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I was given the Eating Air DVD just to prove that DVDs are better than VCDs…

Fine, so it is pretty cool to get the movie soundtrack, music video, trailers and other extras together with the show… But I buy VCDs for pragmatic reasons… I have no means to purchase expensive DVDs. Maybe when I get a job…

Anyway, I loved the show. Very cool soundtrack. Beautiful cinematography. Like most other movies I’ve seen so far. I love the green and red colouring of the scenes. Made the CTE tunnel look prettier than it actually is. The DOP and the lighting crew were ‘foreign imports’ I heard. Well worth the money and effort I think…

I was pleasantly surprised by my own reaction to the OTT (over the top) imagination of the protagonist, Boy. He believes he’s a lone swordsman, living in the era of the æ­¦ä¾ å°è¯´. The story weaved his imaginings into the plot so often and so fluidly that I didn’t even pause to notice how contrived it was. That, I believe, is the sign of a good direction. Kelvin Tong & his team deserve a pat on the back for that.

It was a very neat story. It was simple but there was enough depth to make it engaging to the audience. And a few highly implausible plotlines thrown in for comic relief. The characters are pretty one-dimensional. But the acting was good. Alvina Toh did a very convincing performance of the lonely, unattractive Girl, who, through Boy, finds the courage to finally tell her own mother what she really thinks.

The love story is really sweet. Seeing them riding on the motorcycle on the CTE really makes me think of my own experience riding pillion on a bike back in Dhaka. Remembered feeling the wind on my face, the sound of the wind blaring in my ears, the sights of Dhaka at night, while I was safely passing thru. Nothing else feels quite the same.

Loved the scene when Boy asks Girl where her apartment is. He asks her where. She points vaguely. Boy gives her his lighter and tells her to show him. She goes up to her place, stands at the window, and lights up the lighter… Simple yet striking…

Chalk up another point for local cinema…