Comments on: The Golden Rock Hong Kong Film Awards Live Blog

By: azn_devil

azn_devil — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:14:45 +0000

posted this on the other blog but…

im ecstatic ip man won, i never understand why critics hate on popcorn movies so much, Im not a film maker but id think popcorn movies arent as easy to make as most ppl prolly believe, why else does america put out so much crap during the summers (really only iron man was superb imo), ip man was such a fun, kick butt time at the movies that i dont think itll be replicated anytime soon. and yah the way we are was good but the majority (who arent movie critics) will find it boring and they wouldnt be wrong either…

By: GoldenRockProductions

GoldenRockProductions — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:54:11 +0000

And also, I don’t remember Xu Jiao’s speech specifically, but it just felt rehearsed, and well…..acted. You can tell she already knew she would win and just said what she was told to say.

By: GoldenRockProductions

GoldenRockProductions — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:45:11 +0000

Agreed on all points about TVB’s horrible editing. Rumor is that quite a few of the cuts were to remove references to Jackie Chan’s statements and mentions of competitor ATV. Actually, Stephen Chan, the general manager of TVB, has apologized, and said that he never ordered anyone to make cuts for such reason. So either he’s lying, or some lowly editor didn’t want to take the blame for anything and did the cuts on his/her own. Gordon Chan said that their contract with TVB ends this year, and they may shop for a new broadcaster next year. But with a 28 point rating (quite high for a film award show), TVB will probably fight quite hard for it.

It’s especially unfortunate, because I feel that this is probably the first time in a long time that they made mostly the right calls, and it would’ve gone down as one of the better years, had Ip Man not won best picture or had TVB not presented the show the way it did (and it had exclusive broadcasting rights).

That Ronald Cheng shooting roast duck juice thing was just gross, though maybe less so than Siu Fei’s atrocious overacting.

And also agreed on Sparrow and its score. It’s one of the few Hong Kong film scores with a personality, unlike those overblown score usually heard in Hong Kong music. And too bad about it losing cinematography, too. That long take in the beginning is amazing.

By: wongsaurus

wongsaurus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:59:51 +0000

Hey LMF, just like last year, reading your play-by-play commentary is better than watching the awards show itself. The way you were calling the winners tells me that you should go to the races or buy lottery tickets because you sure got a knack for picking them!

By: anotherlonelyday

anotherlonelyday — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:47:18 +0000

did anyone see wong jing’s interview with tvb general manager stephen chan on his dinner-chatshow (’be my guest’ i think it was)?

they were talking about how wong jing’s films are exploitative, lack artistic merit etc..with wong saying he only gives the audience what they want, ‘i could make a film that win awards if i want to but it doesn’t give the just [financial] rewards’. stephen chan laughed it off and even mentioned at the end of the intervew ‘haha we’ll hope to see you pick that award then’..

i think that was last year, the year before or something. now to read that he was uncredited producer of the ‘the way we are’?

LMAO, legend.

btw he’s actually a very funny guy and that interview does give a lot of insight about hong kong cinema (especially about stephen chow).

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All For The Winner: 28th Hong Kong Film Awards « beyondasiaphilia — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:12:27 +0000

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By: Sanjuro

Sanjuro — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:32:50 +0000

Looks like those parodies ARE on youtube. They’re pretty unremarkable, but Ronald Cheng channeling a cracked out Chow Yun-Fat + ABT theme song + John Woo and his wife laughing hysterically at the end made it worthwhile.

By: Sanjuro

Sanjuro — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:19:07 +0000

I wonder if those parodies will show up on Youtube.

By: MW

MW — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:29:39 +0000

Cutting The Way We Are’s Lai Yau-Wah speech for the In Memoriam performance… and then cutting that for commercial was REALLY low. They are singing on a crane under umbrellas in the rain about the dearly departed and they only showed about 30 secs!!!

And I think John Woo should have won for Best Actor for his performance after watching the duck remake of A Better Tomorrow. I think he really wanted that Best Directing award. Better luck next year.

Simon Yam won Best Wardrobe because he wore a tie with a spider on it?!?!

Director Wilson Yip looked like someone ran over his dog… all night long. Seriously, IP MAN for Best Film?!?!?! That sort of discredits the entire evening.

By: ben sin

ben sin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:36:05 +0000

it was tasteless of tvb to cut josephine siao’s speech right when she got to her family. they also apparently cut out the best actress winner’s speech when she thanked ATV.

Adn the editing was horrible, my youtube videos have better transition.

I dunno about you guys complaining about Ip Man, at least it was what it was–entertaining all the way. Red Cliff is an overblown pretentous mess. Don’t get met started on CJ7 (Chow dying for 5 minutes and then coming back to life is audience manipulation to the fullest), Painted Skin SUCKS (its a joke they even tried to get that crap nominated for an oscar). So that only leaves The Way We Are as the one film that can say they shoulda took best picture.

but really, how many people in HK do you think watched The Way We Are? 11? 15?

ip man may be commercial. but it was the right choice.