Para Para Sakura 芭拉芭拉櫻之花

 Released Year: 2001

Directed by 馬楚成 Jingle Ma

Casted by:

郭富城 Aaron Kwok as 王锦胜 Philip
张柏芝 Cecilia Cheung as 乐儿 Yee
 陈庆祥  Ah- Niu as Henry Ko

 Story:

Phillip Wong, a colour-blind dance instructor who holds a class devoted to the latest dance craze, the Japanese Para Para. While in Shanghai, Phillip meets Yee, a spoiled rich girl who is running away from her up-coming arranged marriage. Soon, Yee begins using Phillip's dance studio as a sanctuary from her responsibilities, and an attraction begins to form between the two. However, Yee is called back to Japan to be married before long, and Phillip must use more than his dance skills and charisma to prevent her from taking her vows.

L² Scored: 4/10

L² Comment:

Nothing really special about this movie, except the para para dance which is quite famous at that time. Of course having Aaron Kwok & Cecilia Cheung in this movie can guarantee certain percentage of the tickets to be sold off. Basically all the actors/actresses are just simply acting in the film...

Ice Kacang Puppy Love 初恋红豆冰

Released Year: 2010
Directed by 陈庆祥 Niu Chan

Casted by:
陈庆祥 Niu Chan as Botak
李心洁 Angelica Lee as 打架鱼 Fish
曹格 Gary Chow as Marley
陈美娥 Angela Chan as Fish's mum
梁静茹 Fish Leong as Barley
品冠 Victor Wong as Prince
Story:

Botak is from a small village, a son of a coffee shop owner. He falls in love with Fish whose mother is a fried koay teow cook in Botak's family shop. Since small, Botak and Fish has been bullied by Marley but Marley's sister, Barley likes Botak instead.

As they grow up, Marley fell in love with Fish too after one incidence when Fish accidentally falls on Marley and make him cum in his pants. Fish has problem with her mother and decided to go to Penang together with Botak to look for her father. But the father was not she expected to be.

Few teenagers, Fish, Botak, Marley, Barley & Prince has been falling into a complicated love story and each of them grow up and live their own life. But they will never forget their first ice kacang puppy love.

L² Scored: 7/10

L² Comment:

A very good try for Ah Niu to direct his first movie. A very simple and yet touching puppy love story. It might be suitable for us who has been keep on watching those big block buster. A very good movie and i hope to see more from our local production soon~ bravo