I tried watching the show again, I really did. I really tried to bear with it. But while the story had the potential to be good, the way the film was directed was very boring.
It was sweet how the two couples were fated to meet because of little events which occurred at the subway station. Miriam Yeung's character could have decided not to lend the pamphlet guy her walking stick, but she did, and that unexpectedly led her to call the number on the pamphlet..which, as fate would have it, belonged to a matchmaking agency run by Tony Leung's roguish character.
Dong and Jie were fated to meet because Jie sent a Christmas card to the wrong address, which turned out to be the worst day of Dong's life. The time spent in the subway station made both of them fall in love with each other.
The stories are nice and sweet, and the acting was good, but the visuals bored me to death, and so did the art direction. I'm not the biggest fan of Miriam Yung, but I feel she did try to save the show, as did the other actors.
I enjoyed Sammy Leung's story-telling skills, he described it so vividly, complete with the sound effects, really getting into the mood of the comic that Tony's character gave him to recite.
Sadly, all the best actors couldn't save the show because, let's face it, the way it was directed was truly, truly boring. Remake, anyone?
It was sweet how the two couples were fated to meet because of little events which occurred at the subway station. Miriam Yeung's character could have decided not to lend the pamphlet guy her walking stick, but she did, and that unexpectedly led her to call the number on the pamphlet..which, as fate would have it, belonged to a matchmaking agency run by Tony Leung's roguish character.
Dong and Jie were fated to meet because Jie sent a Christmas card to the wrong address, which turned out to be the worst day of Dong's life. The time spent in the subway station made both of them fall in love with each other.
The stories are nice and sweet, and the acting was good, but the visuals bored me to death, and so did the art direction. I'm not the biggest fan of Miriam Yung, but I feel she did try to save the show, as did the other actors.
I enjoyed Sammy Leung's story-telling skills, he described it so vividly, complete with the sound effects, really getting into the mood of the comic that Tony's character gave him to recite.
Sadly, all the best actors couldn't save the show because, let's face it, the way it was directed was truly, truly boring. Remake, anyone?