I would say, I respect Simon Yam's for his great acting, being a low- income and poorly educated odd-job worker, suffering from the rising rents and prices, he portrayed the character very well. I will blame it on the odd and boring story plot, with random appearance of an obese ghost who keeps eating but says that he is full, two little girls locked out of their house and a fierce looking old lady. It made me wonder why am I in the cinema watching this disconnected film which made little sense. I guess the only funny part was the police man fainting when he saw the squashed body from a car accident.
The second story kind of saved the film with Kelly Chen's (surprising) comedic act in contrast to Tony Leung's somewhat-serious character. The complete opposites shared great chemistry and I was surprised Kelly Chen isn't just a vase or victim of the story. Some might feel that it is more of a funny ghost film than a scary one, but I was scared right at the start but Kelly Chen herself. The story ended nicely with Leung and his family when his son revealed a secret his mother would hate to know. This is a story that is bound to leave you grinning.
The third story was not my favourite, but it is good enough to get me thinking and interested in the Chinese culture of villain-hitting (打小 人). It is a folk sorcery popular in the Guangdong area of China and Hong Kong. Its purpose is to curse one's enemies using magic. Villain hitting has been preliminarily included in the list of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' by Hong Kong Home Affairs' Bureau.
For full review: http://tiffanyyong.com/2013/07/17/tales-from-the-dark- 1-movie-review/
The second story kind of saved the film with Kelly Chen's (surprising) comedic act in contrast to Tony Leung's somewhat-serious character. The complete opposites shared great chemistry and I was surprised Kelly Chen isn't just a vase or victim of the story. Some might feel that it is more of a funny ghost film than a scary one, but I was scared right at the start but Kelly Chen herself. The story ended nicely with Leung and his family when his son revealed a secret his mother would hate to know. This is a story that is bound to leave you grinning.
The third story was not my favourite, but it is good enough to get me thinking and interested in the Chinese culture of villain-hitting (打小 人). It is a folk sorcery popular in the Guangdong area of China and Hong Kong. Its purpose is to curse one's enemies using magic. Villain hitting has been preliminarily included in the list of 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' by Hong Kong Home Affairs' Bureau.
For full review: http://tiffanyyong.com/2013/07/17/tales-from-the-dark- 1-movie-review/