caught this movie with dearest last night at the grand cathay.
12莲花
after watching 881 in tears, and what with the hype about 12 lotus, i was quite looking forward to it.
on the other hand, i had some reservations about the movie and said so to dearest.
“i have a feeling i will like money no enough 2 better than 12 lotus”
i was right.
i enjoyed the opening of the movie.i thought the little girl acted well, and the theme song was well sang.
but soon, the movie turned too artistic for me.
like i explained before, i do not usually read up on the storyline before i watch a movie. from what i heard from radio, i expected the movie to be full of hokkien songs. but i was still surprised when the cast starts communicating by singing. i dunno how to explain, but it’s really too artistic for my (and dearest’s) liking.
i thought i was going to cry buckets, like how i did when i watch 881. but nope.
there were several sad scenes. but they were short. and the scenes change ratherly abruptly.
instead, there were ’scary’ scenes. sudden loud sounds which will scare the audience because one won’t expect such in a melodramatic movie.
ya, melodrama it is. the story is pretty heavy. heavy with emotions. several things to ponder about, if the story touches your heart. unfortunately, those stories didn’t touch my heart. greed, deceit – nope, not close to home at all for me. too dark.
did i make the movie sound real bad?
no lar, it wasn’t that bad. the hokkien songs were good. the scenes were beautiful. the cast acted very well. there were some funny scenes. if you look at each individual aspect, they were all good.
but when put together, it was just not something i can appreciate. but i’m sure many others do.
and all the above, makes money no enough 2 a winner against 12 lotus. in my opinion anyway.
one thing i can’t understand though.
why did the 2 movies used similar songs?
in money no enough 2, there was a scene where the background music was a short instrumental of 一人一半, the hit from 881.
then in another scene, they played the song 一百万, which is one of the main songs of 12 lotus.
and of course, if you recall my earlier posts on money no enough 2, one of the more touching songs was 家后. 12 lotus actually played this song too!
is it a coincidence or what? i can’t believe it.
i’m glad i remained a jack neo fan after watching 12 lotus.
not sure if i will catch any other roystan tan movie again.
maybe it’s all because me and dearest have absolutely no artistic genes in us.
give us the straight-forward stories anytime.
