Pinoy Movie Fridays: Pangako Ikaw Lang

I'm sorry if it took a while...anyway, for this Friday's "Pinoy Movie Fridays" section, I'll be reminiscing one of my favorite rom-com (romantic comedy) films entitled "Pangako Ikaw Lang" topbilled by Aga Mulach and Regine Velasquez. Yes, this is the second Aga-Regine box-office hit film as a tandem after their first film "Dahil May Isang Ikaw". And yes, I am biased. ^^

Film: Pangako Ikaw Lang (Only You, I Promise)
Year: 2001
Director: Joyce Bernal
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Theme Song: "Pangako" sung by Regine Velasquez
Cast:
Aga Mulach           - Vince
Regine Velasquez   - Cristina

Bobby Andrews      - Bert

Robert Arevalo      - Cristina's Father

Sherilyn Reyes       - Annie

Bojo Molina          - Victor

Charlie Davao       - Vince's father

Evangeline Pascual - Vince's mother

Ricci Ocampo        - Krystal

Rufa Mae Quinto   - Peachy

The movie starts with the womanizer Vince (Aga Mulach) talking to some random girl on the phone making the moves while driving home. Cut to Krystal (Ricci Ocampo), Vince's girlfriend, crying on the phone and telling that he is such a womanizer and with her cursing him that she wishes him to die. And with that, a truck crushes his car and it falls to its side badly damaged that it would be a miracle for anyone to survive the crash. Meanwhile, in the other side of the city, Cristina, a flower arranger and businesswoman for all occasions, is hurrying to the hospital to visit her father with cancer. Coincidentally, its also the same hospital where Cristina's father is confined; not knowing who the other was, she shares the Emergency Room with Vince's parents. En route to Cristina's visits to her father, she passes by the room where Vince has been laying in comatose, she talks to him like an expected visitor and this is where the wheels of fate starts to turn.

They may be the best of friends in the hospital, Vince laying in comatose and Cristina telling him random stories, reality struck them. After Cristina's dad goes home, Vince finally wakes up from his coma (due to her almost crushing his life machine), believing that Cristina is his guardian angel and vows to make things right with his life; leaving his womanizing ways and getting back with his girlfriend while looking for the "guardian angel" who he believes saved his life. Meanwhile because of Cristina's hyper attitude, when she almost crushed Vince's life machine, she thought that her "hospital friend" is dead. When she finally sees her "hospital friend" alive and kicking, she sighs in relief not knowing that cupid's arrow is about to come in between the both of them.

This film once again has all the formula of a rom-com story: love, comedy, hurdles, family problems, of childhood friends who has this unrequited love towards the female protagonist and of love which conquers all. This may be the second movie for the Aga-Regine tandem but this is far from the story of their first blockbuster. They may have some similarities but somewhat different in formula. Similar yet different.

The scene which made my heart hurt? It's a secret, watch the movie everyone but the heartwarming scene is the part when Cristine and her dad are slow dancing while Cristine is singing "Someone to watch over me". ♥

My favorite scene:

Vince: May naalala lng ako ung nangyari sakin sa hospital nakahiga ako walang malay, parang ganito nagdasal ako na sana dugtungan pa ung buhay ko. sabi ko itatama ko lahat ng mali ko, ngaun alam ko na kung bakit dinugtungan ang buhay ko..ikakasal na ako 
(I just remembered something that happened when I was at the hospital laying there, just like this praying and wishing that my life would be given a second chance. I promised that I would right all my wrongdoings...now I know why I was given a second chance in life...I'm getting married)

Cristina: alam ko..saan? (I know, where?)

Vince: depende sayo (your decision)

Cristina: ha? (what?)

Vince: ikaw lng ang tamang nangyari sa buhay ko (you're the only thing right in my life)

Cristina: kahit sasaang simbahan...(smiles) sagot ko ang bulaklak ha? (in any church...but the flowers are mine okay?)

How sweet it is to be loved like that. ♥
Till the next Pinoy Movie Fridays...