As those of you in the United States gear up to celebrate Thanksgiving, we're going to confuse things by skipping ahead to the next major holiday, with a newer holiday classic that happens to be one of Echo's favorite movies, and is known casually around the office as "the Citizen Cane of films Echo has actually seen." Fellow Orson Welles fans should please direct your outrage via email to Echo at the address below.In any event, if you've ever wondered what Echo's favorite movie is the game is now on... you've got a week to figure it out from listening to a small clip dubbed into mandarin. And we think you've got a decent chance at guessing. Our selection is at the elementary level in difficulty, so even if you're relatively new to Chinese we think you should have a healthy shot. So listen up, get your guesses in to echo@popupchinese.com and with a bit of luck you may even win a month of free premium access to Popup Chinese.
derek
said on November 24, 2009
Absolutely no idea what this film is. How about another hint on the country of origin? I cannot remember seeing an Australian or New Zealand film with this dialogue, so it must be from some third world dictatorship such as Canada. :O
Echo
said on November 24, 2009
@derek,
Hehe, you should ask for help from your female friends.
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
LanZi
said on November 24, 2009
@Echo
It's kinda like an English version of China's 贺岁片, right? Films that come out before New Year, and always have a very happy ending.
Echo
said on November 24, 2009
@Lanzi,
我觉得这个比我们中国传统意义上的贺岁片好多了~不搞笑,但是非常温情。
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
derek
said on November 24, 2009
@Echo, @LanZi
Thanks for the hints. So it is one those films, that would explain why I have never seen it. ;)
Echo
said on November 24, 2009
@derek,
It's not like those Chinese 贺岁片 at all. It's a great movie. My favorite *^_^*
--Echo
echo@popupchinese.com
trevelyan
said on November 24, 2009
Lanzi and Echo,
I think the English market tends to get really good Christmas movies. Off the top of my head there's been Godfather III, Titanic, Pan's Labyrinth all of the Lord of the Ring Films. And now this Christmas we get Avatar. I'm hoping there'll be a theater in Beijing capable of showing it in 3D.
--dave
LanZi
said on November 25, 2009
I think the overall quality of Chinese movies are not as good as English ones. But I enjoy 贺岁片, especially the 90s Hong Kong ones. Quite a good laugh. Mainland 贺岁片 also have some good ones 甲方乙方,大腕,天下无贼 etc. The only thing I expect from 贺岁片 is entertainment.
But good movies I think are the ones that tell really good stories, like Fight Club, Hegwig and the Angry Inch, and Pixar animations.
paglino9
said on November 25, 2009
@ Lanzi
How does 不见不散 rank in China? I would guess along the lines of "Sleepless in Seattle". Ge You gives off the Tom Hanks impression.
While Chinese cinema is lacking in some areas, the industry does make up ground in providing affordable bootleg DVDs of both foreign and domestic entertainment. DVDs for the masses!
Film Friday
said on November 27, 2009
Answer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314331/
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Echo
said on November 29, 2009
3....2....1....A lot of you have written asking about who keep winning, so we're going to start announcing our winners online. And so... our winner for this Film Friday is Jessica (康洁)!! Congratulations!康洁是上周众多猜电影用户中幸运的一位,如果你也想成为幸运的赢家,赢取我们的大奖——泡泡中文一个月的免费账户,就努力猜我们这周的电影吧。祝大家好运!--Echoecho@popupchinese.com
LanZi
said on November 30, 2009
@paglino9
不见不散 is really popular. I have heard a lot comments on it but you are the first one to compare Ge You with Tom Hanks...