"Before" Meet me in St. Gallen"
"Before" Meet me in St. Gallen" During a bus ride, I was talking about the romantic films I already watched and I talked about the Before series (Before Sunrise 1995; Before Sunset 2004; and Before Midnight 2013) by director Richard Linklater. It is not a kind of romantic film that causes lovebites to flare but then go like a flu as forgettable. These conversation films in the series have their appeal on being able to open up to strangers, raw thoughts in conversations, and the promises of possibilities. The love story cooked up in the series is an answer to the adage that familiarity breeds contempt. Now, I saw the trailer of "Meet Me" and got caught by the Celeste and Jessie forever... and the newsclip dubbing it as a conversation film. As I suspected it was a take on the Before series. So, I watched. I liked the idea that Bella Padilla and Carlo Aquino are the leads as this can be an experimental pairing (I don't like the faddish star couples). I am plea...