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Ngo joh ngan gin do gwai (2002)
Fascinating...
With many news about Sammi stating that her character she play this time in this movie would be very different from the previous ones she acted in, I went to watch this movie with quite a little high expectation and I was totally fascinated by the ending of this story as it was fabulous.
Firstly, I think Sammi Cheng made a very good attempt at this movie, though her acting still contains very much of her usual style which many people including me who adore, she managed to make a breakthrough performance and establish herself as a professional actress who can portray different roles.
However, this movie is very different from the long string of horror movies showing in Hong Kong currently. The plot and the idea of the movie was fresh. This is actually a romantic comedy with a beautiful storyline and is actually far from being categorized as a horror movie.
**Spoilers** Though the movie was far from reality and more of a fairy tale. It tells us about the power of love that exist even though a couple who just met for seven days. Even though, her husband might have died, he was always there for her and made sure she is going to be happy in the future before he fully "disappears". This is only revealed at the end of the movie which is just the right time the director could do so. On top of that, the title was so far away from what the movie really tells us and I think the director did so without wanting anyone to predict the entire plot of the movie which is even more brilliant.
I recommend this movie for any couple out there and it's also a very funny and entertaining movie ..Go watch it... i rate it (8/10)
Signs (2002)
Could be much better
Of course after watching the first two masterpieces by M Night Shyamalan, I went to the theatres to watch "signs" with very high expectations, and I am really sad to say that my level of disappointment increases as the movie went on.
No doubt that the acting was superb, all the actors did a great job and I was even surprised to see Mr. Shyamalan himself playing a role in the movie.
Yes, now to the disappointing part, that is the plot of this movie. It is true you might say that this movie is not so much about aliens, its about a man who loses faith and finds it again, there are so many plots that could be used to tell a story about how a man would lose his faith and finds his faith again. However, since Mr.Shyamalan had chosen to use the invasion of aliens on to earth as his plot, I think he should develop the plot well enough. I think that he should explain more about the "Signs" and how are they related.
**Spoilers** Subsequently, while watching the movie, I was giving hopes on how Mr.Shyamalan would end this movie as many people think that the invasion of the aliens would bring this world to the end. Sadly, I almost burst out laughing at the part when they just said that the aliens have left our word as we humans have found a way to defeat them and they are afraid of water. This concludes that the aliens were not as smart as we human beings, which is redundant to what the story told us earlier that the aliens were smart as they anticipated humans would use nuclear weapons to defeat them and the world would be no use to them after that. Adding to it, while the aliens were searching for the Hess family in the basement, it also told us that they were smart and they were able to solve any difficulties that they confront. At that point I thought the story was getting interesting as the pace of the movie was picking up while suddenly it ended up that the aliens just "left" the planet! Do enlighten us something more about the signs, the aliens.. some new ideas that we don't know!!
However, I think the acting alone made this movie worth watching, Mel Gibson along with Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin did play their character very well. The managed to capture the emotions of the audience and it was well done! On top of that, I did enjoyed the part about the reason Mel Gibson quit being a priest and the idea that does coincidence really exist.
In summary, the movie was okay .. the movie actually does have a bit of scary and frightening moments, it's just that the plot about the invasion of aliens should be improved further! (5/10)