tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post8520918705145824809..comments2024-02-04T03:33:14.690-05:00Comments on TVB Interaction: "L'Escargot" ReviewIrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03761963266985932287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-66269510980933889622012-05-15T19:38:32.850-04:002012-05-15T19:38:32.850-04:00I agree. It had a promising enough premise, but we...I agree. It had a promising enough premise, but went downhill from there. TVB keeps reminding us that a great cast can not save a bad script. It's way too long too, making it even more aggravating to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-64059712288929060472012-05-09T23:39:20.336-04:002012-05-09T23:39:20.336-04:00I do not know how wrong this series went from the ...I do not know how wrong this series went from the begining. From real estate to romance and than a gangster appeal by Micheal; which reminded me of laughing gor.How I got through; now at 15 episode it seems to be such an aggrevation to sit through each episode. Again great cast but it really does not work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-36563296896960010122012-03-08T17:08:47.845-05:002012-03-08T17:08:47.845-05:00Oh, I see. :) You seem to stay up late, haha.
Os...Oh, I see. :) You seem to stay up late, haha.<br /><br />Oscar's acting didn't impress me much in L'E, so he probably received recognition b/c he was acting alongside Mandy. It's understandable though, as Mandy was a huge hit while Oscar was a more modest success. Overall, I think Oscar is one of the best supporting young actors and can inject comedy and roughness into his performances, but I'd like to see him in more variety and more major roles. It looks like he has several different characters and series lined up this year tho. It's just that he didn't impress me too much here, mostly b/c of his character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-36448845997071220552012-03-06T19:11:10.653-05:002012-03-06T19:11:10.653-05:00cos i happened to be still awake and free when you...cos i happened to be still awake and free when you posted this. :)<br /><br />do u think oscar got his recognition, all because mandy really stood out and impressed everyone this time? he probably just happened to have good chemistry with her as a couple in this show and thus got some of the recognition too with mandy? as far as i can see so far, oscar is good in acting as thugs or in comedies because of the way he talks. he has this loud, crude voice where his words always come out in a lazy drawl too. just to clarify, i don't dislike him. but cos of the way he speaks, i feel he's easily typecast as some crude / gangster character or in comedies.queen_owlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-56174911195937218172012-03-06T17:13:01.265-05:002012-03-06T17:13:01.265-05:00queen_owl - You sure managed to reply to this fast...queen_owl - You sure managed to reply to this fast! Truly my top commenter and reader. ;)<br /><br />Haha, the 4 P's was something I managed to randomly come up with and it worked well.<br /><br />I realized that was the goal of the series, but you really couldn't connect or feel pity for the characters. Most of them could've easily avoided their present predicament. It really pissed me off how Michael Miu blew off money like that. That scene where he threw back the money at Michael Tse - ugh. He got all that money just to pay him back when it wasn't necessary, and just threw it at him. All of it got scattered around the parking garage! I bet Michael T. didn't even bother to pick it up.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm done ranting about those two.<br /><br />Him and Yoyo's plot was actually pretty illogical, but since it was fun and enjoyable, I let it go. It was still ridiculous how quickly they got married, haha. I really wish they would've had more time for development tho.<br /><br />This is actually the performance of Oscar that had almost no impact on me, yet it's the one that finally got him recognition. Isn't the HK audience so weird, lol.<br /><br />I found it pretty slow in the beginning, but bearable. You know where it went after that tho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5277205963978597549.post-49383240405087604082012-03-05T19:32:52.411-05:002012-03-05T19:32:52.411-05:00i like how you summarized the review in the 4 Ps. ...i like how you summarized the review in the 4 Ps. <br />as you have mentioned a few times, it was indeed AGGRAVATING to watch! esp that ka lok and jim. <br /><br />i think for this show is supposed to reflect the reality of HK property market and how the common people has a hard time catching up with the ever increasing prices properties due to the rich speculators. i suppose only the people who live in HK can identify with the characters' pain of wanting to own a house. BUT i think the lousy scriptwriters have overdone this. <br /><br />they are supposed to show how a normal hardworking commoner like michael miu, that no matter how hard he worked, he could never catch up with the property prices being manipulated by the rich. however, based on the story, michael could have bought a couple of apartments already, if not because he kept giving hundreds of thousands away for his family again and again. i mean, every time it happened it was a few hundred thousands and it happened so many times. so in this sense the scriptwriters, in order to make michael's character a selfless main lead, has veered away from portraying the reality.<br /><br />and then that ka lok. i don't know what more to say. what kind of character is that??? and as you have said, WHY and HOW could jim fall for her to this extend for no plausible reason??? <br /><br />him and yoyo are my fav couple too. so refreshing from the rest of the cast, who are so heavy with their own burdens. yet i find the screen time for this couple was so little and their development way too rushed. given what was seen, with yoyo being so pushy and aggressive from the beginning to the end, it's hard to see how a very young him could take her. it's not entirely bad, but i think they should give more screen time for this couple's development on how they moved from having personality conflict (one being over enthusiastic and the other too laid back), to understanding each other more deeply, to compromise and finally acceptance and harmony.<br /><br />i was amazed with mandy's performance here too. extremely amazed. i'm not impressed with oscar here though. he's still the same to me, say, like he was in that show about the woman kungfu master (starring kenneth ma as the baddie). <br /><br />all in all, i would say it started pretty well, but in the usual fashion, went downhill as it progressed until it reached the pits.queen_owlnoreply@blogger.com