Plot Genre: Love
Synopsis: Bo (Stephy Tang) and Keung (Alex Fong) are stepped into 10th
anniversary in the story; they have confronted lots of affairs during this
period. They are already to be in another stage of marriage, which is suitable
for giving birth to a baby. They both have a stable and reliable undertaking;
Keung develops his career in Hong Kong and Bo keep working in a wedding
consultancy firm. However, they have different ideas on giving birth baby. Despite
there is a divergence between Keung and Bo, Bo still has a strong trust on
their relationship because she thinks their love is forever and continue until
the white hair of old age, however, cracks have developed. Their marriage need
to face other trials…
Reviews:
Anniversary is a movie made in Hong Kong, as Patrick had already produced a series of movies which were cooperated
with Alex and Stephy with a decade, for example: Marriage With A Fool, Love
Is Not All Around and L for Love, L for Lies. In other
words, those movies were going up together with audience. Therefore, I would
think that the one who buy ticket does not only for interest, but also for a
complex. Honestly, I do not seek for any surprise for this type of movies, it
is because all we know that Hong Kong Movie does not invest too much in it,
also, I just believe it is similar effect compare with others in this series as
I had watched before.
Story has involved some plot that played in the
previous films; therefore I have to introduce some background information
first. The personality of Keung a relatively weak, that means he has a better
tolerability than Bo. Keung has a good character that he is willing to accommodate
to his wife or other else. In contrast, Bo has a doughty personality that leads her
to become a person who is much difficult to associate with. And Keung had cheated
on Bo before, however she had forgiven him.
After a several years, it is obviously the performing skills of both
Alex and Stephy have improved a lot, they acted naturally and fluently, and
they could give a vivid portrayal of the characters. For me, the most
impressive part does not relate to the acting of the performers, I do have a
sympathetic response to the dialog between Keung and Bo. Those are not some
famous sayings but the words that suitable to be applied in our daily life. Disputes between couple could happen in anytime for anything, the plot of
Anniversary is very true to life.
“Do you know you are so suck? It isn’t easy to associate with you at
all.” Keung said.
“Why don’t leave me alone and meet another girl if you think I am so
suck?” Bo asked.
“Leaving you doesn’t mean the problem could be solved because others
would have no difference.” Keung said.
This made me to reflect on myself of the way I deal with a relationship
in usual. What is the actual feeling of my partner on me? I believe that it
could enlighten many people on their relationship as well, because none of the
couples are perfect match, everyone has shortcoming. We could not treat it as
it should be by rights; we should always to be thankful to the tolerability of
other half.
Besides, another factor of sympathetic response is the shooting place.
Patrick had chosen some famous place in Hong Kong, for instance, the Ferris
wheel in Central and Star Ferry in Tsim Sha Tsui. These recalled my memories to
reinforce me to involve in the plot, and also increase the realism of couple lives
in Hong Kong.
Last but not least, Patrick had a good use on lighting; the environment looks
beautiful and soft. However, there is one thing leads to a bit weird, which is
the dubbing of the actress from mainland China. In my opinion, it is
not suitable to adopt a people with different language, this aims to prevent
the strange feeling when audiences are watching the film. I would feel much
better if director does not adopt mainland actress or decided to use the real
sound.
Target audience: Male and Female
Age group: 18-30
Age group: 18-30
Magazine: HK Magazine
Word count: 750
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