A Giant is the best way to watch any movie, full stop. You get the communal experience of a movie theater with the largest capacity available and since our IMAX are all fake, might as well go to A Cinema.

I'm divided with my opinion on Forgotten Island, though. I like the deeper story and the animation style and it's such a shame not many non-Filipinos are going to know that because they're either going to be turned off by the overt Filipino marketing or will watch Verity instead.

That said, the major niggle for me is that the Filipino references are just too distracting because of how obvious that it's the recollections of a Fil-Am — and it reminded me of how annoying my relatives are with the way they pretend to care about their heritage only when it's convenient and for validation.

I mean, 7PM tapos may araw pa? A picture of Jesus hanging directly on top of the lechon outside the house? An aspin who loves fetch? Sa Pinas ginaganap yung send-away party and everyone speaks in a Bay Area American accent na dudulas lang when they need to say Tam Krus (Tom Cruise)? "Tayo na" when it should be "tara na" especially when you're teenagers? Pati nga yung kakausapin principal is Westernized — nobody ever waits outside the office.