Morning, friends. Urrmm.. Now is 10.31AM.
I just awake ((scolded by my mum TTATT
after I awake, I start searching for the movie in my computer.
What am I watching now? GUESS?
Hehehe. It's "THE STOLEN YEARS"
I had watched it for five times and this is the sixth time. :P
And these are the main actors in the movie.
#Fay Bai Baihe
#Joseph Chang Hsiao-chuan
Directed by :Barbara Wong Chun-chun
Pretend, if you like, that you didn't see it coming: there are scenes in Barbara Wong Chun-chun's latest film in which its star-crossed protagonists go for their medical appointments.
Such is the inevitable force of misfortune hovering over much of the director's uneven oeuvre - one that includes the insufferable terminal illness dramas Wonder Women (2007) and The Allure of Tears (2011) - that viewers should brace themselves for the worst with The Stolen Years, a bittersweet romantic comedy that is undone by a train wreck of a third act.
In a pair of performances so genuinely charming they almost redeem the folly, mainland actress Fay Bai Baihe ( Love is Not Blind) and Taiwanese actor Joseph Chang Hsiao-chuan ( GF*BF) provide the much-needed emotional anchor for a story that starts well before its subsequent and rather unnatural turn into tear-jerking territory.
Made with mainland money and set predominantly in Taipei, the film opens with a few honeymoon scenes that may recall the emotional intimacy of Break Up Club, Wong's largely satisfying youth romance from 2010.
But it isn't long before the first hospital visit takes place, as the newlyweds, He Mann (Bai) and Xie Yu (Chang), crash their motorbike after recklessly kissing while driving.
When He Mann wakes up from her coma, she is surprised to find that five years have passed, during which time the two have divorced and she has just had a second, considerably more serious traffic accident.
Yearning for her former husband, but struggling to recover her memory, Bai's character - in a storyline that uncannily mirrors the actress' most recent role in rom-com/weepie, A Wedding Invitation - moves into her ex-lover's home in a desperate bid to win him back from his girlfriend (Amber An Xin-ya).
In the ensuing relationship drama, He Mann slowly pieces together how her high-flying career as a branding consultant turned her into a monster and derailed her marriage.
Even though he is provided with friendly reminders of how this temperamental woman had put him through hell in the past, Xie Yu finds himself contemplating life back with her amid various romantic rendezvous meant to resurrect He Mann's memories.
As the pair try to start over, the story comes across as an engaging reflection on infidelity and distrust, taking an unflinching look at the damage the two did to each other, and their regrets.
Bai and Chang both give their all, despite The Stolen Years' misguided switch to tragedy - a development as torturous as a dental drill. Wong may have a fine eye for sentimental nuance, but she has also revealed an alarming affinity for contrived, melodramatic excess whenever she's let loose on matters of life and death.
But unlike Wong's heroine we just don't - and can't - forget as easily.
Love is ..
No matter what happen, I am still loving you.
No matter what happen, I am still aside you.
Appreciate the one by your side now.
It is uneasy to have someone who willing to give his everything.
Bye and see you when I see you.
Continue with my movie. :)
