Actually, even with my limited Mandarin, I can read that the title is not "Secret", but "Secret That Can't be Said(Told)". But I guess calling this movie "STCBS" would be too long like calling Voldemort "He Who Must Not Be Named". Harry is smart to just say his name . Saves lots of energy that way.
Back to this movie.
I lost interest the first time I watched it - like 10 minutes into the movie, I switched the video player off and went to sleep.
But the second time I watched it, I decided to give Jay Chou another chance. And I am glad I did. It was like watching Somewhere In Time and Bungee Jumping and Il Mare , all at once. I love all these 3 movies, and so, I thought ....OK...Jay , show me your stuff.
What started as a sweet love story turned out to be more than that. Read on:
The Gist (SPOILER ahead)
Back to this movie.
I lost interest the first time I watched it - like 10 minutes into the movie, I switched the video player off and went to sleep.
But the second time I watched it, I decided to give Jay Chou another chance. And I am glad I did. It was like watching Somewhere In Time and Bungee Jumping and Il Mare , all at once. I love all these 3 movies, and so, I thought ....OK...Jay , show me your stuff.
What started as a sweet love story turned out to be more than that. Read on:
The Gist (SPOILER ahead)
Jay, a gifted pianist wlaked into the school's old music room, and stumbled across a pretty, quiet girl, Xiao Yu (Literally meaning "Little Rain". The chance meeting led to hours of fun in the music room - (no , no, you dirty minded people you...not THAT kind of fun!) they played music, for goodness sakes...ON THE PIANO!!! Anyway, Jay was intrigued by this asthmatic girl, who has no friends in school except him.
Now, another girl called Sky was secretly in love with Jay. She took every opportunity she could to get the chance to be with him - especially hitching a ride on his bicycle AND playing music in the old music room. But Jay wasn't interested.
One day, Jay made plans to meet Rain in the music room one evening. But he was "tricked" into kissing Sky who turned up unexpectantly, in full view of Rain, who stood by the door. Rain was upset and ran off...and disappeared for 5 months.
On graduation day, Jay played the piece of music that he had promised Rain. Rain appeared at the door of the concert hall, but ran away when Jay saw her. she later disappeared again. Jay confronted Rain's mother about her ....and the great secret unfolded.
Now, another girl called Sky was secretly in love with Jay. She took every opportunity she could to get the chance to be with him - especially hitching a ride on his bicycle AND playing music in the old music room. But Jay wasn't interested.
One day, Jay made plans to meet Rain in the music room one evening. But he was "tricked" into kissing Sky who turned up unexpectantly, in full view of Rain, who stood by the door. Rain was upset and ran off...and disappeared for 5 months.
On graduation day, Jay played the piece of music that he had promised Rain. Rain appeared at the door of the concert hall, but ran away when Jay saw her. she later disappeared again. Jay confronted Rain's mother about her ....and the great secret unfolded.
I can say one thing about this movie - It's got Jay Chou written all over it. I have seen him act in Curse of the Golden Flower, but was not too impressed by his acting there. I was not impressed by his acting either in this movie, but his music talent was beyond my expectations. Click here for the Secret OST review.
4 pop corns
