Infidelity: an appealing topic?

Infidelity-- this happens to be the "it" trend in the market and world of television or movies today. Wasn't it just weeks ago when a locally produced film, "My Neighbor's Wife" was released. In the television scene, I can recall the korean drama "A Rosy Life", which I think was one of the first dramas with the same topic to be aired in the Philippines. Then came "Temptation of Wife", and the taiwanese version "The Fierce Wife". And just this week, another entry, a movie with the same topic, was released-- No Other Woman. The topic of infidelity injected into soap operas or movies seem to be ubiquitous; to the extent that the crowd might have had enough of it already. But as my friend and I were intrigued by the trailer of the film No other woman, we decided to give it a shot (although some things are already predictable).

We were actually flabbergasted to see a long queue of people waiting outside the cinema. It got me to thinking, that perhaps, there must really be something special in this movie than the others. There were a lot of people who wanted to watch the movie; in fact, my friend and I had to sit at the front row since every seat was already occupied (I had a bit of a stiffed neck afterwards).

In my opinion, one great marketing strategy that they used was the sex appeal of the actors. Who wasn't intrigued by the criss-cross bikini of Anne Curtis shown at the trailer of the movie, right? And yes, there were a lot of bikini and intimate scenes in the movie. Also, I think that people are eager to see Christine Reyes play a "good wife" role in the movie (but trust me, she became fierce in the later part of the film--- ooops, spoiler). The leading man, Derek Ramsay also happens to be very appealing to the ladies-- perhaps even to men.

So I don't think I have to elaborate much on the story since we pretty much know what it is about. What I'm more intrigued is with what I heard from the person beside me "Bakit pag babae ang nagloko, di nila mapatawad. Pero pag lalaki, hindi rin halos ganun kalaking big deal" That's something to ponder about I guess. I am no expert in these kinds of things. But if you'll ask my opinion, I think that the husband won't dare to look at, or even decide to kiss, another woman if he is really committed to his wife. Isn't that part of the sacrament of marriage? Anyway, I don't want to dwell too much on this issue as I am not married yet. I'm just an observer for now.

But I think that we should really give the writers a round of applause. It was written in a very concise and clever manner; there were lines that will truly stay on your mind (Ang mundo parang quiapo, maraming snatcher [ng asawa]; itago mo na yang lucy torres mo at ilabas mo na si gretchen barreto). It was very interesting indeed. But the ending was a bit predictable (that someone will get into an accident blah blah). Nonetheless, this movie still shows how we Filipinos are fond of happy endings (even after a series of sampalan and sabunutan), they managed to become friends afterwards; they ended things amicably anyway so that might be the reason. Anyhow, I commend the writers, director, and actors of the film. I think that watching it was worth my money.