10 things that I love about the AlDub flick
fascinated with a Shakespearean story).
3. Maine Mendoza is a-OK even but she needs more “depth” and credibility in dramatic scenes.
4. Alden is consistent from beginning to end, such a cuddlesome boy with eyes that mirror a world of emotions, especially when they are welling up in a dramatic moment.
5. Jasmine Curtis-Smith is a revelation as an actress; she melts your heart with her losing battle with leukemia.
6. The cinematography by Shayne Sarte is mesmerizing, making you feel like flying to Como, Italy…but, sob and sigh, you simply can’t afford so you just soak yourself up in those, yes, delicious sceneries where Alden and Maine’s characters meet and match.
7. The soundtrack is touching, the musical background not intrusive at all, and the song Imagine You & Me (lyrics by Maine, music by Vic Sotto and ar- rangement by Jimmy Antiporda) aptly describes the split-screen-to-big-screen AlDub romance which the AlDub Nation hopes will leap from reel to real.
8. I agree with what Teddy Boy Locsin wrote that Imagine You & Me is sui
generis (according to Webster: constituting a class alone, unique, peculiar) and, “a tough act to follow.”
9. Cai Cortez and Kakai Bautista as Maine’s roommates are a delight to watch, unwitting scene-stealers; and
10. Imagine You & Me brings back fond memories of 20 years ago when Giselle “G” Tongi and I were in Lake Como to cover the launch of Ricky Martin’s first English album at the villa of Giorgio Armani, with the event capped by fireworks that lit up the lake as we watched from the veranda of Armani’s villa. (E-mail reactions at entphilstar@yahoo. com. You may also send your questions to askrickylo@gmail.com.)