Father and Son 1954
0 /10
After seeing a friend of his boss' son adopted over his promised promotion with connections, Shrimp's father, a minor white-collar worker Ng Kwun-sing, vows to get Shrimp a place in a prestigious school and a chance to make friends with the rich. However, Shrimpy is constantly bullied and discriminated against by his classmates. Ng has not the means to be a social climber and finally realises his mistake. He sends his son to a voluntary school so that he may grow up happily. This poignant father-son drama shows a parents' willingness to carve out a good future for their children by any means necessary.
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Full Cast & Crew
Kwun-sing Ng, the father
Lan-tin Ng, Shrimpy's aunt
Ng's colleague
lover of Tsi Law-lin/patron of Shrimpy's flower
Mrs Sek
Uncle Chung
Mrs Chung, landlady
Old Lee/ Neighbour
Head teacher at prestigious school
Office assistant at Ng's office
Manager Kam at Ng's office
Spring (1953)'s actress in Grandview Film Studio/patron
Spring (1953)'s actor in Grandview Film Studio/Shrimpy's patron
Far Away (1954)'s actress in Grandview Film Studio/patron
Far Away (1954) Grandview Film Studio/patron
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
THE BAD:
The beginning of the film it's fine until towards the second act and there is when it starts to feel a little rushed. Also I do feel like there are scenes missing but there was talk of an extended version on Blu-Ray so that's cool.
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Bottemline: It's boring...
10/10 because I'm a Marvel Fanboy
If there were not an audience for Marvel comic heroes than clearly these films would not be made, to answer one other reviewer although I sympathize with him somewhat. The world is indeed an infinitely more complex place than the world of Marvel comics with clearly identifiable heroes and villains. But I get the feeling that from Robert Downey, Jr. on down the organizer and prime mover as Iron Man behind the Avengers these players do love doing these roles because it's a lot of fun. If they didn't show that spirit of fun to the audience than these films would never be made.
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Pretend you're a kid again and enjoy, don't take it so seriously.
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Cast & crew of
Father and Son
Directors & Credit Writers
Director
Cast
Lan-tin Ng, Shrimpy's aunt
Ng's colleague
lover of Tsi Law-lin/patron of Shrimpy's flower
Mrs Sek
Uncle Chung
Mrs Chung, landlady
Old Lee/ Neighbour
Head teacher at prestigious school
Office assistant at Ng's office
Manager Kam at Ng's office
Spring (1953)'s actress in Grandview Film Studio/patron
Spring (1953)'s actor in Grandview Film Studio/Shrimpy's patron
Far Away (1954)'s actress in Grandview Film Studio/patron
Far Away (1954) Grandview Film Studio/patron
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