Secret (DVD) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Jay Chou (Director, Actor)
| Guey Lun Mei (Actor)
| Anthony Wong (Actor)
| Alice Tzeng (Actor)
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Izzy
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May 2, 2009
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May 2, 2009
Not bad, Director Chou!
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To tell you the truth, even as a diehard fan who has loved and respected Jay Chou for many years, I was skeptical with the movie's release, given his questionable acting in Initial D (I'm not going to lie). But out of curiosity, and the purpose of filling my collection of Jay's works, I bought the DVD, played it, watched it.... LOVED IT. It was very surprising, and the storyline had quite a twist at the end. Who would've guessed? And Jay's acting has definitely improved and shows his confidence. Overall, it was a simple movie, but still unique and engaging. You might even be tempted to watch it more than once or to go over some selected parts (maybe that's just me, but I didn't mind watching it again in my case). As for the quality of the DVD itself, it is perfectly fine, and has some pretty good special features. =) Fans who love the movie, haven't watched the movie, or aren't even fans at all, might find this a good deal. |
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teebox
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October 16, 2008
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October 16, 2008
simple & sweet
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this movie is one of those simple&sweet love stories that makes you smile :D i really respect jay chou as an artist and i think he is absolutely wonderful at the piano. playing piano myself i was really interested in watching this movie. i wasn't sure what to expect but i was pleasantly surprised after watching it. there are some parts where i thought it became a little slow, but for me, the beauty of the music and simple love story shined through ^____^ |
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SarangAsianMusic
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September 1, 2008
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September 1, 2008
Very creative.
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I bought this DVD after seeing it with a friend. I absolutely love the normality yet supernatural feel. It's simple but turns complicated. Jay Chou directed this beautifully. I was also surprised at how nice the packaging was. Hong Kong editions of products usually cost less and have a lower quality of packaging. This version actually comes with a box outside case and then the dvd case. ^_^ Overall, I'm very satisfied with the product. It's worthy of its price. ^^ |
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Mindy
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November 22, 2007
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November 22, 2007
Music, Action, Love
| Jay Chou acts a lot better in "Secret" than "Initial D". He has definitely improved in acting, directing, and composing. I think this movie is very good. I especially like the part where Jay Chou has a piano battle with the person from NanQuan Mama and when Jay Chou plays "Secret" in the old building. The effects fitted just well. I recommend this movie. |
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Kham
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November 6, 2007
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November 6, 2007
Simple and Easy
| This movie is easy and simple, yet interesting though. Jay Chou did a nice job directing and producing his own film. Difinetly 2 thumbs up. |
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October 26, 2007
This customer review refers to Secret (DVD) (Deluxe Limited Edition - with Piano Score) (Taiwan Version)
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October 26, 2007
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Awsome
| Ever since I bought the movie, I have watched it more than 10 times so far. Is not because of Jay Chou is acting in the show. Try to look at the other angle where, from a singer and song-writer, he wrote the whole story line of this movie and even directed himself. For a new comer like him, this pieace of work is really well done. Between the soundtrack of the movie is really really good. |
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October 22, 2007
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October 22, 2007
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For Beautiful Secrets
For Beautiful Secrets
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One opener here : As you get Rain out of Sky, does this mean that Rain's tears were also falling from the eyes of Sky? Hmm, right, any way, what's this film about? One thing I certainly don't want to mention here is much of the plot, as it can be a serendipitous discovery by knowing as least about the synopsis as possible, although I will say that "Secret" is one fantastical movie and a definite recommendation for romantics and fantasy fans (even Harry Potter, possibly!) - as these two genres blend subtly and nicely here. Mostly romantic in essence, its story is about two student musicians who fall in love at an art school, only in this case a romance with a supernatural difference. It features plenty of classical oriented music as to be expected, concerning the school of music backdrop, and even features a scene of new boy Jay's piano skills tested out in a 'battle piano' initiation, which is certainly a high light scene, and one of pyromaniac fast key tinkling. (In fact if you are a student piano musician, this film could be up well up your street). Jay Chou (as Jay) and Kwai Lun-Mei (as Rain) are finely and aesthetically beautiful as the two romantics here, and along with pretty support actress Alice Tzeng (as Sky), you get one of the prettiest casts in film. Kwai Lun-Mei is probably the most character projected out of the cast, though, as her expressivenesses and emotion pallet is more showcased, but I certainly enjoyed all involved in this. One thing came to mind with the characters of Rain and Sky, that inevitably as romantic films go, you get a melodramatic aspect and by both these girls fancying Jay, it was interesting the name associations of these girls. In fact, maybe Jay should have been thought of as Final Fantasy VII's Cloud! Anthony Wong performs perfectly again as a great actor doing his bit, here as a seemingly harsh taskmaster of a music teacher, with humorous and droll antics.....on and off screen :) Its a pity, really, that Anthony doesn't perform in more studious or classic roles (suggested by this and "Mr Cinema") alongside the action and comedy ones - as his talent his excellent. "Secret" certainly turns the plot at the latter part, by Dali type twists to the laws of physics, and its thematic seems to suggest how love can be given sometimes to somebody even outside of time, and if a person's life was blighted in some way (emotional lack of confidence or certain physical attributes), a gift, a mystery or a 'secret' could be possibly rendered to that 'someone' in some way, by invisible aspects that none of us can really comprehend. I found this sudden introduction of bending the laws of physics right at the end, though, a bit too left field by its non linear approach to a more linear story. Interesting food for thought, though. Its similar to S Korean movie "For Eternal Hearts", in this sense and although these two movies have different story plots, the fantasy theme of transcendental matters of the heart is where these two movies cross gossamer paths, as do the loving hearts of Rain and Jay in "Secret". Its not perfect this, but a beautiful fantasy, and reminded me of Di.....another additional S Korean fantasy romance that I cannot really mention, but certainly not one to miss. If you watched and liked "For Eternal Hearts", go for this and if you have already seen this film, I would definitely recommend you go and bag yourself a copy of FEH, as these two films are heartfelt gems. The DVD is a really nice special edition that comes with the normal DVD slip case edition, photo cards and a small workable musical box, all housed in a nice presentation box to show off to your friends (or freak out your sparsely shelved minimalist chums).Certainly a nice present for the up and coming holiday festivities. Great transfer, nice extras, but unfortunately not English subtitles for extras this time. To the point bit: recommend for fans of Jay C, romance, fantasy, music and lashings of spiritual hope. Don't miss this! |
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October 17, 2007
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October 17, 2007
secret
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...........................................******a very interesting story---GREAT movie!!******................................................................... |
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September 30, 2007
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September 30, 2007
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beautiful story
beautiful story
| I just finished watching, Secret, and I love it. I thought the story was well written throughtout the movie. I purchased the limited edition with the music box and postcards. The music box is neat as it's playable. Also, the postcards are nice as well. Overall, I highly recommend this movie. |
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September 28, 2007
This customer review refers to Secret (VCD) (Hong Kong Version)
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September 28, 2007
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Brilliant first step
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i think this movie is brilliant in piano performance, but unfortunately has bad ending. But the picture is very excellent, the imaginative computer digital illustration is quite adequate to construct the whole stories. Very nice and almost perfect. The creativity to show the storyline is quite stunning! When the story began to be a mysterious and mystic causal, it is interesting. But, i think this movie were edited badly for the last half. Hope somebody will make a more perfect remake of this movie! Cia you! |
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