From my favorite movies..
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
View MoreA movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
View MoreGreat movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
View MoreI accidentally came across this movie on a flight from Phoenix to Jakarta. I was half asleep. I think the airline was EVA air. I wasn't interested at all because they showed it on such a tiny screen and I definitely hate having to read subtitle on such a small screen.Kanenshiro Takeshi catched my attention. I thought to myself: well, it might worth watching. I was sure glad that I watched it.The movie turned out to be an excellent one. I really liked it! I think it's the best romantic movie of the century! The plot was excellent. Then there were the twists, the intrigues, the great ending. Not too much drama going on, unlike Hollywood romantic movies, this movie was just plain romantic in a pleasant way. The comedy scenes were not out of place and made it even more fun to watch.I even dragged my husband to watch it at home and he got pretty carried away by the intrigues.This is definitely a movie worth seeing.
View MoreI liked this movie, really, I did, it doesn't show you nothing spectacular, it doesn't show you something totally new..But it does show you a great directing (loved the two umbrellas), a great story, simple but great, good actors, some funny moments, some sad moments. A story that you start to enjoy the further the minutes pass, and without noticing you will find yourself wanting the main character to reunite with each other! A movie to watch, and that proves that Johnny To is one of the best director in Asia!A great story, a story of two people, that can never met, a story of two umbrellas, that we can see from above, but that never cross each other.Turn Right, Turn Left : Just a great story !
View MoreCan this romance take place in another city besides Taipei? I am thinking about Paris, Prague, Venice, Istanbul, New York, St Petersburg, Sevilla (sorry, not London) Tokyo? Probable but not very likely. In Asia, except Taipei, no city can provide suitable soil to let this seemingly mushy love story to germinate. I find it funny to see a young Japanese gal or guy reading Wislawa Szymborska's poetry in Polish language in Ueno Park. (Hong Kong? Oh, please don't ruin the whole enchilada.)Takeshi Kaneshiro is definitely the baffled violinist but can someone think of some other actresses? Gigi is good absolutely but someone else may bring along different chemistry with TK.The story is a mathematic and science illustrations. "Symmetry" was the word popped up in my mind when I finished the first ten minutes and "binary" is the next. What happens to them is like two magnetic iron pieces: both of them keep using the same side towards each other either always north or always south, so south and north cannot meet and stick together. Only twice, one side is south, another is north so they met, once at the park, another at the collapsed apartments. And what's the probability? I need to count the number of times they met but missed against the two times they met... difficult calculation. One more thing, symmetrically, both of them got a comical and clingy suitor: Dr. Wu and Ruby.Jimmy Liao is pictorial poetic, he writes poetry with his illustrations. Pitifully, the movie adaptation more or less cannot totally grasp the air or spirit of his book.
View MoreTurn Left Turn Tight is based on the best-selling illustrated love story of the same name by renowned Taiwanese author/artist, Jimmy Liao.The story revolves around dashing John Liu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), an inspiring violinist and Eve Choi (Gigi Leung), a professional translator. Like millions living in a large city, John and Eve lead lives of solitude. Despite staying in the same apartment building, their paths never cross. One day, while walking around a fountain in the park, they finally bump into each other... and it's love at first sight! Unfortunately, a sudden shower cuts the encounter short. They manage to exchange telephone numbers but the rain renders the phone numbers illegible.Inseparable partners, directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai who have worked together on many projects like Running On Karma, Love On a Diet, Love for All Seasons & etc, manage to recreate the magic of Jimmy Liao's story on the big screen. Even the lovely soundtrack with three songs by Gigi Leung blends well in a 'supporting' role. The pacing of the movie is just right. The audience will be in constant anticipation of the couple's next meeting, as meddling acquaintances, a former schoolmate (Edmund Chen), a food delivery girl (Terri Kwan) and pure bad luck, conspire to keep the would-be-lovers apart.Meanwhile the leads, Takeshi and Gigi, share good on-screen chemistry together, albeit briefly. Of course the two had previously appeared together in the 1999 romantic hit film, Tempting Heart.Turn Left Turn Right is a charming movie worth watching at least twice.
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