He gets to know more of their background, particularly their family. But as days passed, he soon develops a strong, unusual friendship with the brothers. They start off a bit awkward, with Magnus calling him a weirdo after seeing him checking out his Omegaboy TShirt (or his chest, maybe?).
Magnus then brings him to his home, where he meets their mother (Ana Capri) and the other Snyder brother. Although he was a bit adamant at first, he eventually gives in and agrees. Later on, after failing the test from one of his subjects, the elder Snyder boy decides to ask for help from Felix. Felix becomes curious at the two mestizos, particularly with elder Magnus, after his first glance of the boys. But Felix' life is then turned upside down after the Film-Am brothers Magnus (Ethan Salvador) and Maxim Snyder (in an award-winning performance by Jameson Blake) transfers to his his school. His daily routine is all about coming to school, getting the top spot in class, and nothing more. He even calls them "little brown monkeys", forgetting the fact that this term used by Spanish and American colonists to call Filipinos like him during the era of their occupation. It's not my fault that I'm stuck with these unremarkable individuals in this forlorn school," he writes in his journal. He looks over his classmates as inferior to him because he is intellectually inclined, unlike the rest of them who usually spends their dull time playing sipa, basketball or hanging out with their barkadas in the vicinity of the campus.
The whole film is told from his point of view, and is usually narrated through passages from his daily journal (which was supposed to be a project for their English class). Let me tell you why.Ģ Cool 2 Be 4Gotten follows Felix Salonga (in an unforgettable performance by Khalil Ramos) a friendless, overachieving top notcher in a typical public high school in the province of Pampanga during the late 1990s. This prompted me to watch the film multiple times. It was also one of my most memorable movie experience ever. It was my first time watching a Cinema One Originals entry during the festival run itself. I honestly have no idea what the whole film was all about not until I actually watched it during it's gala premiere at Cinema 1 of Trinoma last year, November 17, 2016. That is what happened to me after I experienced the emotional roller coaster of Petersen Vargas' 2 Cool 2 Be 4Gotten. I know that sounds too much but it is true. But I have never imagined that an indie film can actually have the power to affect me this much and change my entire life. There is freedom with what the director can do with his/ her film without the worry of being controlled by the studio producer. This is mostly because indie films tend to have better quality than the ones produced by big film companies. Honestly, I think most of the time, indie films are better than mainstream movies. Ever since then, I frequently watched indie films every once in a while or when I get the chance. I've always had a penchant for watching independent Filipino films ever since, but after seeing Ice Idanan's Sakaling hindi Makarating last year at UP Cine Adarna, my craving for indie films grew more and more.
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