The Super Parental Guardians

Vice Ganda and Vic Sotto’s films “The Super Parental Guardians” and “Enteng Kabisote 10 And The Abangers” were not part of this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival 2016. Both films premiered on November 30. Vice Ganda’s “The Super Parental Guardians” instantly became a hit with P 68 million on its first day.

Vice Ganda On MMFF, ‘Quiality Is Subjective’

According to Sunstar, Vice Ganda was not offended when his movie was excluded from the MMFF. He said he believed MMFF had different taste and that quality is subjective. He said, “After reading the tweets, I did not feel offended at all. The word quality is subjective. What quality to you might not be quality to me. Kaya hindi tayo pwede magtalo-talo na ito ang quality.”

Report says head of the 2016 MMFF screening committee Nicanor Tiongson said they picked movies based on “quality” than commercial value.

Vic Sotto On MMFF, Agrees With Mother Lily’s Statements

In a report by GMA, Vic Sotto gave a statement on the exclusion of “Enteng Kabisote 10 And the Abangers.” He said he respected the movies chosen for this year’s MMFF but said that he feels they didn’t respect the public’s opinion and taste for Filipino moves. During a press conference on November 24, Vic Sotto made a statement after a few jokes saying they shouldn’t let us put anything in our mouth’s that we don’t want for Christmas Eve.

Mother Lily also spoke about MMFF’s decision. According to PEP, she said,”You know, there is a time for the indie movies, but not Christmas season. Christmas is for the family.” Her reaction got a lot of controversial reactions. One of them would be from indie actress Mercedes Cabral who posted a rant on social media. Her last statement on her post was “F***ing idiot.”

Vic Sotto agreed with Mother Lily’s statement and went on further to say if people do not agree with her opinion, a simple ‘i do not agree’ with suffice instead of cursing.

On the issue of having a “division” between independent and mainstream movies, Vic tells ABS-CBN he doesn’t see any division. He added that they were all in the same industry.

Vice Ganda vs Vic Sotto In Box Office Opening: 23.7M vs 4.4M For Movies Without MMFF Nod

“The Super Parental Guardians” and “Enteng Kabisote 10 And The Abangers” both hit theaters on November 30. As of 3:00 p.m. on November 30, unofficial counts shown by LionHeartTV revealed that “The Super Parental Guardians” lead the box office earning with 23.7 million, and “Enteng Kabisote And The Abangers” with 4.4 million.

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Fiona Abellera, a Mass Communication graduate, is PilipinasPopcorn's managing editor. She has been branching out in the media industry for a decade now. She previously worked in a local TV station as program manager. She has also produced, directed and written scripts for TV shows and news and commercials. She also managed an in-house radio station for a local university for almost 4 years. A musician by heart, Fiona used to be a guitarist/vocalist for a band. She plays the drums too. Offline, Fiona is a radio jock at Baguio City's 96.7 K-Lite as "Fiona Quinn."

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