The Singapore Dream
Friday, September 08, 2006
Managed to catch Singapore Dreaming for free... the Mother works at the producer's alma mater... such useful connections really... I rather liked it... Even got to see Woffles Wu, Colin Goh, Woo Yen Yen, and Yeo Yann Yann in person...
it's by far, the most accessible artistic local film i've seen... which, to many, is probably a contradiction in itself... it seems that local directors and actors equate avant garde and artistic with incomprehensible... not that i have an issue with that... i love shows that make me think and question and brood... this is just a very different approach to the local films i've seen...
the story was nice, albeit a bit stereotypical and passe... the same types of characters so the story became predictable... the issues looked like they were important, then (at the time of the filming) but not so relevant now... there was a touch of the incredulous too... but maybe that's just film storytelling...
i loved the estab scenes... very homely... nice touch with the music... kudos to the excellent acting, especially Yeo Yann Yann... Oh, even spotted a little Eric Khoo in there, with the ghost bit...
the story was played up more than in Jack Neo films, simply because the humour was toned down... but it was still funny...
all in all, it's worth a watch... I mean, for the same price, you could be getting other really trashy foreign films... like snakes on a plane or something...
and seriously, a local film produced by a cosmetic surgeon??? the one who invented the non-surgical facelift no less... only in singapore then got can...
