I want to make a blog post about the
recently concluded soap opera of my most favorite local star, Kim Chiu and her,
bedazzling reel (and real-life?) partner, Xian Lim, but I can’t make up my mind
on how to do this without sounding like a hater, which I became at the course
of this crap, I mean, show, Ina, Kapatid, Anak.
I chanced upon this post from
ABS-CBNNews.com about what they think were the 10 memorable scenes from the
show. The list includes the following:
1. Celyn finds out she's a Marasigan
2. Celyn, Margaux celebrate 18th
birthday
3. Margaux, Celyn in intense slapping
scene
4. Margaux drives Celyn's car, figures
in accident
5. Margaux finds out she's a real
Marasigan
6. Liam, Celyn become a couple
7. Celyn, Margaux patch things up
8. Celyn gets kidnapped
9. Celyn gets beat up by Mio
10. Liam proposes to Celyn
For me, although this is from a KimXi
fan perspective, since I would always turn the TV off when the story was becoming too
focused on Margaux or the oldies’ characters, my favorite and most memorable
scenes from the show are:
1. The young Celyn, selling slippers
while shouting one of the most memorable lines from the soap – “Tsinelas ni
Tere!”
2. Celyn’s scenes that showed her
talking to the replica of Sto. Nino. Such trait of Celyn even became the topic
of several homilies in the church, where I frequently go to. It is sad that as
the show progressed, they took this for granted and focused on too much anger
and violence instead.
3. When Celyn went back to the landlady
that gave her a place to stay when she was new in the city, and gave her gifts
to show her gratitude and to live up to her promise that she would go back when
she’s already rich.
4. The first time that Celyn and Liam
met in the campus. Their chemistry was overflowing that I never thought the
story would never give them a chance to shine as a couple.
5. When Liam learned that they were his
dad’s second family.
6. When Celyn was introduced to Tiny.
They were the exact opposite that was why they clicked on screen as friends,
co-workers and allies. Where did the writer take Tiny’s character as the
story progresses? Nada. He was not a favorite.
7. When Celyn spent the night with Liam
at the beach after finding out the truth about her character. This could have
started something magical for the two, but instead the writer made Liam’s
character one confused dude.
8. When Liam came to Celyn’s aid when
she needed to practice for the ball and her escort backed out.
9. When Celyn was finally rescued from
Mio and the tender hug and kiss that Liam gave her after.
10. The anguish and pains of Celyn when
she thought that her Nanay Teresa died, both at the old, gloomy building and at
the hospital.
The story had a very promising premise –
something unique and rarely tackled. It could have been developed in so many
unique ways, but it did not happen. The story started to lag when too much
emphasis was given to Margaux’ character. I started to withdraw from my habit
of watching it nightly when this happened. All the casts’ problems revolved around
the character. It was too obvious that they wanted Maja Salvador to shine, but
instead of achieving such, more people started to feel irritated. Most of its
viewers watched the show, not for Maja, but for Kim, whom they delegated as the
second lead for a time.
For the creatives’ part, they were justifying
the turn of events by saying that this is a family drama and not a love story.
For most of the viewers though, this has become a Margaux drama. They could
have at least tried to balance the story and give equal exposures to all the casts
in its entire run. They only passed on the torch of responsibility to Kim Chiu
when the ratings dropped phenomenally and almost reached the 20s.
Everything has become so rushed since
then. The story stood out for being poorly written, but well-acted. For the CeLiam
parts, they either repeated romantic scenes from another Kim Chiu and Xian Lim teleserye, My
Binondo Girl, or imitate what was happening with Kim and Xian in real life. The
chemistry may be strong, but the story was very weak and yes again, rushed.
Oh well, time to move on. I can’t say
that I’ve wasted my eight months watching this because I only watched maybe
half of its run. I just hope that they can give Kim Chiu a good story on her
next project and give Xian Lim a material, where he will also shine as well.
Stop playing favorites, ABS-CBN. Look at what happened to the story of this
promising show when you have decided to give the highlight to your favorite.
Okay, time to end my rants. I am looking forward now to the Kim and Xian movie,
which was based on the book of Ramon Bautista, Bakit Hindi Ka Crush ng Crush
Mo. For now, I will forget that Ina, Kapatid, Anak ever existed haha!
PS: For those who missed the bloopers, here it is:
