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skylee -

I saw this film today. It is Jay Chou's debut as director. There is nothing special about the
film, not the story, not the acting, not the images; but I like it immensely. It is such an
ordinary film, but at the same time very likeable. I think it has to do with the chemistry between
Chou and the leading actress, and their playing the piano throughout the film. And the ending is
'deadly' romantic.

I think Chou always looks very vulnerable, both in this film and in 黃金甲.

Watching this film I kept saying to myself, "嘩周杰倫真不得了". He plays a highschool
student quite convincingly IMHO. And the film has that typical sweet and pure Taiwan feel. (This
is my Taiwan impression - 純純的, 土土的.）And when the credits began to roll, the girl
sitting next to me said to her friend in mandarin, "好好看喔" (oh even in HK there are
mandarin speakers everywhere). And I agree with her.

I am glad that I've seen this film. Films like this make cinema-going worthwhile. Recommended.

Trailer -> http://202.85.147.176/broadcast/trai...ailer1.mpg.WMV





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Luobot -

Looks like a good recommendation. I already cried at the end of the trailer. 好好看喔。










Lu -

I must say I had very, very low expectations of this movie. Jay Chou is a singer, and he does sing
really well, but he is not that great an actor. He did good in Initial D, but in 黃金甲 he was
mostly Jay dressed up in old armor. And now he's going to direct? Can't be good.
But with this recommendation, perhaps I'll go see this movie.










lpascoe -

That's interesting, I felt the complete opposite to Lu. I thought Initial D was dead boring and
Jay's acting was disappointing or at least nothing special (perhaps evidence that musicians should
stick to what they are good at).
I'd decided not to bother seeing 黃金甲 to avoid further disappointment but my housemate rented
it and after watching it, I thought Jay actually did a good job. In anycase my issues with the
movie had nothing to do with Jay.
I haven't seen 不能說的秘密 yet, but I'm really curious to see how he is as a director.
Honestly... musician, actor, director... the man has far too much energy for his own good.










skylee -

Has nobody else seen this film?










simonlaing -

Transformers was sold out again, And my girlfriend and I saw it.

She cried in the middle of it , but she cries at lots of movies. I thought the mystery and
mystique about it was the best part of the movie, The intergration of the piano playing to was
cool as well.
I wanted more piano duels and other types of things that could be good.
Plus he never played rugby with his "friends"

The twist toward the end was good, plus the action of him sneaking into the building that was
about to be demolished had some good special effects.

The bicycle riding romance reminded me of another old Hong kong love story that was good . I
forgot the name but it was singer turned movie star and she was from Guangzhou and sold tapes of a
particular singer.
I remember the riding in the rain. Also Bejing bicycle as some romance with the bicycle as well I
think.

Also Jay Mandarin was quite standard, on some of his CD's his words are hard to catch if you don't
have the lyrics in front of you. (Chinese people have confirmed it is not just me).

Worth seeing in the cinema I think.
Nice pick Skylee, and other recommendations?
have fun,
SImon










calibre2001 -

What are the chinese characters of the other actress who likes Jay alot (not Kwan Lun-Mei)? Her
name is Alice Tseng Kai-Xuan but I can't read the chinese characters properly. It's there in the
poster below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:S...shuodemimi.jpg










skylee -

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lpascoe -

I finally got around to seeing this movie and I really liked it.

Nicely shot and touching. The "action" sequence was a bit melodramatic, but I confess (like a true
soap addict) I shed tears, which was unfortunate because my make up wasn't tear proof. C'est la
vie.

Don't know what anybody else thinks about this, but I feel like Jay portrays pretty much the same
character in each of his films. I'm not really complaining because I found him extremely likeable
and sweet in this movie. In fact I found the whole cast likeable, especially his dad, who was a
bit of a nutter and very funny. And I think Skylee was right, the chemistry between the leads is
good.

I know it is probably a bit late to say this now, but I'd recommend seeing it on the big screen.
Two thumbs up.










shanghaikai -

I just saw this movie and I loved it. It was a bit slow-going at first (mostly because I wasn't
paying attention from posting on these forums) but then I caught the plot and it alone was
interesting enough for me to give it more attention.

I personally don't think Jay Chou is a great actor and seems to only have one look about him, all
the freaking time. Nicholas Cage is a better actor, and that isn't saying much. However, he does
fit certain roles well, this being one of them and another being that of Takumi in Initial D.
However, Intial D The Movie was downright awful. It wasn't because of Jay but because it was
simply just a really lousy movie and plot. Curse of the Golden Flower wasn't too hot either. Jay
was his monotone self which didn't lend well to making his character great but I didn't feel the
movie was great either. So they both kinda sucked.

Anyway, loved the movie. Great song too. Definitely recommend. I even want to buy it.












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