The Cathay, guest appearance
It was published that activity starts 7pm. I arrived at the venue 715pm. There were so many people that I couldnt get near the stage. The host was already there. Jay Chou and his leading actress arrived past 8pm. His looks was okay, looks tall and proper. (I didnt scream ha). It started to rain but the crowd didnt seem to care. Jay Chou played the soundtrack piano piece of the movie plus he and the actress played another song together (4 hands at one time) I watched him live playing the piano onstage! He's not the talkative type, didnt say too much blabber. He
was asked about his experience being a director for the first time. I was so tired after his short 1-hr long guest appearance. I wanted to take pictures but there were too many tall guys in front of me blocking the view. (See, his fan base is not just girls, even the guys like his songs). With that i have to tiptoe and raise my hands as high as i could with the camera. Nakakangawit sobra!
Tea Party Dance at Dragonfly, St James Powerstation
I got a party pass from advance booking of movie tickets. Since I learned my lesson from Cathay, I see to it that I will arrive the venue way before time. (So meaning I have to take a very 'loooong' lunch as my excuse for being late in the ofc hehe) Published start time is 1pm, so I was at the venue at 11am. (Grabe first time to wait for a guy 2 hours before meeting time hehe) And to my surprise, there were a lot of people on the queue to the gate already. Whaat? There are so many crazy people in this world?!, even crazier than me??!
So finally we all got in at 2pm. Jay and the leading actress arrived around 3pm. It was more of a talky talky event and games with the fans. I was hoping to see him sing, to my disappointment, he didnt. Anyway, my spot was good enough to take pictures, I'm satisfied.
Secret (the movie)
I am surprised that Jay Chow is not only the director, singer, musical director, but even the original story came from him. How could someone have so many talents?!! No one else comes close even in Hollywood. His music is poison, if you like it you will continue liking it that everything he composes just sounds simply good. (But if you dont like him, like my brother in law, you will hate his not-so-clear pronunciation style of R&B singing and continue disliking him hehe.)
Okay the movie, it's a movie with a twist. I find the story quite deep as Jay Chou was able to capture the intricacies of time-travel romance stories, a plot that's not so easy to handle. Some people were criticizing that he copied the theme from the famous Korean time-travel movie 'Il Mare', where Lakehouse tried to imitate as well. It's really hard na mahigitan ang isang phenomenal hit in Asia like Il Mare. (Like you wont be able to do a movie again about tragic love stories involving cancer patients better than Autumn Love Story) All in all, I would say
the movie is still unique and creative in its own way. Especially the way how they travel to the past --> the person has to play a certain piano piece in a room and time ticks back. The person who travelled back can only be seen by the first person who saw him/her so calculation/timing comes to play. Humor was also injected into a lot of scenes in a natural manner.
---Reflection:
The trailer is a catchy one. I heard it advertised over and over again the radio saying 'its a movie that makes you want to relive your high school life, a movie that stirs your youthful imagination - dont you hope to meet a guy like Jay Chou in a music room in high school, who'd play piano pieces for you.' (Exact translation from Chinese)
Haha that was striking. I somehow remembered my old high school days, which started with several disaster. Meet a guy like Jay Chou? - i wish there was, kung meron kahit ako na ang manligaw haha!
So it's my first time after a long long while na ungkatin ang HS days. Grabe I dont know kung malas ba ako that I have to go through some things that people normally wouldnt need to experience. Here goes a shocking revelation hehe...
.... to be continued. :p
