely watch "underground" Filipino movies so there's a novelty to it when watching one. This is not the typical Filipino movie and I appreciate how it isn't too serious on being left-field.

- I don't know why a lot of Filipino movies, even those far from the mainstream, seem to have a dialogue that ends up sounding written.
- It wants to tell a lot of stories but it ends up being flat (not a fan of "weird" movies).

saktong gaguhan lang