Jose Rizal (Reaction Paper)

Jose Rizal (Film) Jose Rizal is a 1998 Filipino biographical film of the Philippine national hero Jose Rizal directed by Marilou iaz! "baya and starring #esar Montano as Jose Rizal$ "t the time of its release% it &as the most e'pensie film in the history of Philippine Philippine cinema cinema &ith a budget of oer PhP$8 million$ million$ *he film &as an official official entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Manila Film Festial$ +pon release% the film met a uniersal critical acclaim$

Characters

,elo& are the list of actors and actresses seen on the film Jose Rizal$ "ctor-"ctress  

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Role

#esar Montano

Jose Rizal

Pe.ue /allaga

"rchbishop,ernardo 0ozaleda% $P$

Joel *orre

#risostomo 2barra-3imoun

,on 4ibar

/loria iaz

*eodora "lonso

3ubas 6errero

Jaime Fabregas

7uis *aiel de "ndrade

*ony Mabesa

#amilo de Polaiea

/ardo 4ersoza

"ndres ,onifacio

"le'is 3antaren

lie

Moni.ue ilson

Maria #lara

#hi.ui :er'es!,urgos

#hin #hin /utierrez

Josephine ,rac;en

Mic;ey Ferriols

7eonor Riera

Pen Medina

Paciano Rizal

Ram5n ,lanco "lcocer  

Father 4illaclara% 3$J$

Setting/Time

*he moie tells the life story of Jose Rizal% the national hero of the Philippines$ 2t coers his life from his childhood to his e'ecution at the hands of the 3panish forces occupying the Philippines in the late 19th century$ e are also thro&n into the &orld of Rizalurope% "merica and "sia% traeled to many different nations 2t sho&s the great e'planation of the Philippine history% the nationalism and heroism in a non!iolent manner% though% there &ere times that the characters spea; in 3panish language and 2 couldn?t understand it unless 2 &ill read the subtitles$ ne of the strengths of Jose Rizal is the incorporation of the characters of 0oli Me *angere and >l Filibusterismo in the life of Rizal and of the Filipinos in general$ *his only sho&s that the t&o boo;s are reflections of the lies of the Filipinos during the 3panish regime$ ,ut the thought and noble ideas of the boo; do not only lie in the  past but also in the present manifesting the uniersality and immortality of RizallFilibusterismoB$ /oing through &ith the moie% &hile Rizal is telling his story to *aiel% the scene on the moie s&itches from his life story then to his portrayal on his 0oels$ 3ometimes the scene gets ery difficult to follo&  because of the sudden s&itches during the scenes on the moie most especially during the time that his first noel &as

on the process of &riting$ Rizal% a brae and a man of his &ord% &as neer afraid &hateer the conse.uences he may suffer because of his &ritings that are against the friars and also to 3paniards$ 6is goal &as to free the Philippines from the unust goernment of 3panish colony$ Jose Rizal 2mprisoned in Fort 3antiago under the abusie 3panish colonization% JosC Rizal (#esar Montano) &as approached by a young uneducated indio as;ing the importance of education during his life$ Mean&hile% in ,alinta&a;% "ndres ,onifacio (/ardo 4ersoza) and his fello& secret organization of Datipunan% commenced the uprising against the cruel tyranny created by the 3paniards by tearing their cedula as a sign of 3panish slaery$ 3oon% a first lieutenant of the "rtillery% 7uis *aiel de "ndrade (Jamie Fabregas)% isited Rizal$ *aiel de "ndrade did not &aste time to study carefully Rizal?s case$ 2n ust a short period of time% Rizal and *aiel captured each other?s sympathy and eentually became friends as they had usual meetings in Rizal?s cell in Fort 3antiago$ *aiel &as een able to celebrate #hristmas &ith Rizal in the cell &here they dran; and sang together$ "fter #hristmas% Rizal &as sent to Royal "udiencia (the colonial court of appeal) to hear the trial against him$ 3oon after% the magistrates decided to condemn him under firing s.uad on the Eth of the morning in 7uneta$ "t the night before the e'ecution% Rizal hallucinates% seeing his alter ego!protagonist 3imoun of his noel >l Filibusterismo tempting the author to change the clima' of the story$ n the morning of the e'ecution% his ;in receied a small alcohol stoe (not a gas lamp as commonly portrayed) from his cell containing the last poem Mi +ltimo "dios$ 3topping at the place of e'ecution facing the rising sun% Rizal as;ed the authorities for a last re.uest as he faces the firing s.uad but the re.uest is denied$ #alm and &ithout haste% he changed his re.uest to sae his head during e'ecution$ "t the moment the shooting s.uad points at his bac;% he readily uttered his final &ordsG #onsummatum est$ (2t is done$) Summary

2n summary% the moie tal;s mostly of Rizal?s life until his death and the creation of his great noels$ *he actors and actresses &ho acted on the moie did a great ob presenting ho& it &as during Rizal?s time een though the said eents in Rizal?s life &ere ust &ritten in boo;s$

Review

2f Rizal is still lies in our generation% he &ill sure that all Filipino has an inspiration li;e him by being learning ;no&ledge is eerything that all of Filipino &as educated een in they are poor he &ill also not teach but to understand &hat is being a 0ationalism and loing our o&n language$ Rizal is the hero that are brae fight in eerything een for his life and ∨% in the film 2 &atch he said that &e do not need to blood to be shed% &e can fight them &ith our ;no&ledge and sho&ing that &e are e.ual to them$ 2 thin; if he is no& here in our generation maybe &e Filipino are not li;e this een in our problem &hat &e e'perience today$ Cinematography/Director

" heart&arming moie that sho&s ho& Rizal runs his life$ Marilou iaz!"baya% the director% made a ery good choice of choosing #esar Montano as Jose Rizal and Joel *orre as his counterpart as the #risostomo 2barra and after&ard 3imoun in his ery proud noel% 0oli Me *angere and >l Filibusterismo$ *he plot &as full of t&ists and turns yet still not difficult to follo& but it is so confusing to &atch because there &ere too many flashbac;s and you &on?t een ;no& if it is still in flashbac; or not$ "pparently% some scenes are brutal% and some scenes are unsuitable for young ;ids such as the bed scenes in the first part &herein the 3panish priest &ith the used of his po&er tried to rape the Filipino &oman$ *he amusing surprise &as the dedication of #esar Montano to his role and matched &ith the good actor Jhong 6ilario% played as his serant and a great actor Jaime Fabregas as Rizal?s defense attorney% 7t$ *aiel de "ndrade% they made the story of Rizal?s life easy to understand$ 2t is a ery good moie &ith the combination of a professional moie director Marilou iaz!"baya and multi!a&arded actor #esar Montano &ith the help of other actors and actresses that made the moie more pleasurable$ Recommendation

*he moie Jose Rizal is a great interpretation of the Philippines
Reaction

"fter &atching the moie about Jose Rizal played by our greatest professional actor #esar Montano and other characters in the moie it &as perfect role for #esar Montano as Jose Rizal$ 2 emotionally touched and affected &hat the scenes goes and the characters played perfectly$ 2t made me realize that occurrences and eents that Rizal &rote about more than a hundred years ago are still happening today$ Rizal?s 0oli Me *angere and >l Filibusterismo are still highly releant today$ 3ome scenes that captured my attention and 2 felt mad about &hat 3paniards did to all Filipino people specially &omen$ *he Filipinos &ere unfairly treated and een discriminated by the 3paniards$ Filipino &omen &ere abused by the 3panish friars and other 3paniards$ thers &ere udged &ithout een haing due process and een tortured to death for crimes they did not een commit% such as the child in the film% &ho &as #rispin in Rizal?s noel$ "lthough the 3panish goernment conducts a court hearing to those &ho &ere accused of a crime (only in some cases)% they only gie 3panish la&yers to defend those accused and een manipulated the la& in faor of themseles% leaing the Filipinos &ith no other choice but to accept and suffer from the crimes that they didn?t een committed$ A6e &ho does not loe his o&n language is &orse than an animal and s melly fishB by Jose Rizal !

*his .uotes means if &e use our o&n language to communicate &ith the same Filipino &e &ill understand &hat &e tal; and to share$ ,ut &e use other language to communicate to other countries to share ideas and tal; to them$

Rizal

Submitted to: Prof. Isip Submitted by: Michellin Ann Gutierrez

BSBA – !" year