Monday, September 22, 2008

Money No Enough 2

Went shoppin at Pavilion with Karen today. Ever since the other time when we shopped in Pavilion, we realised that we have fallen in love with this new shoppin paradise. Hehe. Not that we can afford the stuffs here, just like the ambience and the feel of it. We intended to catch a movie and we decided on Money No Enough 2, a Singaporean movie directed by Jack Neo. I have watched the first part quite many years ago so don't really remember what was it about except the main point of the movie, not enough money. We went for our lunch cum dinner first as there was still some time before the movie started. 

Had our meal at this restaurant called Crystal Jade. Overall, the food was just okay. Ambience was nice though. After dinner, window shopped for some time before headin to the theater. I must say the movie was damn good!! Extremely touchin. I m no stranger when it comes to cryin in the cinema. I will cry naturally when it comes to certain touchin scenes in any movies, even cartoons. Imagine that. I won't really cry too long though, will stop once those scenes are over. But for this movie, I actually could not stop cryin for almost half an hour!! From the moment the children started to ignore the mum till the moment when the mum died, just so that her granddaughter could live. So much for a mum/grandmother's sacrifices. At first I thought I would stop cryin after a few minutes, but the tears just flowed freely. Could not help it. Guess I m an emotional freak. Thank God the cinema was kinda empty. Hehe. 

Once out of the cinema, I kept askin Karen if I was lookin really dreadful and she actually asked me if she is a person of no feelin. All because she did not cry and that she felt those scenes were just normal. Erm.. I really did not know how to answer her. Hehe. Even now when i replayed those touchin scenes in my mind, I believe with high possibility I will start cryin again..

















Money No Enough 2 (simplified Chinese: 钱不够用二)is a Singaporean film written and directed by Jack Neo and produced by Neo Studios, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Scorpio EastPictures.
Ten-years since the first Money No Enough, local celebrity auteur Jack Neo’s Money No Enough 2 returns to bring attention to the common man’s life in Singapore where the pursuit of money is a never ending passion. It is the filmmaker’s wish that Money No Enough 2, through the ups and downs faced by the three Yang brothers, help us to reflect at our own priorities while giving us a chance to laugh at ourselves.



The story revolves around three brothers from a middle-income background in contemporary Singapore. These are characters who are representative of the business owners, white and blue collar workers of Singaporeans.




The oldest brother Yang Bao Hui (by Henry Thia) represents the lower income group. As a child, Hui left school at an early age to earn money to help support his poverty stricken family. He has been working as a delivery man in the same company for the last 30 years. At the persuasion of his younger brother, he strikes out as an entrepreneur to sell health supplements. As business improves, he quits his dead-end job and puts all his time into the business. Unfortunately the business is forced to a standstill when the health supplement is deemed unsafe for public consumption, which inadvertently brings Bao Hui close to financial ruin.



The second brother Yang Bao Qiang (by Jack Neo) portrays a well-heeled successful businessman. As the owner of his own business, he and his wife flaunts their wealth in typical Singaporean fashion, with designer clothes, a flashy car and a big house to put it all in. However in a moment of greed, he allows himself to be cheated out of his fortune and gets into a very difficult financial situation.



The youngest brother Yang Bao Huang (by Mark Lee) represents the ordinary middle working class. He earns a good salary working as a regional supervisor for a health supplement trading company, and spends lavishly to maintain his ‘wannabe’ lifestyle. When the health supplement business goes bust, debts pile up and Bao Huang too, faces financial ruin.



As the winds of fortune changes, the brother’s begin to neglect their elderly mother. It was easy to be generous and filial during the good times but when household budgets tighten, what is the cost of true filial piety? Even the most basic arrangements, including whom mom should stay with, become a contentious issue.



(Cited from Wikipedia)




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