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a chinese version of "the hours"?! only this one is a lot better. true, this movie is all about women, and some of the emotions and experiences mentioned can only be understood by a woman, but this movie, with its brilliant criss-cross of timeline and scenes, is alot more fun & enjoyable (& maybe comprehensible) for the male audience than "the hours". (poor allan almost fell asleep during "the hours"...or has he actually fallen asleep?!)

 

as you all know, i don't have much likings for chinese movies, but i'm the one who ask ppl out to see this one. but before i did, while bb was watching this trailer in another movie with narmyan, she said to her that i'm sure to like this one as the 3 actresses are the types i like. and she's so very right!!! i haven't told her anything about liking them before, it's amazing how she can just tell like that. that's what's best about old friends. they remember what you like and they KNOW what you WILL like. (mind you, she doesn't have a particularly good memory, but she can remember little things about my likings that i will never expect her to know. (i don't even remember telling her...) eg. my fav author agatha christie and artist keith herring mouse pad from france for my bday? oh bb, you're the best~ i say we MUST go to europe together someday.) good friends don't have to 特登 remember, they just take heart in understanding you.

 

ok, let's get started about the movie. first of all, let me introduce you to the 3 actresses and how i come to like them.

 

... 張艾嘉 i don't know when i started liking her, but her directing is quite good and sentimental, at least from a woman point of view. i remember her singing too, especially the song <<因為寂寞>> --- she doesn't have much skills and all, but the way she sings, there's just something unique about it, somehow appealing.

 

... 劉若英haven't have any idea who she is until we watched <<雙瞳>> together at steven's back in van. thought she acted very well in it. and she's quite pretty too. always think she looks a bit like 蘇玉華, dunno why. she just reminds me of her. still thinks she looks a bit like her in 20,30,40.

 

... 李心潔﹕ like her very much from "seung fei", which is one of a few quality chinese movies that brought back (or initiated?) my interest in 港產片. (should have started writing down my thoughts after movies earlier. i remember having so much thoughts after <<想飛>>. nope, can't write about old movies now that i've so much new moviews still pending...) everyone knows her best from <<見鬼>> as she won best actress for it. it's a pity i still haven't seen it yet. i just got too many unseen dvds/vcds piling up in my room...never have enough spare time. she's quite pretty also (again, the style i like). you just can't tell she's nearly her 30s. goh says i look a bit like her. haha, i wish.

 

it turns out that rene and angelica are both slyvia’s 徒弟. is it coincidence or is it true that you’ll like the type of people that resembles yourself?

 

and now for the movie...

 

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