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Author Topic: "CJ-7" Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 03-12-2008 08:20 PM                     The plot of Stephen Chow's latest movie could be described simply as "young boy befriends space alien" or "A Chinese ET", but that would be vastly over simplifiying things. I ran this movie a couple of weeks ago for a private press screening but was too busy projecting-my-buttoff to really enjoy it, so I went back to the theater today to watch it with a friend. This entertaining film works on so many levels. It alternates between slapstic comedy and pathos. At times I was laughing my head off, and other scenes had me close to tears. But everything works out and there is a happy ending, made even more upbeat by a catchy disco-beat cover verison of the 1970's hit tune "Sunny", performed by Bony M. during the closinig credits. (Shoot! Now I've got another ear-worm!) The Tiwanese teen girl group S.H.E. sings the catchy music under the opening credits. The little space alien CGI creature is cute and given a well animated personality so that you just almost can't help liking the little whatever-it-is. I got into the theater for free, but I would have gladly paid full price to see this movie. (Which is ususally how I judge how well I personally like a movie.) I found it to be a fun film. "CJ-7" (English Title) "Cheung gong 7 hou" (Mandrin Title) In Mandrin & Some Cantonese, with English Subtitles Sony Classic Pictures 89min SCOPE SURPRISE- BUT NOT EXACTLY A SPOILER As I was reading the credits at the end of the film, I realized that the little boy who is the one of the main characters and appears on screen in almost every scene of the movie was actually played by a young girl. (A fact later confirmed on IMDB) I never suspected this once during the movie. ( Edited 3/14 -To Correct Names Of The Singing Goups Which I Had Inadvertantly Swapped) [ 03-14-2008, 09:43 AM: Message edited by: Jim Cassedy ]  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-12-2008 08:31 PM                     Is this the sequal to CB4 ?  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 03-14-2008 09:47 AM                     No, Chad- "CJ7" and "CB4" are not related in any way, other than having vaguely similar titles.  |  IP: Logged

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