Diaz's worst movie is also his first, not surprising. Apart from that underlying apocalyptical and political (apocapolytical? sorry) themes each one of his movies have, there's almost none of Diaz in Serafin Geronimo. Major problems would be the pacing, which left me bored even with the 'short' running time, the acting, that is uniformly bad, and editing, simply awful. The video quality of the film didn't help any.

I fear, I have to admit that I quite liked the trashy shoddiness of this film, which looks quite often pretty terrible. Or, to be more precise, like a TV film. It's got too much melodrama aswell as pretty poor acting in some respects. But the feeling of watching an old VHS-Cassette matched very well with this creepy thriller of a literally sick man that is unable to speak up for himself. That's why he mumbles throughout the whole film (he's got a rotting tooth aswell) in a hushed way, which got on my nerves badly. But that film just felt so good, like the dirty water the protagonists are wading through, like their sweaty shirts and damp rooms with stained mattresses, their bare feet on dirty soil. When they drink, then to forget. There is no bliss in this life, just on screen. Maybe that's why the main character, Serafin, is granted a moment's peace in the cinema.

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δεν μπορω να καταλαβω αν ειναι καλη ή κακη ταινια, σιγουρα ειναι απο τα λιγα εργα που μαθαινεις (εστω και μονοπλευρα) τι σκατα σκεφτονται εκει στις φιλλιπινες, απο οτι εχω καταλαβει τα πρωτα εργα του σκηνοθετη δεν υπαρχουν σε καποια μορφη παρα μονο tv rips (ειμαι σιγουρος οτι ειναι και vhs rips!), θετει αρκετα ερωτηματα και προσπαθει να πει την αποψη του (κατι που στο jesus το καταφερε καλυτερα)
Δεν μπορω να βαλω αστερακια , το σιγουρο ειναι οτι καποια στιγμη θα ηθελα να ξαναδω τα εργα του diaz σε καλυτερη εκδοση απο "κατεστραμενη vhs κοπια που σχεδον λες οτι βλεπεις το ring"

Diaz's worst movie is also his first, not surprising. Apart from that underlying apocalyptical and political (apocapolytical? sorry) themes each one of his movies have, there's almost none of Diaz in Serafin Geronimo. Major problems would be the pacing, which left me bored even with the 'short' running time, the acting, that is uniformly bad, and editing, simply awful. The video quality of the film didn't help any.

I fear, I have to admit that I quite liked the trashy shoddiness of this film, which looks quite often pretty terrible. Or, to be more precise, like a TV film. It's got too much melodrama aswell as pretty poor acting in some respects. But the feeling of watching an old VHS-Cassette matched very well with this creepy thriller of a literally sick man that is unable to speak up for himself. That's why he mumbles throughout the whole film (he's got a rotting tooth aswell) in a hushed way, which got on my nerves badly. But that film just felt so good, like the dirty water the protagonists are wading through, like their sweaty shirts and damp rooms with stained mattresses, their bare feet on dirty soil. When they drink, then to forget. There is no bliss in this life, just on screen. Maybe that's why the main character, Serafin, is granted a moment's peace in the cinema.