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Reaction Paper About Antonio Luna Movie

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Philippine History is rife with remarkable people and interesting political and social dynamics. Antonio Luna, dubbed as the best general the Philippines ever had, was at the center stage of the film.General Luna was the perfect antihero—short tempered, brave, and brilliantly flawed. His character both awed and intimidated, an advantageous combination for the position he holds. The latter,we would later find,proves to be his downfall.
The film was set at a time when the Philippines was once again under the threat of invasion by a stronger, mightier nation – the United States. General Luna, being the brilliant strategist that he was, commanded the Philippine Army, which back then was a cesspool of cowards, so to speak. In one of the encounters, Luna was forced to witness some of his men fight and die while others turn tail and run.
This scene conveyed two important …show more content…

I initially thought that it was also an embellishment, but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t.
The only criticism I have is that I felt like they seemed to simplify Luna’s complicated history as a person. He was packaged as a nationalist on the onset which wasn’t really the case. From what I can remember, he was offered a position to command the military before he left for Europe to study, something that he just brushed off and scoffed at. When Rizal died, that was when he did a 360 turn and became a true nationalist. He went back and fought for the country when it really counted. I just think it’s an important detail to add.
Nevertheless, it was a really great film. The symbolisms were subtle but staggering; the Philippine flag which stained and seemed to darken as time passed by and burned in the end, Joven Hernando himself who was the epitome of Filipino

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