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Friday, January 1, 2016

Finally watched Our Times!
There are so many things that don't make sense in the movie. The portrayals of the school management and LZX's classmates were so 2-dimensional that it made the whole movie less believable. I get that this is a fairytale but a good modern fairytale should still have more well-developed characters and plot. (example: 500 days of summer) And TMM is such a b**** because in the rain she held the umbrella over her beau but not LZX, and pointedly stared (smilingly) at LZX: called to mind Mean Girls type of behaviour LOL. But this doesn't make sense because HTY's love interest should certainly not have such a shallow character. And I think the relationship between OYFF and HTY should certainly have been explored more since they go way back and such a major event happened in the course of their friendship. So in summary, I think the movie should have been filmed not from LZX's limited point of view but from a neutral point of view so that everyone's feelings and thoughts could have been captured. Or perhaps it could have been filmed from OYFF's and HTY's point of view. That would also cover many more of the hidden layers in the movie. And that in turn would make the romance between HTY and LZX more impactful.

But that aside, it was a good fairytale. I loved:
1. the tape recording at the end
^ this is why HTY's point of view should have been covered so much more! it does not deserve cursory treatment only at the end of the movie.
2. the Taiwanese accent
3. the song

Verdict: 2.5/5 stars.
Not that it matters, because I'm not writing a movie review for the papers. Just to vent my feelings.

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