This movie is a decent piece from Jay Chou, who writes the script, directs the movie as well as composes all the dances and songs in it. This movie shows more than sufficient evidences that he is a rare artist who is good at many things. But even the greatest artist needs help to make a logical and convincing movie as making an ambitious movie can hardly be a one man job.
By displaying all his talents, Jay is also showing a lot of his limitations here, from unconfident acting to inconsistent improvements of characters and naive storyline. Even though Jay is definitely pleasant to watch on the big screen, a lot of improvements are needed for his acting, and other characters could have great potentials to move the plot forward more naturally, other than just showing up here and tells the audience that Jay is so cool and popular. The ending is sort of romantic yet off and not convincing at all. It's contrived that a girl leaves before even figuring out whether the man who chooses to die for her is alive or dead.
In general it's still a fun movie for Jay's fans as it reflects a lot of Jay's belief, personalities and bias.
By displaying all his talents, Jay is also showing a lot of his limitations here, from unconfident acting to inconsistent improvements of characters and naive storyline. Even though Jay is definitely pleasant to watch on the big screen, a lot of improvements are needed for his acting, and other characters could have great potentials to move the plot forward more naturally, other than just showing up here and tells the audience that Jay is so cool and popular. The ending is sort of romantic yet off and not convincing at all. It's contrived that a girl leaves before even figuring out whether the man who chooses to die for her is alive or dead.
In general it's still a fun movie for Jay's fans as it reflects a lot of Jay's belief, personalities and bias.