GOODBYE MR. LOSER 令伯特烦恼 Gala Premiere Movie Review

Gala Premiere

It was an evening of excitements with many mediacorps stars in full support at the gala premiere. It was held at the iconic Capitol Theater, giving an added classic appeal to this premiere. Finger food were served just before we watch the movie. Cloverfilms and MM2 were part of the team in making this movie happen. 

Director Adrian Teh together with Clover films and MM2. 

Director together with the main actor Ian Fang and the two main actresses. 

Thumbs-up for the movie

A Short Clip of the Gala Premiere on stage

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Synopsis

Yi Bai, a middle-aged nobody with a lot of regrets attended the wedding of Xiao Wei, his high school crush. He got drunk and made a fool of his wife. Angry, she chased him with a knife, forcing Yi Bai to hide in the washroom. When he emerged, he found himself in another dimension – he traveled back in time to 1999! Yi Bai is a high school student again and he can re-live his life, allowing him to fix any mistakes he made and achieve all the fame and success he missed out on the first time around. He records hit songs long before the original artists and makes lots of money, but the more successful he becomes, the more he realizes that people around him are just making use of him and his wealth. Will he find anyone who is truly genuine?

Movie Information

Directed by : Adrian Teh 

Starring : Ian FANG; HOON Mei Sim; LIM Yi Xin; Anjoe KOH; HUANG Phoebe; Lex PUN; TAN Li Yang; Jack LIM;

Review

If you watch Jack Neo movie, you will know it is a Singaporean movie. The same goes for a Malaysian movie, you will know it straight away. The movie is fun to watch with humorous and emotional moments plus interesting love relationship. 

As always, the secret of a successful movie is a cast of actors and actresses from different countries. In this movie, we have casts from Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan. 

In fact, this was the first time I watch an awkward scene in a movie. Imagine a wedding ceremony on a standstill with a quarreling couple as part of everyone focus point . How will the wedding couple feel. I think the director did a great job in creating such an awkward scene in the movie. 

As usual, each characters in the movie has a unique behaviour. It is a joy to see some of these interesting characters in the movie. In fact, they are the ones who never fail to put a smile of our faces. 

The whole movie is well directed and creatively executed. This movie is well paced which does ensure a smooth flow of the story line. Although the story line is not new but it is well organised. Another thing about the movie is that you get to enjoy many of the old hit songs. 

In addition, they also include two Malaysian medal winners athletes to act as a couple in the movie. 

The actors and actresses did well in this movie. I shall give a rating of 3.8 / 5. Worth watching ! The movie will be showing in cinema from 30 March 2017. 

Official Theme Song MV

The original theme song “陪你” (With You) is written by director Adrian Teh郑建国and sang by 范瑋琪 Christine Fan

Movie Trailer

Interesting clip about the movie

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故事大纲

四年前，戚嘉的大学男友刘翀执意要去北京工作，可戚嘉舍不得离开故乡。毕业之日她向刘翀求婚，却遭当众拒绝，她与刘翀的爱情也在此刻停止。毕业后戚嘉满怀热情的生活，并“捡”回无家可归的大学校友袁晓鸥一起合租。刘翀去北京后音讯全无，载满思念的信也有去无回，戚嘉变得意志消沉日日买醉。两年后刘翀的结婚请柬让戚嘉痛不欲生，寻死不得后她在闺蜜林舒儿和袁晓鸥的陪同下赶赴北京抢婚。但当刘翀发现面纱下的新娘是戚嘉时，他再一次拒绝了戚嘉的求婚。遭受感情创伤的戚嘉也被诊断出“早更”，在室友袁晓鸥帮她“疗伤”击退更年期的日子里，两颗孤独的心逐渐向彼此靠拢。漫长四年的相处，袁晓鸥对戚嘉不离不弃，戚嘉也因他重拾起对爱情的信念。

导演：郭在容     

主演：周迅、佟大为、钟汉良、张梓琳

类型：喜剧/爱情

片长：98分钟

SYNOPSIS

Four years ago, Qi Jia’s beloved college boyfriend Liu Chong plans to work in Beijing, while Qi rather stays in her hometown city. At their graduation ceremony, Qi proposes to Liu in the public, only to be rejected immediately - that was the end of their love story. 

After their graduation, Qi was so passionate toward her new life and approved the ‘flat-share’ request by her schoolmate, Yuan Xiao’ou who was homeless at that time. Qi had never heard from Liu Chong after then until she got his wedding invitation two years later, she was devastated….

Director               ：Jae-young Kwak

Cast                      ：Zhou Xun, Tong Dawei, Han-Liang Chung, Zhang Zilin

Genre                   ：Comedy/Romance

Duration              ：98 mins

Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufqXGEEa8wM&feature=youtu.be

Review :

Coming from the Korean director of fame comedy movie "My Sassy Girl", KWAK Jae-young, it will be a fun and enjoyable romantic comedy. Well, that’s what the Korean director is good at.  It is that kind of show that make your heart feel good from the start to the end and of course, a happy ending. That’s probably the known secret ingredient of a romantic comedy.

If the fame Korean director still does not convince you to watch the movie, let the box office taking convince you whole-heartily. When it was released on December 5, 2014 in China, and by December 20, 2014, the film had earned ¥139.17 million at the Chinese box office. Not bad for a romantic comedy.

How it ends, well, if you just cannot wait, go for the first day of the screening in the cinema near you. That is on February 5, 2015. Have an early Valentine celebration (February 14, 2015) with your girlfriend or boyfriend or even ex-gf or bf (now husband and wife), by watching this fun filled movie.

The main actress, Zhou Xun, one of the hottest Chinese actresses today truly live up to her reputation while the main actor, Tong Dawei, a seasoned actor add the extra sparkle into the movie. In fact, I think he worked very hard since his character required him to help, cheer-up and take care of Zhou Xu who was depressed with her premature menopause syndrome.

At times, there are touching moments where Tong Dawei would plan everything to ensure the care of Zhou Xun. It is only when you truly love a person; you will be able to sacrifice so much for the person. At the end of the movie, the director decided to let the cat out of the bag by flashing some of the scenes of Tong Dawei. What did he do? Watch it and you will know the answer.

Ratings:

In my opinion, good movie always come with a twist. There is no twist but the director decided to explain what Tong Dawei did earlier in the movie by showing some of the scenes at the end. In a way, it is to get the audience understand the true meaning of love and sacrifices. Watch it together with your love ones and feel good. I shall rate it 4/5 stars.

The movie will be showing in cinema on 05 February 2015.

DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2 《单身男女2》

Synopsis :

After the “Earthling” Cheung Shen Ren (Louis Koo) loses Cheng Zixin (Gao Yuanyuan) to the “Martian” Fang Qihong, he decides to keep it cool and reverts to single-hood graciously. Cheng and Fang, meanwhile, live happily ever after…… That seems to be the fairytale ending from DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART. In reality, the story is far from over: the three finds themselves once again entangled in an even more complicated relationship in DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART 2.

After jilted by Cheng, Cheung starts dating “Goddess of Stocks” Yang Yang Yang, who works in an opposite building. Yang has been turning a blind eye to Cheung’s philandering until she meets Paul, a romantic returnee from France whose devotion has melted her heart.

Afraid to lose his lover again, Cheung determines to settle down and marry Yang, but fate works in mysterious ways. It turns out that Cheng’s wedding with Fang has been delayed and she is now directly working under Yang. A chance encounter with Cheng again makes Cheung question his decision, because even though he appears to have emerged unscathed from their previous relationship, he was profoundly hurt and still hasn’t fully recovered.

Paul is in love with Yang; Yang has accepted Cheung’s proposal; Cheung is unable to get Cheng off his mind; and Cheng is about to marry Fang. A quadrangular relationship among five people – who is really the love of their life?

Production Company : Milkyway Image

Produced by : Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai

Directed by : Johnnie To

Written by :  Wai Ka Fai, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi

Cast : Miriam Yeung (楊千嬅), Louis Koo (古天樂), Gao Yuan Yuan (高圓圓), Vic Chou (周渝民),

Special Appearance : Daniel Wu  吴彦祖

Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gzFQNXqRSo&list=UUm4hPh9CUfqaZVOeZYr8AAw

Review:

This is the sequence to the first movie of the same title without the 2 behind. Unfortunately, I have not seen the first movie. I shall make an effort to watch it later.

Don’t go breaking my heart 2 is a romantic comedy which focus on city love relationship. In this movie, there are more than the usual triangle love relationships which make the relationships a complex one. With the love hate relationships and misunderstandings, it makes this movie interesting and comical.

The use of two buildings with open windows creates some memorable comical scenes which brought some really loud laughter from the audiences. Another interesting thing that drew a lot of laughter came from the Louis Koo inability to take control of his testosterone which drives his behaviour.

Besides giving the audience some happy moments, the movie does relate a strong message to courting couple. Loving a person is to accept what he is and not what you want him to be. Thus, love is blind and you cannot use some complex logical deduction to make your relationship decision.

Ratings:

In my opinion, it may be a bit silly in some of moments in the movie but overall, it opened the minds of courting couple with a fair share of jokes and comical scenes. With Miriam Yeung appearing in this comedy movie, it will definitely keep my face stretched with uncontrollable laughter. I shall rate it 3.5/5 stars.

The movie will be showing in cinema on 13 November 2014.