![]() ![]() Liza Soberano as Tin and Enrique Gil as Raf in “Alone/Together”/Star Cinema Otherwise, their individual endgames felt apt considering how their journey progressed throughout the film. The ending felt unearned - at least with regard to Raf and Tin’s collective fate. Sadly, things fell apart towards the final portion of its third act. And while it would’ve been so much better if “Alone/Together” spent a bit more with him to set-up his story, it works in the end, especially considering how they were able to fully flesh out Tin’s story. Up until he was badly burned by his love for Tin, everything that she did was to make her happy. This waterloo, however, is easy to look past at, especially since it mirrors Raf’s own actions in the film. Everything his journey in the film is all in the service of Tin’s own narrative. People barely see Raf on his own, he has no backstory, not even a family. The film mainly focuses on Tin with almost everything shown from her perspective. However, while “Alone/Together” is primarily promoted as a love story, its romantic angle takes a back seat in the bigger scheme of things. The colors are vivid, and although some sequences were shot in the dark, they were able to find a way to make both Soberano and Gil stand out visually. The movie looks glorious with a mixture of long shots highlighting the beauty of various locations - from Diliman’s Sunken Garden to the Met steps in New York. It was a fresh take on the matter - one that is actually more rooted in reality than what the audience members are used to seeing in romantic films. Tin coming clean to Raf with what really forced her to break up with him was agonizing to watch, especially since she doesn’t have anyone else to blame but herself. That, arguably, is the one element that “Alone/Together” nailed right on the head. ![]() While the movie didn’t delve much into the culture of UP and UST - a huge selling point in the film’s marketing, it did a great job depicting Tin’s sorrow over her wasted life which is something a lot of millennials can relate to. Liza Soberano as Tin in “Alone/Together”/Star Cinema Told in a non-linear fashion, “Alone/Together” mostly focused on Tin’s journey from a high-achieving Iskolar ng Bayan to a shell of her former self after one blunder derailed all her plans for the future. Backed by their tried and tested chemistry, Gil and Soberano seamlessly portrayed the growth (or lack thereof) of Raf and Tin throughout the years. ![]()
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