Saving Sally movie review

Saving Sally is a typical story of a boy meets girl but with a twist. It combines both live action and animation. Marty is an aspiring comic book artist and Sally is an inventor of unusual stuff that either you don’t need or an epic fail.

Marty is an ultimate example of the friend zoned which I totally relate. Who doesn’t experience falling in love with their best friend? Like Marty, I also fell in love with my high school girl best friend.  It is a bittersweet feeling.

This will test how your friendship can endure. Would you sacrifice friendship and gain a deeper relationship? What if the relationship fails and there is no chance of getting the friendship back because it’s awkward.

Marty’s description of monsters is not literal but can be figurative. That is why the animation is relevant. It makes a thin line between fantasy and reality. There are monsters in all forms that it is something to think about.

The animation is just one example on how good the Filipinos are in the field. Our animators are already being outsourced by American studios for projects which is why we can list names of Pinoys who are big in animation abroad.

The story also makes a hero out of a geeky guy. It is truly an underdog story that most can relate. It is nice to have an underdog for a hero. It shows the struggle and in this case, the struggle to win the girl he loves. Although this is nothing new because Revenge Of The Nerds and The Big Bang Theory did it ahead.

Even though it is animated, it does not mean it is for kids to watch. There are still some adult words and swearing in some dialogues. There are some dialogues that only a geeky person can relate. For example, the comic book publisher said that Transformers The Movie (The animated one.)  made him cry. Because there was a movie before Michael Bay’s live action movie that is animated in 1985.

The movie also shows Easter Eggs for only a geeky person can reference. You could say its hidden symbols for us in the Secret Society of Geeks or specifically, in Komikon. The movie showcases comic art as well as animation. Saving Sally is surely for specific audience but it is surely one movie that made a mark in history of Philippine cinema. I only wish there will be frequent at least one frequent animated movie every year even if it’s not in the Metro Manila Film Festival.

The casting is good. Enzo Marcos did his role Marty well. He surely made us geeks proud. Rhiann e Ramos is also ideal for the role Sally. She is tough and has limitations just the same.  It also good to have Kuya Bodjie Pascua as part of the cast. It made the movie nostalgic to see him. For more movie reviews, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.