Yesterday after Chemistry practical (which I totally did not know how to do by myself), I went to watch this show with Zhefei, Vionna and Sabrina. After missing out on Leap Years (no one to watch with anymore since everyone watch already), I decided to go see just how tear-jerkish such shows can be. Believe me, I have never watched a tear-jerking movie before since I always watch movies with my friends and it all turns out to be big hits such as Pirates of the Carribean or Star Wars.
Entering the movie without the 1.5L Coke Zero which I expertly carried in my hand and then got caught for, we went to watch the movie, which I kind of expected to be quite a nice show. Oh yea, spoilers ahead, with plenty of biased comments to match.
Within 15 to 30 minutes, there was sex -.- And that's on the very first date between the male and female leads. Even though I am tempted to believe that this can actually be happening in Japan, you just have to stare in disbelief when you see this kind of shit happening -.- Oh yes, and I forgot. They were SIXTEEN years old. (Y)
Blah blah blah drone drone drone I got really bored after the first hour. They just showed how the girl got raped, how the guy beat up the culprits, how they had sex in the SCHOOL LIBRARY (WTF), how the girl got pregnant lalala. In fact, this was probably the movie I yawned the most in. Zhefei and I started planning what to do in school the next day, and planning dota that night. In fact, I yawned so much that tears came to my eyes. If this was their idea of tear-jerker, congratulations it worked o.o
And then comes the climax. It's like most Japanese shows out there, pushing ALL the emo bits altogether just so that the sudden "shock" will cause you to feel touched and cry. Of course, for the incredibly bored brain of mine, I was already figuring out what was going to happen later in the movie, together with Zhefei. The male and female lead broke up, the female lead found second love even after saying she will not fall in love again, gets engaged to the man who treats her so nicely, and after a few minutes drops the ring after finding out the male lead has got cancer and tries to visit him.
This man who gave the female lead her second love, was truly the only character I sympathize within the entire movie. He was such a nice, gentle person, looking out for the female lead all the time, always putting her first. He even helped to patch her broken family together again. And yet he gets thrown aside for a dying man. Why is this so? Why is the world so unfair? There is only one answer -
There was no passion.
He lost out to the outgoing male lead simply because their relationship lacked the passion that the first one had. I always here from people, "It's good to be a nice person." After watching this show, I'm quite convinced that being nice just does not cut it. After being with the girl and helping the girl to adjust back to her normal lifestyle after the shock of a sudden breakup (due to the cancer) for a whole span of 2 years, he simply gets thrown aside and never mentioned again. I simply feel sad for that man.The part when the second man got dumped... that was the only part which I even came close to tearing. The rest was just so predictable, but yet I saw people crying all around me. Maybe my tear glands kind of dried up already, I don't know haha.
At the end of the movie, I was sad. Partially because of the sad ending, but mostly sad for the poor wallet of mine :( I probably need to read reviews and stuff before deciding to watch a movie next time XD
Oh, and do you remember me mentioning a 1.5L Coke Zero? Zhefei and I redeemed it, and downed all its contents within a span of 2-3 minutes. Our stomachs got owned for awhile, with the bloating and burning sensations. After burping all the gas out (which was probably what 70% of the drink is made up of), we felt much better. But it's definitely a lesson learnt:
DO NOT SPAM COKE LIKE ITS WATER. IT'S SUICIDE.
In essence, I feel the starting of the movie ruined it all because it was simply too boring. If it was able to grab my attention from the start (no not with sex, it's not going to work, unless Nick Yun is around), I probably would have enjoyed the movie. But typical plot, typical characters, typical acting in the end kind of ruined it for me. But I see the potential in such shows though. Probably will go watch more of this genre of movies just to see what they can throw at me.
Go ahead, make me cry.
ivan fed the world.