Jimenez, Jacinth Ramone 2011-31397
Heneral Luna Reflection Paper Heneral Luna, I think, is such a bold ilm! I think the director"s messa#e isn"t $ust about sho%in# us &ntonio Luna"s lie, but also to knock some sense into us because %e"re becomin# like the 'uencaminos and the (aternos o modern da) (hili**ines! I sa) this because it seems like %e"re still +er) much stuck in the colonial timesour collecti+e sense o nationalism is %eird and sometimes mis*laced %e"re .uick to bra# about Holl)%ood or /estern stars bein# ili*inos but %e"re also .uick to *ut do%n ili*ino-made *roducts! Luna"s line, 'a)an o sarili also continuousl) makes me relect u*on m) actions and moti+ations as a *erson! It"s so eas) to succumb to the %iles o selishness and in+idual success, I ha+e to admit! I think it takes a stron# character to be able to see a *ur*ose to one"s e4istence outside o sel-ulilment! I don"t ha+e an)thin# a#ainst *eo*le %ho %ant to be successul on their o%n, because I think hedonism is a +alue in#rained into our consciousness as human bein#s! It"s *art o human nature to be selish, I think! Ho%e+er, I also belie+e that it onl) takes lo+e or others and a stron# stron# %ill to o+ercome o+ercome oursel+es and see the need to be a man or others and $ust oursel+es! /ell, *ersonall), that"s one o the main messa#es that reall) kind o stuck %ith me throu#hout the ilm, because I"m .uite #uilt) o bein# selish and ocused on m) o%n success! I admit that I ha+en"t looked into m)sel to ind that lo+e or others! 'ut ilms like these, these are the thin#s that I think %e reall) do need! He), it e4cited some real emotions rom me, and %oke u* some dormant nationalistic eelin#s rom m) heart! /e ha+e to realize that ilms and other %orks o media, art, literature, etc! ha+e such a bi# eect and im*act on our *s)ches as a *eo*le! /e ha+e to be critical o e+er)thin# that %e consume lest %e become mindless drones o the elite, the administration, and %home+er seeks to control the masses! I"m sure that to take a risk like this, to create a ilm that"s not sensational or romantic or comedic, to not be sure o commercial success5 is somethin# that"s borne out o that unselish desire to create and *roduce somethin# %orth%hile! I salute the director, Jerrold 6aro#, or doin# this ilm and creatin# somethin# that could incite eelin#s o an#er, nationalism, *ride, etc!
