Picture credit : http://www.lovematters.com.sg/en/gallery.asp?album=pressconference
Directed by : Jack Neo and Gilbert Chan
Synopsis:
“Love Matters “is a movie that looks into the relationship matters of the different age group of couples who are in their 50s, 30s and teenage years in a light hearted way and yet not losing the seriousness in discussing the issues concern relationship issues.
Understanding the movie:
In this comedy, the directors are using a humorous manner to discuss the issues in a relationship that are faced by couples who are in their 50s, 30s and teenage years.
For the couple in their 50s, even though they are leading a very routine life, they still try their best to retrieve the passion they once had in the earlier days of their marriage in attempt to save their stale love life. In this movie, the directors portray them as people who believe in ‘ hear – say ‘. They believe in all those tradition medicines will help them without any scientific proof of how reliable they are, what they merely know is just that this medicine help the other couples out there and therefore it will help them also.
For the couple in the 30s, they get to know each other in the school of the teenage boy as he faked to be the father of this boy in parents meeting session. In actual fact, he was just the teenager’s uncle. He was attracted by the teacher on their first meet and he decided to pursue her. Well for him, the director made use of the various method of meeting new people like chatting online, different pictures of him together with different girls to portray him as a playboy initially and how he decided to change for good when he met the teacher. The directors show how he got away from his old lifestyle to show the teacher that he was serious in her.
Lastly not forgetting about the teenage couple, the boy make use of his actions to tell the audience that he is a shy boy who does not know how to confess his love to the girl he like. One day, his dream girl who is his classmate’s girlfriend invited him to her house to fix her computer; he showed delight in his face. On the day, feeling excited, he headed to the girl’s house not knowing what was prepared for him, he fall straight into the trap that is set for him. He was known school-wide for those stupid things that he had done in the girl’s house. He felt embarrassed and in this movie he portrays his embarrassment by hiding his face when he is in school. When he decided to take revenge on the girl by posting a sexy video of her that he found coincidently , he show hesitation in submitting the video online, but in the end the video was still submitted. Well just as expected, the girl was widely known in school for her sexy video. She was ashamed by her video and decided to commit sucide.The guy who posted her video was alarmed by it and decided to stop her from committing suicide , when she decided to take the boy advice and come down from the edge of the rooftop, she missed her step and fall off the building. At instant, the boy regretted for his actions, but luckily the girl survive from the fall and the boy decided to make up for his actions by taking care of the girl when she was unconscious in the hospital. After the girl regains her consciousness, they had a talk with each other and realize each other mistake and they became friend again, soon they became an item.
Well this movie, cleverly make use of the emotions of people to show how people react in sudden situations and they made use of the attitude of people’s mindset in which that since that thing work for them and so it will work for me too.
Written By : Zhi Ning
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farhanfranha Said:
on February 8, 2009 at 9:07 pm
So is love a mere emotion or does it encompass something even more?
I like how this movie gives a local spin to the topic of love. But i think this movie is is similar to the UK movie Love,Actually. I could be wrong here..
Shawn Tay Said:
on February 8, 2009 at 11:32 pm
i hate to be the one that says this but, your post conveys a stronger message of verbal communication than non verbal communication.
nonverbal communication is about things for us to see and evaluate for ourselves.
if we base our judgements on what you have given us it’s even more bias based on the verbal information that you given us.
com101b Said:
on February 10, 2009 at 12:26 am
Well Shawn, I am doing a review for the movie. That’s why I am stating down the things that i have seen in the movie and interpret my own feelings and meaning into it as of what kind of message am I bring forward to my audience if I am the director. =)
For Farhanfranha, well I do think that it is similar to Love, Actually in some points but somehow this has a more local feel to it. With this local-ish feel, maybe Singaporeans can relate to it much more closely?
moonprincess87 Said:
on February 13, 2009 at 11:42 am
Interesting isn’t it? The kind of ways one can use potray and communicate certain things to wach other.
I haven’t watched this movie but from reading your entry, I felt that it was good of the director to use examples of what locals here usually do when they face the situations that are shown in the movie. It helps people to relate more and understand why they must have done it.
One thing good about local movies is that, I guess, I can relate better to it because these things do happen on local soil. And by relating to it, I can better understand myself and better understand how others feel.
kkteocom101b Said:
on February 14, 2009 at 10:25 pm
in today’s society, there are so many ways out there to communicate. i haven’t watch this movie though so i can’t comment much on it. what i felt like saying is that people in their different ages tend to communicate in a relatively different way. eg, an elderly couple and a teenage couple will use different methods of communication, the latter will more likely to use tech-savvy methods to bring their message across.
however at the end of the day, it is still important that the message sent gets through to the receivers and decoded rightly.
wumingke Said:
on March 22, 2009 at 12:25 am
Sometimes when things get pretty stale, one have to find a way out to break through the ice. Grabbing hold of something and base on it as your believe so that you feel more secure is one of the most common way. In relationship, no matter what you do is just part of it. Things will only work when both party commit themselves, if not whatever is given out will not have any reciprocate.