Too bad I did not read the movie’s blurb: “a ruminative study on why we should be loyal to country, never to an idol.” Poor Gregorio del Pilar. Having been awed by Heneral Luna, I rushed to see Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral on day one. Take it from the millennials.ĭon’t we, as audience, want to see ourselves in our heroes? To be inspired by their achievements, their love of country and the common good? Demolishing him even before getting to know him is a disservice to the film’s audience who, like it or not, get their education in history from films like Heneral Luna. It assumed that del Pilar is as popularly known as Rizal and Bonifacio whose lives can be dissected and debated upon by the public. But the least the movie could have done was show why Goyo was a hero in the first place. Don’t put your luck on heroes, they are just human.
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