Boy Pick-Up: The Movie is a comedy film from GMA Films and Regal Films under the direction of Dominic Zapata which stars Ogie Alcasid, Eri Neeman, Michael V, Dennis Trillo, Boy2 Quizon, Moymoy Palaboy's James "Moymoy" Obeso and Rodfil "Roadfill" Obeso, Antonio Aquitania, Gwen Zamora, Jackie Rice, Sam Pinto, Sarah Lahbati and Solenn Heussaff. Boy Pick-Up: The Movie is slated for a June 6, 2012 nationwide theatrical release. Let's check the teaser trailer for Boy Pick-Up The Movie here.
Boy Pick-Up: The Movie
Plot / Synopsis
Boy Pick-Up: The Movie is the film adaptation of Bubble Gang's latest famous skit "Pick-Up Lines Battle" featuring the fliptop-inspired battle of words using cheesy pick-up lines rather than well-rhyming trash talks. The film will try to tell the story of the iconic Boy Pick-Up (played by Ogie Alcasid) and Boy Back-Up (Eri Neeman) outside the Pick-Up Lines Battle Arena.
Watch Boy Pick-Up: The Movie teaser trailer here:
Boy Pick-Up: The Movie Teaser Trailer Impression
Boy Pick-Up The Movie Film Teaser Trailer Review
Ah Boy Pick-Up: The Movie... What is there to say about the Boy Pick-Up: The Movie's teaser trailer that made its debut on GMA Network? Coming from someone who's an avid fan of Bubble Gang and usually get his weekly laughs from the Philippine's longest running gag show, Boy Pick-Up: The Movie feels unnecessary.
Ogie Alcasid as Boy Pick-Up and Eri Neeman as Boy Back-Up
Some Filipinos are notorious in delivering these very cheesy pick-up lines to get the attention of their targets... I mean the ladies that can bring out various reactions (preferably a woman getting twitterpatted). Being a fan of Bubble Gang I have seen almost every Pick-Up Lines Battle episode to date. It saddens me to see how Boy Pick-Up's brand of humor starts to lost its touch after the long run. It probably might be just on the script, but ever since it got so popular, I believe its humor started to became normal... ultimately losing its brand of anti-humor. Sure it is nice to still hear cheesy pick-up lines every episode, but all those build up sometimes get squashed with the same kind of nonsensical pick-up lines used by boy Pick-Up last week. There is a limit on how many times the audience can tolerate "...kasi ang ulam na niluto ni Aling Maring ay masarap" boy pick-up punchline variant. I think that there are some jokes that need to end. Quit while they were ahead as what most people say. Like Yaya and Angelina, which was also a Bubble Gang Skit adapted to the Big Screen by GMA Films, there is a probability that Boy Pick-Up The Movie will be the last pit stop of this once was phenomenal comedic Bubble Gang skit. Like any other Bubble Gang skit it has to eventually come to an end: E.g MEV (Music English Version), MTB (Music Tagalog Bersyon), Kapitan Masa, Gagambala, Yaya and Angelina, etc. I just don't think that this film will get people excited or inspire them to spend money and watch it on theaters, and that is coming from a Bubble Gang fan and someone who adores Ogie Alcasid and Michael V. as comedians.
Women of Boy Pick-Up the Movie - Sam Pinto, Solenn Heusaff, and Sarah Lahbati
There is nothing much to make up for this teaser. It is just there to tease. Scenes featured in this trailer may not even be in the film itself. One thing is sure though Dennis will have Sarah as a love interest, while Ogie will have Solenn and that's probably where most of this will revolve around. I just don't think that fans of the skit would want to know more about Boy Pick-Up besides what they have been getting every Friday nights, or maybe it is just me. I can't vouch for every Bubble Gang fan. There will always be an audience that will support this. Even without the official film trailer released, I can say that Boy Pick-Up is one of those Filipino films which has willingly placed itself to shame just because some film producers think it would sell based from its popularity in television. The same film outfits which have been using prehistoric (traditional) marketing and movie making (writing, casting, producing) methodologies... milking something popular and current spelling doom to its original content source. Well, I might be over-thinking about this comedy film. I maybe wrong or eat up in the end all I have said here, but the teaser and the whole concept isn't giving me the right impressions. This is my impressions of the teaser to begin with. One thing is certain though, Boy Pick-Up: The Movie is not the smart kind of comedy I am looking for in a Filipino produced film. I will give this one a pass and will probably check this out once it makes it Philippine television debut which might not even take more than a year to happen.
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