Went to watch this at cinema last night and decided to comment this here. Great Day (天天好天) is on a comedy side and family oriented production by Astro Malaysia. Directed by Chiu Keng Guan with collaboration of MyFM DJs and Astro's casts. This is the second Chinese New Year movie after Big Day WooHoo 大日子 (2010) where once resembles again Malaysian cast from MyFm having Jack Lim, Wan Wai Fun (i like the most), Vivian Tok, Royce Tan, Mei Yan, Jeff and Jason. Maybe Phoebe is in but I didn't notice that. Hahaha. Well from Astro side, there are plenty of them but not sure what their names are as I am not a big fan of Astro.
The story starts with two uncles who staying in an old folks home in Perlis. who always quarrel over something to create disputes. Till the extend, they challenge each other to escape from the old folds home to find their children just to compare whose's better. The opportunities comes when Ah Hock, the cooking gas seller, is going to Kuala Lumpur in a pick-up truck to visit his ailing mother.
Uncle Lam (Cantonese fried) pretend that his leg is hurt leaving Uncle Lim (Hokkien fried) continue his journey alone. When both Uncle Lim and Ah Hock reached Kuala Lumpur, everything are not what it seems. All in all, all ends well and you may surprise by the unexpected ending.
Here are the cast's characteristics you will not forget them:
Ah Hock : a hard working widower who have a very fond relation with his son and mother.
Uncle Lim : even though he is tough on the outer side but he is understanding, forgiving, and a caring father, grandfather and also as a friend.
Duo Hou :a very funny and loving character in the movie. Very considerate and caring mix-rice seller.
Some scenes from the movie:
What I like about the movie:
1) Good message being sent out. Love your parent and the elderly.
2) Fair share of humors and not very lengthy
3) Beautiful scenes around Malaysia
What I don't like about the movie:
1) Too much in-house promotions
2) Some scenes are just time-dragging and unnecessarily
3) Not a very good storyline
I personally still preferred Big Day WooHoo (大日子) over this one. Seriously Great Day (天天好天) is more on "copy and paste" parts from others advertisement and movies. Even there are parts where previously well liked by others, it doesn't mean that they have to keep repeating it. Too much of repetition, it just creates uneasiness and boredom to viewers. Same goes to their Chinese New Year music album, predictable, bored and repetition.
You can said that I am a bit too particular but hey, aren't we looking for something new when we fork out money to purchase movie tickets and their album? So they should at least do something more creative. And not forgetting, this movie has a bad title, if you had watched it, you can see there is no linkage between the movie and the title.
Overall. it's still a movie worth watching. I mean, not because I am Malaysian I should support local production or give good credits on it, but movie like this we should support more by bringing families member or your love's one to watch together in cinema as each of us has some roles to play in a family, regardless you're a son, a daughter, a parent, or even as a grandparents, the movie will definitely brings out some messages to remind us that some of the responsibilities where we might forgotten to fulfill. As said in the movie, "Sometimes, things are not judge by you can or can't but are always by you want or don't want". Good eh?
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