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Wednesday, November 21, 2001

Last night I watched a Hong Kong movie called Heroes in Love on VCD, sorta like an indie attempt by young directors. There are basically 3 stories within the movie: Kidnap, Beloved and Oh G!.

Kidnap goes like this: Girl A is a tomboy and sullen, and she likes Girl B secretly. So one day she kidnaps B in the hope of making B reciprocate her feelings. However, B is already attached to an indifferent boyfriend. A doesn't understand why B doesn't want her, despite how much A cares about B. It isn't enough that A even knows how many pairs of shoes B owns, when B's boyfriend can't even figure out her correct shoe size. The saddest moment is when A asks B if B will accept her if her current boyfriend cheats on her, and B says no, she will find a second boyfriend. But what if the second one cheats on you, A insists on asking. Then I'll find a third boyfriend, B replies.

Beloved is a story about a guy obsessed with guns. To be honest, my mind drifted through this story so I can't comment much on it.

Oh G! is my favourite story of the lot and the most upbeat. It's about how teenagers Charlene and Lawrence met on icq, arranged to meet in real life, and subsequently, sorta fell in love. It's quite hilarious when throughout the story, the two of them took turns to phone their voice mailboxes to leave inane messages for each other (even when they are already in the other's company) but there's bits of dark moments, like when you realise Lawrence just left his previous girlfriend before he turned up for the meeting with Charlene.

Worth watching.

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