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29/04/2008 Tuesday

Went to school early for IFS practical assignment 2... It was group and individual de... group was to prepare the panel thingy... Than alone de is the sensory evaluation. I think I might fail the sensory evaluation cos I was sick.. than cannot taste or smell cos got flu.. than just pretend I am well.. than do the test.. and anyhow fill in the answer.. finish than went café one eat.. than took a bus to pasir ris.. quee for BEN AND JERRY ICE CREAM!!!! YUM!! My favourite ICE CREAM!! Free ben and jerry cream today!! After that went home to use computer.. than bathe le went to meet Germaine to watch movie! RUN PAPA RUN! @ yishun de GV.. is like very quite scary sia.. Go there watch is like a nightmare… cos less than 10 peoples only.. and is like horrible.. the show is good lo

I rate 3/5 lah..

Summary on the show

The title "Run Papa Run" could give you the wrong idea about what kind of film this actually is. If you expect to see some ex-gang leader running for his life and his family throughout the film a la "Run Lola Run" like I did, you're sorely mistaken. The original title "Black Daddy" would have been more appropriate to convey the film's quirky tale of a triad boss trying to keep his life in the underworld a secret from his baby girl.

"Run Papa Run" isn't a typical gangster film: it takes you through the more emotional side of the gangster in question and is very much centred on his family life, with his overbearing and strict mother, his wife who is the compete opposite of him and his beautiful daughter whom he dotes over like a male emperor penguin guarding his precious egg. Despite being able to tell his enemies to go to hell, he can't bear the thought of his daughter ever hearing him use such language, or worse: his daughter finding out what he really does for a living.

Celebrated Taiwanese director Sylvia Chang, who has been lauded as the Asian heroine of cinema, helms this drama - her own take on the triad movie. Indeed, the multi-award winning actress, writer and director has more than held her own, proving that behind her beauty are her brains and passion for cinema and movie making.

One of the best things about the film is actually the opening credits - or rather, the effects used for the opening credits, which are reminiscent of films such as "A Life Less Ordinary". In fact, the entire film has that same campy feel about it. It is touchingly funny in parts, like when Louis Koo's character, Lee, realises his daughter is terribly scared of his fierce tattoos. He then goes to a tattoo parlour to have them fix them up so that instead of a menacing tiger baring its teeth, the chest tattoo turns into a cute, slap-happy cartoon pussycat.

All the way, he tries to paint a pretty picture for his girl while witnessing everything that is ugly about life as a triad boss. This is how most of the film goes, with Lee going to all sorts of lengths to protect his daughter from the truth, while trying to break free of the underworld and becoming a legitimate businessman. His devotion to his daughter really tugs at the heartstrings, and you can't help thinking what a good, kind man he is, even if he shakes people down by night and cheats on his wife.

However, Lee never really seems to 'run' at all, which is why I mentioned in the beginning that the original title would have been more suitable for such a film. A little bit like the "Godfather" movies, this film demonstrates that every time you try to leave the old life, it pulls you back in, and you cannot control how some things work in such situations. While the first half of the film is light-hearted and funny, the second half gets more serious and slightly melodramatic, which is a tad disappointing.

Run Papa Run" is whimsical and frothy, as entertaining as it is heart-warming, and will surely squeeze a few tears out of you, be they tears of sadness or joy.

Haha.. so want to watch this movie.. Think twice lah.. if not wait for the dvd come out than buy and watch more worth it. After watching me and germaine went to eat.. went to settle our dinner quickly than went to the coffee shop eat.. I regret to eat there.. I would rather choose fast food than kopitiam.. cos the attitude auntie give me plus the hygiene of the kopitiam is totally suck!! All the stall vendor fail the test sia.. the food all taste super weird and awful!! Than germaine buy the food from other stall something.. FAIL!!! Taste so bad!! So if u planning to go yishun think twice.. The FOOD THERE SUCK!!!

Till here.. will update the pic soon!!!