Change Your Image
jyhwen
Ratings
Most Recently Rated
Reviews
Shuang cheng gu shi (2018)
Only a true immigrant from Taiwan can share the deep meaning by the story
Just finished watching it on Netflix last weekend. Most immigrants from Taiwan to the United States should be able to understand the meaning of loss by immigration and share the feeling of the cultural revival. Because of the backgrounds are set in Taipei and San Francisco, I am completely attracted to the content. Unlike other idol dramas or the *tow* dramas, the director is very careful to use the different time and space in the two cities. The interactions stirs up the long-lost memories in my heart.
Life Plan A and B (2016)
One of the best performance by Rainie
A great story about 2 possible paths of life of a man and a woman. The script is well written to introduce the two main characters and how their lives developed based on the decisions of working in separate countries vs. staying close together. Some narration is done by Ju-Wei as first person when it occasionally flashed back to the moment she was about to make the decision. Faced with ups and downs in life, the movie show how everyone reacts differently based on each path. Rainie Lin's performance is excellent due to the difficulty to act in different dimension. At one time, the two paths collided with focus on a hotel room where You-Yen wants to surprise his spouse at the time. Rookie actress Ricie Fun performance is great in a heavy lifting supporting role with believable expression of hiding the growing feeling for You-Yen. The director should take much credit in making story telling such a huge intrigue in every turn in life. The ending is unexpected because there is no winner of loser of either path Ju-Wei took. It is about how one keeps moving, looking forward in life and make the best of it. My take: "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past." - (Isaiah 43:18)