R o s e l i e C .

R a g u i n d i n S u b m i t t e d t o : M s
. E v e l y n D u l a t r e BSN III-32
Reaction Paper on the Movie Rizal
The movie “Jose Rizal” is all about our National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal – Hislife and works, his
struggles in order to free his countrymen from abuse, until hisdeath under the hands of the Spaniards
who occupied our country for a very longtime.Most of the scenes of the film took place during Rizal’s
imprisonment atDapitan wherein he meets Taviel, a Spanish officer, who will eventually
defendhim on his trial in court. During their meeting, Taviel asks Rizal everything abouthim and
his works through various questions. Every answer that Rizal broughtout from his mouth
made Taviel realize that Rizal was indeed an innocent man.On the course of their
conversation, Rizal talks about the making of his Two Novels “Noli Me Tangere”
and its sequel “El Filibusterismo” which are bothanti Spanish Novels that depicts how
the Spaniards rule the Philippines and howthe rights of the Filipinos were
abolished. Rizal portrayed himself on the saidNovels – as Crisostomo Ibarra
on “Noli Me Tangere” and as Simeon on “El Filibusterismo.”Going through with the
movie, while Rizal is telling his story to Taviel, thes c e n e o n t h e m o v i e s w i t c h e s
f r o m h i s l i f e s t o r y t h e n t o h i s p o r t r a y a l o n h i s Novels. Sometimes the scene
gets very difficult to follow because of the suddenswitches during the scenes on
the movie most especially during the time that hisfirst novel was on the process of
writing.R i z a l , a b r a v e a n d a m a n o f h i s w o r d , w a s n e v e r a f r a i d
w h a t e v e r t h e consequences he may suffer because of his writings that are against
the friarsa n d a l s o t o S p a n i a r d s . H i s g o a l w a s t o f r e e t h e P h i l i p p i n e s
from the

R o s e l i e C . R a g u i n d i n S u b m i t t e d t o :
M s . E v e l y n D u l a t r e BSN III-32
Reaction Paper on the Movie Rizal
The movie “Jose Rizal” is all about our National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal – Hislife and works,
his struggles in order to free his countrymen from abuse, until hisdeath under the hands of
the Spaniards who occupied our country for a very longtime.Most of the scenes of the film took
place during Rizal’s imprisonment atDapitan wherein he meets Taviel, a Spanish officer,
who will eventually defendhim on his trial in court. During their meeting, Taviel asks
Rizal everything abouthim and his works through various questions. Every answer that
Rizal broughtout from his mouth made Taviel realize that Rizal was indeed an innocent man.On
the course of their conversation, Rizal talks about the maki ng of hisTwo
Novels “Noli Me Tangere” and its sequel “El Filibusterismo” which are bothanti Spanish
Novels that depicts how the Spaniards rule the Philippines and howthe rights of the
Filipinos were abolished. Rizal portrayed himself on the saidNovels – as
Crisostomo Ibarra on “Noli Me Tangere” and as Simeon on
“ElFilibusterismo.”Going through with the movie, while Rizal is telling his story to Taviel,
thes c e n e o n t h e m o v i e s w i t c h e s f r o m h i s l i f e s t o r y t h e n t o h i s
p o r t r a y a l o n h i s Novels. Sometimes the scene gets very difficult to follow because of
the suddenswitches during the scenes on the movie most especially during the time
that hisfirst novel was on the process of writing.R i z a l , a b r a v e a n d a m a n o f h i s
w o r d , w a s n e v e r a f r a i d w h a t e v e r t h e consequences he may suffer because of
his writings that are against the friarsa n d a l s o t o S p a n i a r d s . H i s g o a l w a s t o
f r e e t h e P h i l i p p i n e s f r o m t h e u n j u s t government of Spanish colony.In summary, the
movie talks mostly of Rizal’s life until his death and thecreation of his great novels. The
actors and actresses who acted on the moviedid a great job presenting how it was
during Rizal’s time even though the said events in Rizal’s life were just written in books