The Departed
Entertainment: 3
Casts: 4 (got shuai ge!)
Plot: 2 (marks deducted for the fact dat it’s exactly the same as internal affairs)
Overrall: 3.5
Though it had received 5 stars from dunno which paper, not as great as wat the critics make it out to be. For those who din watch internal affairs (I doubt anyone falls under this category), it might be a good show wif an exciting plot n stuffs, but for the rest of the majority, the exact imitation of internal affairs somewat makes the show lost it’s magic. Come on, u alr noe wat’s gg to happen at the nx scene… so the anticipation is jus not there anymore. Or rather, we can say dat the show is not a successful remake, coz certain shows are still able to capture the audience even though they r remakes.
Credits hav to be given to the casts, I think they’ve acted well, portraying the different conflicting & confusing inner emotions. But maybe bcoz we r Asians, the hongkong version of ‘hei she hui’ is still better (in terms of fighting scenes as well as interaction btw the members) than the US trials. ‘hei she hui’ fight with their skills & sometimes maybe weapons like rods or knives, but their ang mo counterparts jus use guns & shoot at each other, which is less umm… climatic coz everything happen in like a few sec oni? Think it oso has to do wif the language dat the lines r spoken, even though they meant the same thing, but u’ll jus feel diff when u hear something in English vs Chinese.
Something worth watching abt this show may be the ending, if u dun like the ending of internal affairs, maybe this is the show for u. haha…
You, Me & Dupee
Entertainment: 4 (it’s quite funny)
Casts: 4 (even the father is charismatic! Haha…)
Plot: 3
Overrall: 3.5
Quite a gd comedy, if u wanna relax & hav a gd laugh, can try this show. It’s not senseless cackles, u dun jus laugh throughout the show, but incorporates love, family as well as frenship. Kian say dat we’ve to use a diff scale to rate comedies, coz they r on a diff level as compared to the normal movies, n this is actually quite a successful English comedy.