Thursday, May 15, 2008
♥ 9:39 PM
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Movie of the day!
Dance of the dragon.
( the link of the movie can be found by clicking on the movie title. )
The quote of the movie is
dare to dream, dare to love.
the movie features Korean heartthrob Jang Hyuk, Singapore's Fann Wong and Hollywoods Jason Scott Lee.
The movie is an inspiring love story set amidst other tender and multi-dimensional relationships. It shows how Tae, Jang Hyuk pursues his ambition of being a ballroom dancer. It talks about a Korean country boy who fell in love with ballroom dancing after he was once exposed in a ballroom performance.
After 20 years of his life, he made a decision in life and left for Singapore to learn ballroom dancing from Emi, who was played by Fann Wong. Emi was a former ballroom dancer champion who was forced to quit due to a ankle injury but now she was teaching students to dance into greater heights. Tae had never had any dance trainings therefore led to his inexperience. Emi became Tae's teacher and partner while dancing. Feelings were built up as the days went by. However, Emi's boyfriend was not happy with Tae as Emi and Tae got closer. Emi's boyfriend, Cheng played by Jason Scott Lee, even request a challenge with Tae on martial arts. As Cheng was a martial art champion, Tae still lost and promised to return home.
However, he was touched by his father who made him a pair of dancing shoes, that he decided to rush back for the national ballroom dancing competition. That when the quote "dare to dream, dare to love" comes in.
The movie showed romance, fatherly-love, sensitivity and showed that one should always follow what they loved.
Through the quote, "dare to dream, dare to love" we can assume that the movie is about being bold enough to have an ambition and not being afraid to dream far. There is nothing wrong of dreaming far as it will surely bring you to the next level. You might not be the best but practice will help you to improve. There would be no doubt that you will be the best someday. Dare to love would mean that you are not afraid of the obstacles in front of you and you are take the challenge to love someone. Nothing would be able to stop you in anyway.
However, does this show reflect it ??
Well, the movie was a little draggy and boring. It did show that the characters were trying to chase their dream and love but there were just too many unrelated parts. They did not show that the characters trying to fight for their love. The love parts of the movie was a little too short that it did not express out the undying love. It just simply showed that Tae was just trying to chase his dream. He went through many difficult moments before he was finally able to stand at the centre of the ballroom to dance. After moments of failure, it still never stop Tae from loving his dream that he stood up and continued to fight for it. That should me a mindset that everyone kept in mind.
It was rather disappointing that the most exciting scenes of the movie was rather short. The main aim of the movie was not fully showed that left people feeling that the movie was not that fantastic. At the theatre, we could see people falling asleep as only the last few minutes of the show that people were keen to watch.
That was why i would only rate the movie 2 out of 5 stars.
[[ please do comment if you disagree or agree with what i have written ]]
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