肥佬方 （FF) and I managed to watch the second last film of the Japanese Film Festival last night thanks to the organizers who gave us volunteers free movie tickets. One of the highlights of this movie is that it was filmed in Osaka, which is the sister city of Melbourne.
This was an entertaining movie indeed. Well, ten minutes into the film, FF whispered, '这电影是给teenager看的吧?' (This looks like it's made for teenagers). And he was half right. Two good friends, one's a nerd, one's a wild child who loves boxing. Eventually, Kabu the cheeky manages to convince Yuki to join their high school's Boxing club. A face-off with a very strong rival at a inter-high school match turns their lives and friendship around...
But if you're going, ah, i get the gist...well, you don't. Because to pass it off as a stereotypical film is really unfair. Firstly, there are no stereotypical good looking people in this movie (purely subjective. and i am doing a direct comparison to most Taiwanese-made mainstream dramas/movies). Secondly, there is no damsel in distress. Well, actually there is, but she's not actually distressed, and she's not anorexic or stereotypically cute. Also, there are no sickeningly sweet romance, no tiresome game of hide and seek, no 30 minutes of tear-shedding cameo when the damsel dies. (oops. nah, it's ok,i didnt give away a very important plot). Besides, coming back to the main characters and plot, the movie emphasizes humility, strength, dedication
and discipline. I like it, i like the soundtrack too. And stuff Taiwanese dramas and Huang Xiao Ming.
BOX!
hahha, i always come to peek your blog actually... just recently became the silent reader than the usual full of comments stalker... since when FF became fei lou o? u feed him to much good food? hahha:P
ReplyDeletehaiz when msia gonna promote more international film....
FF became Fei Lou ever since he started calling me Fei-En. The moral of this story is if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. =p
ReplyDeleteSigh...Malaysia can't even recognize their own locally made films. Non-Bahasa Melayu mediated films are not local films? I'd say they should figure that out and work on that first.