12 Lotus

Another AMR.

This is 12 Lotus. Director is our Singapore another very own director, Royston Tan. Yeah, the one directed 881. He likes numbers eh...

Some may wonder why bother to go and watch this kind of show? Local products are labeled as,
1. Budget
2. Hokkien base
3. Jokes that only US will understand
4. Government???

As for me, because of....

5. Stefanie.

Laughing out loud. See that outfit? It's is sooooo wrong on her. But at least something that people will not expect that. Right Stefanie? She was shown at the starting of the movie. She sang a few sentences of "12 Lotus". Oh god... Her vocal is so powerful. You can heard the differences between her and the people singing in the movie. And when she came out, me and Ango stare at each other and laugh. Haha... Then I said to Ango that after her scene we can pack our bags and leave the cinema already.

However, actually this show is very meaningful.

Little Lianhua, "Jie jie, who are you acting?"

Stefanie, "Goddess of Mercy lo."

(The tone sounds so Singaporean.)

Lianhua is a poor child. Her father kept abusing her since young. All her income from getai was confiscated by her evil father. What's left with her was the biscuit. So she had to work day and night so as to support the family. Too bad her mother died. I was hoped to shed tears during the show, but... not very touching actually. 715 act as a ungrateful boyfriend (called Ah Long) of Lianhua. She cheated her and left her. This is the first part of the movie.

The 2nd part of the movie was quite confusing and irrational. Okok... So Lianhua grew up. Yeah.. She GREW. Became bigger... Liu Ling Ling become the old Lianhua. She is mentally disabled. Because of Ah Long, Lianhua sacrifice herself to the loansharks.

So the ending was like... I was catching no ball actually. But I know what does 12 Lotus meant.

Lianhua's father,
"你要唱十二莲花?"
"十二莲花是大人唱的!"
(You want to sing 12 Lotus? But that is for adults to sing!"

Lianhua,
"我要唱给观音娘娘听"
(I want to sing for Goddess of Mercy.")

Lianhua's father
"你知道十二莲花是什麽意思吗?"
(You know what is the meaning of 12 Lotus?")

Lianhua,
"长大后我就明白了"
(I will understand when I grow up.")

Goddess of Mercy cannot tell Lianhua what does the 12 Lotus mean. That's why she wants Lianhua to encounter the live of 12 Lotus.

In the end... She finally captured the meaning.

Quite a nice show. If people really think about it, what we encounter in our lives are fated. God above wants us to learn, accept and enlighten.

Rating - 4/5
1.999 is for Stefanie

1011pm - 12 Lotus. 12 different part of lives. 12 drops of tears.