Contemplating on This

Ooh fun! I just saw @LykeLyca post something about the movie " Doll House" starring Baron Geisler.

Just to note, at the moment of typing, I have not yet read Lyka's article. I am curious as to whether we would have the same thoughts or not. I opted to read that later and pour in my thoughts first here before jumping there. I am going to edit this one and lead you to her story after I read hers though. Hehe.

That Netflix Filipino movie somehow "flooded" my facebook feed from posts of friends.

Brewing curiosity

I first read about it when a former colleague posted about it in her page. I am currently not sure of what she is doing recently but she has been posting a lot of Netflix movies and series that are "mad good" according to her. I think I watched The Cabin because of her recommendation that I saw on her page.

So I did take note of the Doll House when she recommended the it. I also took note of how she praised Baron's acting there and then I forgot about it after some time.

Curiosity Rekindled

After some time of forgetting about it, I started seeing it in Netflix it "sounded" familiar but I was not yet into it as there are other series I was curious about.

Then I saw my friends again starting to rave about how good the movie was. How they got teary-eyed about it. Or how it was that first Filipino movie that made them cry, etcetera. And these friends were mostly guys!

So I got curious. I was like, "what is in this Baron Geisler movie that made my guy friends admit that

1. They watched a local movie

2. The movie made them cry?"

Or that it pulled heart strings.

After reading those, I prepped and asked myself if I am ready to cry buckets? Fidgeting with the remote button, I finally pressed on play and I started watching it.

Head Tilt... And a Head Shake

I had a lot of mixed emotions all throughout the movie and none of it was ever close to get me to tear up.

It did give me a lot of "wait.. what?" moments instead.

I am not sure if the progression was just too fast for my liking or that the story has some weird wiring in it that in a sense made me say,

"Dude, that is just so wrong".

Overall? I am still torn and mincing at which part of the movie should I be applauding. Even to this day.

But I gotta say, that piece may have touched my friends who are fathers mostly.

I got reminded of this one friend of mine who commented in one of my videos. I posted one video of my dad riding on a bike and I was behind him and taking a video of him. I was pretty much stalking my dad then. He was just relaxing and biking. He did not even know I was behind him until I posted the video. My video caption was: "Stalking my old man who taught me how to ride a bike". Or something like that. Then my friend commented "i hope my daughter remembers me like that as well."

That comment kind of showed a glimpse of the soft part of my male friends when it comes to "fatherhood".

I guess that is one thing in the Doll House that they felt they can relate to. That part where they try their very best to be a good dad the best way they know hoping that any wrongdoings they may have done will not overshadow the times they have tried. Or at least they try to make up for it.

A big but still is that I find it shocking to see "lying" to be ok. "Kidnapping" even for a day is ok. It is a little twisted in some areas.

That leaves me still not being able how to rate the movie. Still rubbing my chin and really tossing thoughts whenever I think about it.

Is it good? Yes it has a story. The desperation was clearly portrayed. The pain even. It may leave a thought-provoking musings to most specially any parent.

There is a factor on drugs, rehabilitation, handling, and falling on and off the wagon.

There a factor on being an overseas worker. Take one story from an OFW on how they live abroad and somehow you see a whole new world out there.

Have you seen the movie?

Maybe I should slice the movie scene by scene. Maybe it is that good considering that it taps a part of me saying "maybe there is that part of the story that I cannot accept but that crap happens".

Or maybe because I have that strict bias on how a reconciliation should look like when it comes to making peace with your past?

I have multiple real-life scenarios that I am comparing side by side with the movie and still here I sit.. shaking my head. Curious? Go watch it and let me know your take!

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