12 Lotus

Can you believe it? I watched 12 Lotus last night. Not only that. I watched it with my mum and sisters! The last movie I watched with my mum was 黄金甲... haha...

12 Lotus - actually, I was quite impressed by the movie. and of course by Royston Tan as well as the cast, especially 刘玲玲. I left the cinema with a heavy heart - it was a tragedy from the beginning to end. But also I left the cinema thinking I've watched quite a good Singapore-made movie. Reminds me of that film module I took back in NUS. COme to think of it, it was really an interesting module. Made me ponder more when watching movies haha..

My mum & sisters didn't really like it. In fact my mum prefered Money no Enough 2 (which she just watched the past week with the aunties - so happening right? more happening than me lei!). I guess it's cause it's filmed in a more "artistic", more abstract, less "heartland" manner. I didn't watch 881 so I can't comment. But it's definitely different from Jacky Neo's films.

The storyline may be a little cliched, but yet the movie seemed unique to me. Although there were moments of comic relief here and there, especially the scene with David Gan haha..., it's a tragedy right from the start as i've mentioned. It's ironic that the father actually asked the daughter if she understood the meaning of the song, and her reply was just so true. She thoroughly understood the meaning and even experienced it when she grew up. It's also tragic that she had to seek solace from inanimate objects - 观音菩萨 & 苏打饼, after being "mentally tormented" by the tyrannical father & heartless lover.

I felt that it was filmed rather nicely, the way events unfold. There were quite a lot of symbols here and there as well. 观音菩萨，苏打饼 etc. The HDB flats that kept appearing as the backdrop for the song and dance was very Singaporean haha..

The music was moving. The main theme, the pitiful Hokkien song "12 Lotus", the guitar solos, the string ensemble instrumentals/pieces...It's also quite cute that they will suddenly erupt into song and dance - typical of musicals I suppose.

Finally, 刘玲玲's acting's superb. A schizophrenic woman living in her own world. Her voice's really good too. heehee...

K I better get back to reading up for Friday's discussion.

Sidetrack sidetrack - 卢广仲要来新加坡宣传了！！！好期待他的到来！！虽然他不帅，但觉得他的live 表演一定很棒，而且看了会很开心，所以很期待！对啊对啊，对啊对啊！！记得吃早餐哦！！