Oh my. Putting aside the art house movies that we
have locally produced, Ice Kacang Puppy Love is the
most decent local mainstream movie I've ever seen.
(Tiger Woohoo to me was crap.) Pretty strong cast. Starring many famous names
of the Chinese industry who has made big names
in overseas market. Good move of Ah Niu making a movie like this. A very good move. This movie also reminds me that Ah Niu's generation
of people; Fish Leong, Gary Chow, Victor Wong, and the
super big-time international award winning actress;
Angelica Lee, had the most batch of successful careers
that really make it big out there. I'm so glad that Angelica Yee had the faith to takeup
this local movie project. But I guess it's only Ah Niu's
reputation that gave her the confidence. I doubt
anyone else she'll even consider. There are more big names in the movie that I'm not
sure what they are called in English. I wished
the movie's official website had an English version. The lady that played Angelica Yee's mom, used to
be a very big-time actress for the local Chinese
dramas in the late 90s. She had a very promising
career. I remember watching her when I was a kid,
I thought to myself, damn she's gonna make it big.
Till the fall of HVD, like most Chinese then,
she disappeared. The guy that played Angelica Yee's dad was a
very big time singer/actor in the 90s who
made it very big in Hong Kong. If Michelle Yeoh was in it, this movie pretty much
covers the complete list of Malaysian Chinese
'international' stars. Walking out of the cinema with my mom,
she suddenly said to me;
"You know son, actually alot of Malaysian Chinese
have talent wan. They just lack of the opportunities here."
I wonders that is her encouragement and hope directly
to me. Is it hard? Most of them in that movie only made it when they
go overseas. Is that the only move for us Chinese Malaysians? Eventhough the script wasn't that great,
but I still feel Ah Niu's directing was pretty decent
and had a very good standard for mainstream movies. Frankly, I didn't feel this movie was much a 'local'
produced movie, rather it has an international standard
that I feel can easily be slotted in the Asian film market. I think Jack Neo's movies feel more 'locally' made
compared to this. This is how decent I feel Ice Kacang Puppy Love was. I think everyone should go see it.
Especially Chinese Malaysian. :) -chinyew p/s: i apologize again for my bad grammar.
(I'm Chinese mah.. ;)
have locally produced, Ice Kacang Puppy Love is the
most decent local mainstream movie I've ever seen.
(Tiger Woohoo to me was crap.) Pretty strong cast. Starring many famous names
of the Chinese industry who has made big names
in overseas market. Good move of Ah Niu making a movie like this. A very good move. This movie also reminds me that Ah Niu's generation
of people; Fish Leong, Gary Chow, Victor Wong, and the
super big-time international award winning actress;
Angelica Lee, had the most batch of successful careers
that really make it big out there. I'm so glad that Angelica Yee had the faith to takeup
this local movie project. But I guess it's only Ah Niu's
reputation that gave her the confidence. I doubt
anyone else she'll even consider. There are more big names in the movie that I'm not
sure what they are called in English. I wished
the movie's official website had an English version. The lady that played Angelica Yee's mom, used to
be a very big-time actress for the local Chinese
dramas in the late 90s. She had a very promising
career. I remember watching her when I was a kid,
I thought to myself, damn she's gonna make it big.
Till the fall of HVD, like most Chinese then,
she disappeared. The guy that played Angelica Yee's dad was a
very big time singer/actor in the 90s who
made it very big in Hong Kong. If Michelle Yeoh was in it, this movie pretty much
covers the complete list of Malaysian Chinese
'international' stars. Walking out of the cinema with my mom,
she suddenly said to me;
"You know son, actually alot of Malaysian Chinese
have talent wan. They just lack of the opportunities here."
I wonders that is her encouragement and hope directly
to me. Is it hard? Most of them in that movie only made it when they
go overseas. Is that the only move for us Chinese Malaysians? Eventhough the script wasn't that great,
but I still feel Ah Niu's directing was pretty decent
and had a very good standard for mainstream movies. Frankly, I didn't feel this movie was much a 'local'
produced movie, rather it has an international standard
that I feel can easily be slotted in the Asian film market. I think Jack Neo's movies feel more 'locally' made
compared to this. This is how decent I feel Ice Kacang Puppy Love was. I think everyone should go see it.
Especially Chinese Malaysian. :) -chinyew p/s: i apologize again for my bad grammar.
(I'm Chinese mah.. ;)
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