Anita Mui is a top tier singer and artist in HK. A documentary movie of her life is indeed a good move to let people in HK and all other places to know about her and remembered her. Her story is also a good example of HK people in general, ie, seize the moment, work hard, willing to learn.
But sadly in this movie, Anita is described as a talented person being given chances and helped by the record company seniors, designer, etc. It haven't illustrated HOW she walked up the way to achievements. Just showing WHAT her achievements were. Those info can easily be found on the internet and wiki. Meaningless to just re-cap them. And the way to present them is merely showing old footage of the real Anita, which makes the movie even worst and looks "fake". The presentation method of this movie is totally wrong.
Not sure if that's because the director/producer don't want to upset Japanese market or what, things about the Japanese singer, who in love with Anita, seems to be different from what the general public understanding. We surely don't know the details between Anita and this Japanese singer, but this guy is well known having affairs with different women. He's definitely not as described as regret about leaving Anita.
Anita's strong resistance toward authority is also weakened so much in the movie. Things related to how she do something against China government is not mentioned. The way she taught and cared about mentoring young singers for the growth of HK music industry is also absent.
From the very end of the movie, it brings the message of HK people should face the challenge etc, which indeed something we, as a real HK people, believes to be the core value of HK people. It tries to let us recall how HK is and should be when facing difficulty, using Anita as a role model.
Good intention without a good director/producer I'll say. A big disappointment to me as a movie fans.
But sadly in this movie, Anita is described as a talented person being given chances and helped by the record company seniors, designer, etc. It haven't illustrated HOW she walked up the way to achievements. Just showing WHAT her achievements were. Those info can easily be found on the internet and wiki. Meaningless to just re-cap them. And the way to present them is merely showing old footage of the real Anita, which makes the movie even worst and looks "fake". The presentation method of this movie is totally wrong.
Not sure if that's because the director/producer don't want to upset Japanese market or what, things about the Japanese singer, who in love with Anita, seems to be different from what the general public understanding. We surely don't know the details between Anita and this Japanese singer, but this guy is well known having affairs with different women. He's definitely not as described as regret about leaving Anita.
Anita's strong resistance toward authority is also weakened so much in the movie. Things related to how she do something against China government is not mentioned. The way she taught and cared about mentoring young singers for the growth of HK music industry is also absent.
From the very end of the movie, it brings the message of HK people should face the challenge etc, which indeed something we, as a real HK people, believes to be the core value of HK people. It tries to let us recall how HK is and should be when facing difficulty, using Anita as a role model.
Good intention without a good director/producer I'll say. A big disappointment to me as a movie fans.