MovieBlog#9: Darna: Ang Pagbabalik

Genre: Fantasy, Action and Adventure

Movie Review:
Darna is our Filipino version of wonderwoman. Growing up as a kid, I've always love to watch fantasy films such as Captain Barbell, Dyesebel, Pedro Penduko, Magic Kingdom, etc. Maybe because as a kid you easily believe into this fantasy world that it is possible to have super heroes. Compared to Vilma Santos Darna, this Darna movie has a different plot. almost 1/4 of the movie is about "DING" (Darna's sidekick played by Lester Llansangan) saving Narda (played by Anjanette Abayari).

Although the film was very old (1994), the characters acting the role are still very effective meaning they affect how i feel about each scene. Kudos to Chery Gil! If you watch the movie made in 1994, the props and effects used is obviously fake, but Chery's acting made it believable. She still scared me, specially when she looks straight at the camera and her eyes pierces through me. Hahaha. I think Anjanette Abayari did well but not as great as the villain Chery Gil.

Purrfect to Watch on: TV

Purrvorite Scene: None but there was one scene where they showed National Bookstore at Cubao, I remembered how I always go to that place. Eventhough, am not gonna buy anything, id just passed by and go atop then go back down.

At A Glance (Source: Netflix)

Anjanette Abayari stars as Narda, a country girl who leads a secret double life as Darna, one of the most powerful, beautiful and scantily clad superheroes in the Philippines (based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman). With an evil televangelist named Valentine Adan (Cherie Gil) drowning the city of Manila in her influence and a dangerous mudflow on the way, Darna is the only hope for the fearful people who look up to her.