Thursday, May 24, 2007

Bump Off Lover 愛殺17

The watching of this drama was put off for quite a while. I absolutely cannot watch horror movies and have a good nights sleep. So, for my good health, I decided not to watch it. But it was kind of attracting, what with all those Golden Bell awards. So after a while, I decided to give it another try. It was actually not scary at all. In fact I couldn’t fall asleep because I kept on thinking about the case and everything. The story was very well written, the episodes very well structured. And, ok, I admit it, I did go looking for spoilers and knew before hand it was Jia Wei who did it, but, you know, it was so obvious.


This was the first time I’ve seen Angela Chang act. I was quite impressed. Around that time I also found out she actually came out from acting, which ruined all my views of her, because I always thought she sang first. Joa ke Chiang was a very likeable character. At first, I didn’t know what to think of him. I liked how he talked, but what was with the hair? -_- Very quickly, though, I began to like him. Lin Jia Wei is naturally despised. I hate him… He’s so evil… And as for the twins, I like Yee Jing better. She has a very interesting termalogy<--- does that think what I think it means…? Her thoughts aren’t evil, very human and most people will be able to relate to her jealousy towards her twin. Although I do agree she did go a little far. I hate the mom though. All she ever does is run away. Even at the end, she decided her life wasn’t perfect enough for her so she killed herself. Like, what the hell… I hate all the adults and Jia Wei. The model family also has dark secrets. They pretend and hide, but believe they have the power to do what they enjoy even if it will hurt everyone around them.

Getting too deep into this… let’s go back to characters. The detective guy was pretty funny; he always had a hanky… haha…. At first I thought maybe near the middle he’ll have some nervous breakdown. But near the end he kind of disappeared. I hate it when characters just disappear like that. It makes me feel as if the producer never took the time to make this character, and just decides, ok I can’t think of anything he should do so I’ll just make him fade away. Same with the teacher, after she gets things straightened out about Yee Jen at the time she tried to commit suicide with Yee Jen. That was kind of stupid and retarded. And also with that Ah Sa person, after she got hospitalized, she didn’t appear again and nobody went back to help her, which is actually pretty sad…


Enough about characters, the story as I mentioned before is very well structured. Even though I knew beforehand that it was Jia Wei, there were still things that got me looping. I feel very sorry for Yan Zen Yo. He got dragged into this and got himself killed, that’s very sad…

I forget if they won, but the sound effects and lighting was nominated for the Golden Bell awards. Even if it wasn’t movie level good, it’s pretty good for TV. And because it wasn’t at movie level it wasn’t that scary. Ha, I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing…

There were some unrealistic things in this drama though. Like when Yee Jing fell from the building and landed on the concrete she was all posed. That doesn’t happen does it.

And there was one question my sister and I were arguing about. When Jia Wei was about to die, his last words were= I really do love ______ a lot.” I didn’t catch whose name he said because he kind of whispered it. Plus, I can’t read Chinese so the subtitles were of no use. But I reckon it was Yee Jing, however my sister claims it was Yee Jen. Whatever, it doesn’t really matter…

It’s kind of sad how at the end she’s left with only her dad, who she still probably hates like hell. If I was her, I’d sever all connections with him and continue my life with Jou Ke Chiang and that other girl. The saddest kinds of dramas are the ones that, at the end, everybody you’ve ever cared about betray you of dies or something and you’re only left with one person. Like in Love Contract, and this one too.

Bump Off Lover is the kind of series that 16 episodes is more than enough. It doesn’t need a sequel, because everybody simply has gotten enough from it to reflect and enjoy for a lifetime. The first of its kind I’ve seen. Great OST too, but I can’t find it anywhere. T_T

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.