The Lovers

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

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I grew up watching the Hong Kong movies on Saturday nights at 10.30-12.30pm.

Too many for me to remember every single one of them.

But I can vividly recall the movie, "The Lovers", adapted by the famous Chinese novel, The Butterfly Lovers, that I almost switched off my television set, thinking it was some boring "dynasty" show.
Thankfully, I didn't.

It has remained to be one of my favourite movies of all time.

Charlie Young, the saccharine-sweet face, pretending to be a boy in college to study, and Nicky Wu, gorgeous with a hot bod who fell for her, thinking that he was gay but eventually knew she was a girl. Their on-screen chemistry was perfect, alongside with the fact that they were dating for real at that time.

Movies that remain on my favourite list have the extremes. Firstly, those that made me cry buckets over and over again. Secondly, those that have made me wonder why I still laugh with tears even though I knew those jokes were coming. Lastly, those with plots that struck an indefinite chord in me such that I can never forget them.

The Lovers fell into all three categories.

I knew those teary moments were coming, but I still could not hold back my tears.

Blame it on missing the other half too much maybe, but this classic tragic love story is one that ANY SUCKERS FOR ROMANCE should watch.

Technically, I am not really one. Yet I still bothered to load the whole movie on Crunchyroll.

And cry through the 3rd hour in the morning.
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Yes, I probably am missing someone that much now.

Ps: If you are thinking why my first line is so, please watch The Lovers on www.crunchyroll.com.