The way how Filipinos live simple that time when they needed to make food for everyday life, the way we work,where there are no tall structures, pollution, traffic. The settings of the film are really close to what I expected of our beautiful home, Philippines. There is a scene where the Spoliarium effect was showed as they drag Gen. The behavior and culture of Filipinos was also interpreted in the film way back in time when our ancestors were fighting for our country. It tells us that the Philippines politics was already uneven even back then. The film was also engaging because it boost our emotion to want our own freedom because the Philippines was only and will always be for Filipinos. It helps us have proper knowledge of how dirty politics was. It also shows how cruel and uneven our government treats us. The filmmaker was able to show how the Philippine government ruled our country back then, and how it makes decisions during the American war. Emilio Aguinaldo in a good and bad way, as he decides of what to do to control the Republic of the Philippines in his owns hands. Also, the meaning of power is interpreted by Pres. Emilio Aguinaldo had some testimonies about the death of Gen. Before the film ended, Joven, Felipe Buencamino, and Pres. It makes me curious of what is the reason and who is the perpetrator of the killings between General Luna and Andres Bonifacio shown at the film. The fact that the movie shows that there are missing parts of our history. It is not only about the fight for freedom between Filipinos and Americans, it also shows that we also fight for our other priorities (money, independence, power) that we live in for, that even fighting our fellow Filipino is reasonable.
The film is so great because it also showed how hard it is to fight for the freedom that we seek for our country and to our fellow countrymen. Luna, it is a form of betrayal in their own homeland, because they wanted the Philippines to be handled by foreign people, it looks like they are selling their own homeland. Even though he is known as a genius in war, many of the businessmen who helped the Republic of the Philippines to have the necessities for the war, they hated him because he treated them as traitors because they prioritize their businesses and family, and they wanted to negotiate with the Americans so that they wouldn’t be implicated to the revolution. General Luna was known for his clever but smart ideas that he applies in leading his comrades in revolution to Americans. But the filmmaker was able to reveal the actual story of Heneral Luna, and also the life of Filipinos. For a millennial like me, I don’t have any idea how our Filipino Heroes struggled just to fight for our country, it is always written on books. The film is so powerful and an eye opener as I watched it, because it is based on our history.