Cold War

We've been to the cinema this afternoon - with a much better behaved crowd than were present on our last trip. I only had to tell one person off for having a telephone conversation while the film was playing, which seemed to surprise him especially as I did it in Cantonese.

We saw Cold War, a locally made movie which has been trailed in HK for at least the last six months or so. Aside from the strange thrill of seeing where you live and work on the silver screen, the movie made absolutely no sense whatsoever but was still worth watching. If you imagine a 100 minute episode of CSI: Miami you won't be too far wrong: total nonsense but very pretty to look at.

Speaking of very pretty to look at, the biggest thing Cold War had going for it was the absurdly handsome Aaron Kwok:

Aaron Kwok, smouldering yesterday

I think the best way to describe Kwok is an Asian George Clooney - except Kowk started off as a dancer and Mando/Cantopop star, becoming one of what were known as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings. Coincidentally, one of the other Heavenly Kings, Andy Lau, was also in the movie, an in-joke that everyone in the cinema got, except me.

Aaron Kwok smouldering in his younger days, and showing a lamentable taste in knitware, in my opinion.

Kwok moved into acting, building a pretty respectable reputation, first on TV and then in the movies. I've written about this sort of thing before, so you'll know that there's more to Kwok than just being, in the words of Zoolander, "really, really good looking" - he also races cars, and participated once in a Ferrari race at the Macau GP.

Aaron Kwok, smouldering earlier today, complete with special Aaron Kwok chair.

I found out from S today that Cold War is only the second Chinese/HK movie she's been to see at the cinema.  The other one - by what can surely only be a wild coincidence - also starred Kwok.  She also described, at great length and in alarming detail, a concert that Kwok did a few years ago at a nearby shopping mall...

 Actually, I'm beginning to think it might be more than a coincidence but, to be honest, I don't really blame her!