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Hello, Love, Goodbye

The film centers on the love story of Joy and Ethan, Filipino workers based in Hong Kong. Ethan, a bartender, is keen on romantically pursuing Joy, a domestic helper who is wholly dedicated to providing for her family.

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Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)

At points, Hello, Love, Goodbye feels like an elongated teleserye - a Filipino telenovela - the kind which tells overwhelmingly dramatic stories which entertain but are forgotten come the next day's episode. However, the meat is composed of true drama, the kind that hits home whether you’re from the Philippines or not.

Joy (Kathryn Bernardo) is a registered nurse working as a domestic helper in Hong Kong to support her blind father and two siblings still living at home. She dreams of moving her family - including her mother (Maricel Laxa), also working in Hong Kong - to Canada, where her options won’t be restricted. With just four months' worth of savings required, she meets Ethan (Alden Richards). The attraction is there but their romance is doomed - or is it?

Directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, the film is steeped in Filipino culture but anyone will understand her frustration as she works a thankless job that’s beneath her under suffocating circumstances. The rules imposed on her by Hong Kong are so strict, and her desire to escape so great anything going wrong means the end of the world but her family doesn't understand. Is it so unfair for her to pursue her dreams this one time?  When everyone else is giving the shirts off their backs for the greater good it may seem so. Then again, if the people who say they love her truly do, how could they deny her this?

The drama emerging from Joy struggling with her own desire vs. her family’s and overcoming the many obstacles which come her way are all terrific. The romantic plot between her and Ethan also works, to a lesser degree. Despite the leads having good chemistry, Joy spends a little bit too long scrunching her brow at him. The courtship is sweet. It’s just that a little bit more time with them as a couple and you’d REALLY wonder whether she should choose Hong Kong or Canada. There are many scenes spent with Joy’s Filipino friends and Ethan’s roommates but these characters have no depth. They’re just comedic sidekicks you could’ve trimmed out or at least reduced in number. One last criticism I have concerns a scene where someone (I won’t say who) is sent to the hospital. The makeup to create their injuries is laughable. The scene itself is good. It puts your heart through the wringer so I’ll forgive it but come on. They could’ve done better.

To be successful, Hello, Love, Goodbye needed to stick the landing, it needed to fully commit to its themes and drama. Thankfully, it does. You’ll get swept up by the romance, emotions, and Kathryn Bernardo’s performance. You couldn’t remake this movie with a different cast or in a different language and get the same kind of success as you do here. (Original Tagalog with English subtitles on the big screen, August 12, 2019)

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The ‘BAKIT’ List

Yes, I just watched LizQuen's My Ex and Whys movie. 

And I love it. 

I must say that Cathy Garcia-Molina was, is, and will be my forever favorite. 💕 

Now, let's talk about the movie. 

Cali, the female protagonist in the story, has her trust issues. Why? Well, because sometimes men tends to be playful... which brought her to her series of 'bakit list'. 

So now, here I am, wondering and pondering with her bakit list.

Bakit? 

Bakit nga ba paulit-ulit nagmamahal ang tao kahit na paulit-ulit din ito nasasaktan?

This question was not new to me. I already gave them a thought.. years ago. 

And my conclusion was.. Because love is a gift. A gift from God.. and when you say it's a gift, you give them without expecting anything in return. You just love! 

But still.. I understand where Cali is coming from, it's really difficult! and that's a real talk!

Truly, loving and forgiving should and will always come hand in hand. You cannot learn how to truly love if don’t know how to forgive.. 

I love how the story depicts the context of trust, love, and forgiveness. 

A good movie, indeed! 😊👍 

Btw, I love Quen's acting here.. those eyes, those feelings! why used words when you can express them perfectly with eyes? 😍💘

OF COURSE, I ALSO HAVE MY OWN SET OF BAKIT LIST..

1) Bakit ang funny funny ni Ryan Bang? Hahahaha

2) Bakit gising pa’ko? (MAY PASOK PA’KO BUKAS EH!)

3) Bakit ka nagmamahal?

* photo credits: http://www.pep.ph, https://3.bp.blogspotcom

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Happy Birthday. Today, Nov 28, 1971 – Cathy Garcia-Molina, Filipino actress and director was born. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Garcia-Molina)

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So apparently the HLG fever doesn't end with the film! Just found out about this while I was randomly scrolling through some HLG-related articles (not entirely sure which site that was, may be cosmopolitan ph? Idk!) and tadaaa! There exists a novel that tells MORE about the tale of Ethan and Joy, and since I have been obsessing with Alden and Kath and the movie lately, I decided to purchase a copy. So excited to read this and give my thoughts, I have also read some positive reviews so I can't waiiiiiit omfg!!!

😍😍😍

For those who don't know yet, it's available in Lazada ph via ABS-CBN books official flagship store.

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Hello, Love, Goodbye' (2019)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’ (2019)

Love finds its way to Hong Kong, here in the first-ever team up of Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards. Here’s my review of Cathy Garcia-Molina’s ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’

Hello, Love, Goodbye tells the story of Joy (Kathryn Bernardo), a registered nurse who works as a domestic helper in Hong Kong to provide for her family, and to be able to apply for a visa to Canada, where she can work as a…

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'The Hows of Us' (2018)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hows of Us’ (2018)

This could very well be KathNiel’s best film yet. Here’s my full review of Cathy Garcia-Molina’s ‘The Hows of Us’.

From the trailer of ‘The Hows of Us’

The film has a simple story in its backbone. George (Kathryn Bernardo) is living with Primo (Daniel Padilla) in the ancestral house given to them by her late grandmother. They lived together and built their whole lives in this house, but Primoend…

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