Interesting. Having been adapted many times throughout Asia, 200 Pounds Beauty is originally based on the Japanese manga Kanna’s Big Success! (カンナさん大成功です!) by Yumiko Suzuki, about a ghost singer who is overweight by tv standards and is used by another popular singer for her lovely voice, until she decides to own that voice with a new altered face and body after going through rounds and rounds of intensive plastic surgery. Such a sad story about the cut-throat industry…
You know nobody likes pretty things more than I do! When I saw pictures of this project, I was thoroughly impressed with the colors, sets, and cinematography. On the shallow side, the pretty actors and actresses did kick my interest up a notch. Dubbed as the next most anticipated action fantasy film, Tam Cam: The Untold Story, is a Vietnamese fairy tale, very similar in story structure to Cinderella. Our heroine, Tam, is a beautiful child, daughter to the first wife. However, after her mother died, her father married another woman and she gave birth to a baby girl named Cam, whose looks is always deemed as inferior to Tam. Stepmother is always jealous and teams up with her daughter to bully Tam. But kindness pays off, allowing Tam to meet the handsome Prince. Happily Ever After…? The story is long so if you want to read, feel free to follow this link.
You know when I see beautiful things I like to share. My friend sent me a link to this Vietnamese film and I’ve been in awe since last night. I See Yellow Flowers On The Green Grass, is directed by Victor Vu (Battle of the Brides, Blood Letter), and based on a best-selling novel by Nguyen Nhat Anh. Truly beautiful to look at with some promising young talents as leads. The story follows a pair of brothers who share everything together, until a sweet girl comes along and forces the story to reach a violent climax. WHY?! It’s so pretty to look at and I’d argue that these kids are a tad too young to be entangled in the dangerous feeling such as love. Sigh~