VILORIA,ERIKA P.

GRADE 11

EL PRESIDENTE

The movie EL PRESIDENTE is based on the General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the
Philippine Republic. It aims to present a comprehensive narration of his life, achievements and even
controversial issues about him such as his relationship or conflict with other Filipino hero, Andres
Bonifacio. At first i'm not interested in watching because I thought it would be boring for us teenagers
to watch that kind of movie. But irealized that it would be nice for me as a student or should I say it
would be a helpful reference for me to know about the life of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and how the first
Philippine President fights for our freedom.
The entire movie did not disappoint me as it was able to deliver what I was expecting based on the
theatrical trailer they released.
Performance of Jeorge Estregan as Aguinaldo is Good but not great. While watching the movie, I
thought they would not even mention Dr. Jose Rizal who was in prison and about to get executed
during the time in the film as if was almost half of the entire movie has been shown and still no
mention of rizal. In this film, the story touches on the revolutionary encounters, as well as the many
issues,that took place during Aguinaldo's time. It also explores his inner struggles as a husband, a
member of the working class, a war leader, and a politician. The movie El Presidente for meis very
interesting movie, because it shows me a lots on how our Filipino heroes are great to get back our
freedom against all the colonies of spanish,americans and japanese.