[Movie Buzz]: The Perfect Wedding
I’m not a huge fan of Chinese movies to be honest but recently I have been watching TVB shows in order to brush up my rusty Cantonese and absorb abit of my own culture here and there, without my parents nagging at me. So there I was, thanks to Golden Village, at the premiere screening of ’The Perfect Wedding’ (抱抱俏佳人)!
The story begins with Lok Yan (Miriam Yeung) is a successful wedding planner who was ditched by her own fiancé on their wedding day. One night she hooked up with a young attorney, Fung (Raymond Lam) – with no plans of ever meeting again. Cliche but true, fate brings them back together and Lok Yan became Fung’s boss overnight. The couple complicates their relationship with work differences, friends interfering and miscommunication etc…but of course, we all know the typical ending there.
I was never a fan of Raymond Lam but after watching this movie, I thought he is rather cute with a comical side of him that is rarely portrayed on his usual TVB drama series. On the other hand, Miriam Yeung is always great with her on screen charisma! I would say I enjoyed the movie as it was a typical ‘fairytale’ without much twists and turns (ie. no need for much thinking) and it’s a good chillax weeknight movie. One bonus to the show was the appearance of Eric Kot ! I really like him as an artiste but just thought his character has room for development/improvement !
Downsides ? I’d very much prefer to watch it in its original Cantonese dialogues and soundtrack. It kinda killed the effects and punchlines at times, and the mandarin songs do not share the same feel as how the Cantonese would have portrayed ! (The lyrics were the subtitles so I know!) Another thing is how the product placements made it look too crazily-commercialized and providing audience a *roll eyes* moment at every other scene.
Mediocre film but always nice to kill time with eyecandies and some lame jokes – especially when I am really dreaming about having a wedding planning career like Miriam’s character…her firm is to-die-for ! And the gorgeous gowns and everything lovely from a wedding ! That’s probably the only reason why I sat through the whole film !
I’ll give this cliche yet nice-to-watch romance comedy a 2/5 ! Opening on 21st October at your nearest GV cinemas !
Movie Buzz : Triple Tap 槍王之王
Triple Tap (槍王之王) is a psychological thriller directed by Derek Yee, starring Louis Koo who plays this Champion sharpshooter while Daniel Wu is his fellow marksman and police officer, they met at an IPSC competition and later Koo gets involved in this robbery case that Wu was investigating. Their confrontation reveals the different back stories and brings out a myriad of lies as the two try to outsmart eachother. Think along the line of The Mentalist or Lie To Me but wrapped in a typical old school Hong Kong crime movie.
Despite the fact that it’s an all star cast and the male leads are drool-worthy, they weren’t exactly great in terms of acting. Both have a standard facial expression without any emotions. They were so ‘serious’ that it was too funny to watch – guess it quite backfired the whole idea of having two ‘cool’ men pulling triggers at each other. I almost choked at Louis Koo’s ‘Are You Ready?’ Sadly the two female leads Charlene Choi and Li Bingbing have little scenes to comment about. The plot was trying too hard to be clever that it ended up being pathetic instead. I don’t feel there’s a connection with the audience and it totally did not snag my attention at all.
Not much of an action saga either, although I did notice that Chin Kar Lok is the action choreographer, what a disappointment. I do see potential in this film, especially when the production seems to be above average in terms of Hong Kong films. Well, at least the guns were pretty cool and I learnt what’s IPSC after watching this film !
It’s a pity that this highly anticipated great film turned out like this,perhaps it might be better if watched in Cantonese instead of the monotone mandarin voice-overs. I’ll give this a 2/5 but if you’re a sucker for some asian action or eyecandy moments, then go ahead and catch this film on a weekday. It’s gonna be out on 1st July 2010.
P.S : Following Trailers are all in Cantonese !
I have to mention, nobody beats Leslie Cheung as the marksman in Double Tap (I think Triple Tap is an unofficial sequel ?) Move aside Louis Koo, you need to learn.
