可怜呀 , 莲花呀 , 实在可怜代

可怜. 实在可怜.


ps: go youtube for the other 11 clips for more info

caught roystan tan's 12莲花 aka 12 lotus on fri night. it's not a sequel or prelude to 881 at all. in fact, it's so much diff from 881.

the musical-style movie is about the tragic story of gei-tai singer 莲花, using the song 12莲花 to bring out the different phases in her life.

unlike 881, i think it's damn sad lah. you will LOL at the occasional funny parts but at the same time you can't help feeling sympathetic for the characters as the jokes often occurs as a result of their misfortunes.

i think roystan tan did tried to jump out of the 881 gei-tai setting and tried a more arty-farty approach this time around. i did some surfing but cant seem to find any discussions or answers to the following questions...

SPOILERS ALERT!


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[1] what's with the flash scene of astroboy sitting on the bed with the back view of either 莲花's dad or ah long standing at the door and the immediate scene of ah long taking a photo of himself at the window mean? somehow i got this feeling the dad is a paedophile.
lol, maybe i think too much lah. but see arh, he took in astroboy after his mum abandoned him though he was pennyless and the last person he wanted to see before he died was astroboy and not his own daughter! the parting words he gave to 莲花 was also worth thinking and somemore astroboy was protrayed as gay-ish since young. haha!
and somehow i think astroboy's feather has some significance. got many other references lah, no 1 question i have throughout the movie.

[2] as mentioned in the clip above, what role does the colour pink play in the story? i don think its simply cos lotus is pink. arty-farty stuff not so simple one. lol!

[3] anyone got the song? haha.
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overall i think it's worth watching. much much much better than the stupig money no enough 2. in fact, like what one review said, 12莲花 is more 'money no enough' than 'money no enough' lor. everything in the movie happened cos of $$$. the costumes, settings, acting and shooting are much better compared to 881 and the song 12莲花 is addictive!

可怜呀 , 莲花呀 , 实在可怜代!