Rizal Analysis

Pablo, Garry M
IV-BSBA MM RIZAL MOVIE ANALYSIS An old maxim in Latin says, Nemo dat quod non habet. You cannot give what you do not have. In the same way, we cannot learn to love our cultural heritage as Filipinos, a mighty race in the Far East, if we do not know our background and history as Filipinos. Moreover, as Filipinos we should also try to consider that our heritage is indeed of a noble race, able to produce such personalities as Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the national hero of our dearly beloved country Philippines. It is indeed helpful to come up with a movie depicting the life of our national. The movie is great only for those who have critical minds and have known the national hero of the Philippines from lessons in history or from a book. The movie is fond of using a series of flashbacks, which may somehow baffle the innocent minds of the viewers. Moreover, the story line of the movies is crafted in such a way of mixing the life story of the hero with his two prominent novels, the Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo. But as I have said earlier, the movie is done intellectually. It refrains from the usual flow of Filipino movies. The director has done a great part in producing such great production. The presentation of the scenes is novel and interesting though sometimes confusing. It takes a critical mind to understand what is implied and given stress in the movie. As expected, the movie may have some discrepancies with regards to the narration of events on the life of the hero. Such event as the scene where Dona Teodora was arrested is one of these inconsistencies. Rizal was not supposed to be present during the arrest, because he is supposed to be in Ateneo during that time, as what Zaide narrated in the book. A very striking inconsistency is depicted during the final hours of Rizal on earth. In the movie, Jose Rizal given life by Cesar Montano shouted Consumatum est, as if he were Jesus Christ. I guess it relies on the ingenuity of Cesar as an actor and to add humor to the film. There were also scenes, which seem very typical to a Filipino movie. Some extras are not justifying their role and it turns out humorous instead of convincing. However, I like the way Abaya make the film progress. She did it on using flashbacks, more on the part where Rizal confided his case to his lawyer Lt. Taviel de Andrade. I found it effective and ingenious. Other than that, the acting of the principal characters is very convincing especially on the part of Cesar Montano, who really justified his role as the national hero of the Philippines. Another very striking in the film is the part where Simoun makes apparitions to Rizal. If you were not able to grasp it intellectually, you may misunderstand the point of the story. I appreciate that scene crafted by Abaya because it has a deeper meaning. I guess Rizal did really have a hard time on deciding whether to have Simoun killed or succeed in El Filibusterismo. It seems to be that many are not happy with the tragic ending of his second novel considering that Elias (one of the principal characters in this Noli) has died in his first novel. But Rizal did a great thing. Since the Simuon was not able to succeed in his novel that gives the impetus to the Filipinos to end the novel the way they want. Thus if they really feel that enough is enough with all the injustices done by the tyrant Spaniards, then they are given the
option to raise arms and have a bloody revolution. Had Rizal let Simuon succeed in his novel, the Filipinos might be contented enough to have win their cause in a novel. But because Rizals hero in his novel faced a tragic ending, the Filipinos are encouraged to change its ending and indeed it happened. As a result, the tyrant Spaniards, specifically the arrogant and immoral friars have met their final destiny. Finally, justice has reigned in the country long ago oppressed. That is maybe the reason why Rizal became the national hero of the country even if he did not indulge in bloody revolutions unlike what Bonifacio, Aguinaldo and the rest did. But Rizals novel is the very reason of the downfall of the Spanish regime in the country. It was his thoughts that inspire the Filipinos to be brave enough in facing their enemies. Indeed pen is mightier than the sword.

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