Aurora

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Audience Member Movie: AURORA Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5 The movie depicted the tragic maritime disaster in the Philippines when MV Doña Paz (coined as Asia's Titanic) sunk few days before Christmas in 1987. In this movie, a passenger ship collided with the rocky shores of Batanes. Similar to the Doña Paz, the ship was overloaded which led to it's final destination. The families of the victims were hoping to see the bodies of their dead relatives but the Philippine Coast Guard already declared that their work was over and done. The question now: What will happen to the bodies? How will they rest in peace? Screenplay: Lines were very strong, dark and unshakable. The story was well written with a few attempts to use flashbacks without the obvious drag in the movie. Cinematography: Color grade was spot on! The shoreline opening scene was eerie. Scenes were framed properly and it added depth to the story. Underwater scenes could still be improved but still good execution. Sound: One of the best scored movie amongst local films. The "Rise Up", "Surge Sursum" and "Aurora" were rivetting and gave me a lot of goosebumps. Oscar Fogelström's scoring was technically fit for the movie and comparable to the works of Hans Zimmer. Actors: Anne Curtis (Leana) is expected to get a Best Actress nod for this year's MMFF. She did not disappoint any of us. Rita, the younger sister of Leana was a breath of fresh air. Both actresses did not have to shout and scream, hence their body language, tone and eye movement were enough to convey the message. Direction: First class direction and editing skills from Yam Laranas and his team. It could have been a perfect movie if we were given more depth with the character of Rita and how the wreck was moved out. At first I thought Rita has supernatural powers (third eye) but there was also a scene that she was sleepwalking. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie could have been better, but with so many loop holes, no wonder it ended up in a huge shipwreck. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Aurora has a good premise story but the horror theme could have been better with better effects used in the film. Yet this is saved by its story told in a traditional old-fashioned style ghost story that never gets old but still entertaining to watch. Another reason to watch this film was the solid acting performance by Anne Curtis and its supporting casts like Allan Paule, Sue Prado, Mercedes Cabral and Ruby Ruiz which gave justices to their roles. The haunting background sound and setting in Batanes for making an eerie place of haunting ghosts were a plus for Aurora as it gave a level-up entertaining value to it as a horror movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It was very confusing, and it was fine.. some parts are actually very very very confusing.. and we couldnt understand the story, but overall it was just fine.. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie reminds me of a high school drama project! Aside from the low budget production, this movie has the most stupid story line. How can a ship as big as a cruise line end up getting stuck on a tiny island without getting help from the coast guard? The ship didn't sink so how did those people die? Didn't watch the entire film so nothing else to add. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't really enjoy the movie, but I'm case the people that worked in it are reading these, I'm going to write first about the one thing I really enjoyed about the movie: It managed to scare and make me feel uneasy WITHOUT JUMPSCARES. This is a massive accomplishment, given that nowadays most horror movies relly on them. This movie is sad but not in a "dramatic movie" way. It's sad because it could have been an awesome horror movie but they, somehow, managed to do everything wrong. The first hour of the movie is full of drama and sadness, a ship crashes near a small town and suddenly everyone is leaving. The reason is the ship that crashed, but there's not much explaining of that, so I don't know if it was because they thought it was haunted or because the town relied on tourists that would not come because of a shrunken ship. I don't know, and there was plenty of time to explain it. Then there's the two sisters' story... At the very beginning I thought they were mother and daughter but then it turns out they're not. Their family story is told in a really brief, out of context flashback, which leaves you confused for a few seconds until you understand what's going on. Yet again, that part of the story was interesting and I would have loved for them to show us more of that, because it is related to the plot. There's many other stuff that I think was easy to correct but they somehow missed it, characters that seem to appear and disappear out of nowhere without really adding to the plot, the ending is just so poor and it could have been such a masterpiece. This makes me so sad. It's weird, they tie real life stuff that could be real and awesome with a weird ghost story, extremely poor and undeveloped, the ending is open but not, it's just weird. The worst thing about the movie it was that I spent one hour and 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. It's awful, it's boring. Really if you consider watching this movie, just watch the introduction and then fast forward it to the end, most of the movie is a waste of time. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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