“Mga kapatid mayroon
tayong mas malaking kaaway kaysa mga Amerikano- Ang Ating sarili” – Heneral
Luna
This quote is one of my favourite quotes in the movie that made
its way into my heart. In English, it can be translated as “My brothers it is not the Americans that is our greatest enemy but our
kin itself”.
Heneral Luna is a historical movie made on the year of 2015 that
shows the leadership of General Antonio Luna of the Philippine Revolution Army
during the Philippine-American War. The movie was directed by a Filipino movie
director, Jerrold Tarog and partnered with an ending song named “Hanggang Wala
ng Bukas” by Ebe Dancel.
As I was watching, Heneral Luna I could not help but gasp in
amazement with each and every scene. And
I was very sure that even if it was a historical movie it is not boring as I
thought since the movie is a bit modernized and they added some funny scene
which would make people laugh. Also as I was watching the movie I could feel
the irony at some scene especially when General Luna was killed by some
Filipinos and those Filipinos where the ones who had given General Luna honours
as he was being buried. The movie was
really great because it shows that even if Luna is a bit superior he was still
a human who makes mistakes and has flaws and to be honest I cried when General
Luna was killed mercilessly by his own kin nonetheless.
To those who did not know Antonio Luna or General Luna. He
was a Filipino general who fought during the Philippine Army Revolution. He was
also the brother of the famous painter, Juan Luna. And from what I heard from a
Mr. Xiao Chua, a historian, Antonio Luna’s profession was Chemistry and his
hobby was to play the guitar.
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