tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post6767812800133965987..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: One more 2008 HKIFF blog entry (4)YTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-13865954957475717622008-04-19T10:23:00.000+08:002008-04-19T10:23:00.000+08:00Hi once more Glenn --Mongkok is awesome! And I kn...Hi once more Glenn --<BR/><BR/>Mongkok is awesome! And I know more than one Hong Kong film fan (including myself) who has had fantasies of living for a time in Mongkok -- although my real fantasy is Yau Ma Tei (in the apartment Nicholas Tse had that overlooks the Yau Ma Tei police station or one of the apartments next to the Broadway Cinematheque). OTOH, my local friends are horrified when I YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-79513171570931144482008-04-19T04:50:00.000+08:002008-04-19T04:50:00.000+08:00You make Mongkok sound awesome! -- Hello Kitty and...You make Mongkok sound awesome! -- Hello Kitty and then shark fin soup with Triad figures.<BR/><BR/>I just looked up Tsang's filmography and he's produced a lot of stuff, and I haven't seen Jiang Hu or Ah Sou yet. So I think I'm probably thinking of Men Suddenly in Black 2 'cause it was a relatively recent one that I recall being disappointed in.<BR/><BR/>And I liked the first Men Suddenly in Glenn, kenixfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735095946077123391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-71491876244695126012008-04-18T23:02:00.000+08:002008-04-18T23:02:00.000+08:00Hi Glenn --Re the Eric Tsang produced film you did...Hi Glenn --<BR/><BR/>Re the Eric Tsang produced film you didn't like: Was it by any chance either Wong Ching Po's "Jiang Hu" or Wong Ching Po's "Ah Sou"?<BR/><BR/>Re Mongkok reality: I think it's a bit of both. I.e., Mongkok is where I tend to head to for shopping trips (be it for cargo pants, a digital camera, DVDs, Hello Kitty paraphenalia, etc.). At the same time, it's also one of those YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-13206980308379987372008-04-18T04:20:00.000+08:002008-04-18T04:20:00.000+08:00I can't remember it right now but there was someth...I can't remember it right now but there was something Tsang produced in the past that I didn't like quite as much as Magic Boy.<BR/><BR/>So Magic Boy is showing a different side of Mongkok than the side shown in stuff like One Nite in Mongkok? What's the reality?<BR/><BR/>I was a bit depressed and I watched Welcome to Dongmakgol and Magic Boy back-to-back and I actually did feel a lot more Glenn, kenixfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735095946077123391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-438855998192146692008-04-17T23:28:00.000+08:002008-04-17T23:28:00.000+08:00Hi Glenn --Yeah re "High Noon" being much more of ...Hi Glenn --<BR/><BR/>Yeah re "High Noon" being much more of a downer than "Magic Boy" (which, BTW, Eric Tsang also produced). Glad you liked that film. It's one of those works which is a nice surprise and one doesn't want to make too much of for fear that people might find it disappointing if it were to get over-hyped. But, yeah, a nice little movie -- one whose director has an obvious love YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-26843059611574097072008-04-17T05:36:00.000+08:002008-04-17T05:36:00.000+08:00So the Eric Tsang-produced flick was a downer, unl...So the Eric Tsang-produced flick was a downer, unlike Magic Boy? I finally watched Magic Boy and I loved it -- too many music montages BUT probably the most enjoyable non-Johnnie To-related film I've seen from Hong Kong in the past year or so. Stuff like The Drummer looks so forced and obvious and clumsy next to the effortless mood I got from Magic Boy.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Tsang should direct Glenn, kenixfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735095946077123391noreply@blogger.com