Filipino movies are stress reliever for me. I don't have to think to get it, and no matter which part I missed on the movie, I surely can understand everything that happened. It's a good diversion to keep you sanity intact, no need for intellectual discussion, but should be avoided to those weak-heart audience, naa daw gi heart attack tan aw ug soap opera. I only watched filipino movies on vacation
I don't believe filipino movies suck, they're just designed for filipino audience (except Rizal, which doesn't suck at all). It's all about target marketing. If you're into foreign movies, french, russian, italian, etc... you will notice that a lot of their stories are copied by hollywood movies.
Best of Hollywood copy from foreign films
http://www.imdb.com/list/7BwQPhB8edA/