As the story unfolds its plot, there seems to be many familiarities that we could already expect to happen. Thus, each character has no unique trait that can’t be grasped by the viewer. All are predictable. I would like to answer the question about rights. What are rights? Human rights? “Basic rights and freedoms, to which everyone are entitled, either morally, legally or officially” (Webster dictionary). Why is it important? They are important because they encourage individual well-being and discourage actions that injure a person’s dignity, security and liberty.
In Mike’s case, women in particular would automatically consider him a family deserter. Throughout the movie, you can see how he struggles to carry his role as a father but not being able to cope with the consequences that came with leaving them. In the end, he learns that in the face of having a troubled family (gambling wife and rebellious daughter), they still remain as a family and become a grandfather on top of that.
Gerry is in a situation where it is well known what kind of consequences there are. Not being able to express his true identity to his mom causes him to be in an awkward circumstance. On the other hand, being gay raises many issues amongst those for and against it. The topic of homosexuality alone is complex. I’m guessing that Gerry is of a Catholic religion and so it was why he could not tell his mother about him being gay. In Roman Catholicism, it’s against their religion to be homosexual and to the Filipino culture; it’s a shame to the public’s eyes to be gay or lesbian. Is it right? If so, why? Then again, what’s wrong with just being who you are?
The character of Raul by any means has no ethics. With all the womanizing that this guy does, he falls into the category of being manipulative. His only objective with women is to conquer them in bed and that shows lack of good morals to treat a woman right. The plot them twists around in the end with one of his woman doing what he does to them. She tells him that she made out with his friend’s boyfriend. Although he doesn’t show that he cared, another one of the woman he slept with calls him up with the most terrifying news. She was tested positive for HIV and that he needs to get checked up because they slept together.
Marissa engages the viewer to be empathetic towards her love life. Not only does she get cheated on, it happens more than once. More than ever, her fear of being alone causes her to react differently when proof was in her face (BBQ at Mike’s house). Keeping in mind what she feared, rationalization was used. She finally decides that it was not right to invest in this kind of relationship anymore.
Tere’s character portrays a human with all the right morals and values. The only thing missing was that she was naïve towards her surroundings causing herself to think that everyone thought like her. In the real world, everyone has their own opinion of what’s right and wrong. All along, she did not protect herself well enough from those that could hurt her emotionally. Her perception of love quickly deteriorates when she gets the wrong signals. Then she comes around this obstacle when the right person comes along.
In conclusion, these characters were typical. They were not too significant to remember when the movie concluded. They each played an aspect of what was and wasn’t ethical. Overall, I enjoyed watching the film because I can somewhat relate the characters to myself or people that I know. For instance, my friend who is a guy just came out of the closet recently that he was gay. We knew he was gay, but he didn’t want to tell him because it wasn’t our part to do so. When he finally came out, he told us that he told his parent’s first because he didn’t want them knowing from other sources. He was afraid because his father is a baseball coach and expects a lot out of him. Although they were heart broken by his news, they accepted his decision.
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