Comments on: Little Fish — had potential http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/2005/09/29/littlefish/ Personal blog of Stephen Mok Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stephen Mok http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/2005/09/29/littlefish/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Stephen Mok Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:52:11 +0000 http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/?p=18#comment-46 Damn... I didn't! I was thinking of watching it again though. Gimme some more info about when/where to spot you and I'll give it ago! Damn… I didn’t! I was thinking of watching it again though. Gimme some more info about when/where to spot you and I’ll give it ago!

]]> By: johnny http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/2005/09/29/littlefish/comment-page-1/#comment-45 johnny Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:32:16 +0000 http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/?p=18#comment-45 havent seen it yet... because my mum wants to. and she insists that i take her... lol did u see me in the one of the scenes? i was in the background doing the robot. havent seen it yet… because my mum wants to. and she insists that i take her… lol

did u see me in the one of the scenes? i was in the background doing the robot.

]]> By: Stephen Mok http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/2005/09/29/littlefish/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Stephen Mok Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:12:44 +0000 http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/?p=18#comment-43 Thanks for your comment, Nicholas. I praised the acting for being believable, but I felt the the screenplay was the opposite (the ending at least). Is that really contradictory? If you're arguing that it is a perfectly real scenario that people don't resolve their conflicts, maybe... perhaps my complaint then is that we are left with no plausible idea of how the characters will face the consequences for the actions (or inaction) they have chosen? And <em>that</em> seems un-real? (<strong>spoiler alert</strong>) You can't stay at beach forever, after all! (<strong>end spoiler</strong>) As for why I said "AFL star"... I'll admit I have no idea where I got that idea from! As you said, it makes no sense -- the story is set in Cabramatta after all. I'll correct my post. Thanks for your comment, Nicholas.

I praised the acting for being believable, but I felt the the screenplay was the opposite (the ending at least). Is that really contradictory? If you’re arguing that it is a perfectly real scenario that people don’t resolve their conflicts, maybe… perhaps my complaint then is that we are left with no plausible idea of how the characters will face the consequences for the actions (or inaction) they have chosen? And that seems un-real? (spoiler alert) You can’t stay at beach forever, after all! (end spoiler)

As for why I said “AFL star”… I’ll admit I have no idea where I got that idea from! As you said, it makes no sense — the story is set in Cabramatta after all. I’ll correct my post.

]]> By: Nicholas Gruen http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/2005/09/29/littlefish/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Nicholas Gruen Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:13:56 +0000 http://www.stephenmok.net/blog/?p=18#comment-42 I think it is a very good film. You praise it for being "unbelievably real" but you think the ending is a copy out because they don't resolve their conflicts. Indeed not - like you said "unbelievably real". Can't see the problem. And by the way (this is not a snide comment) but he's a rugby star - not AFL what with this being Cabramatta and all. I think it is a very good film. You praise it for being “unbelievably real” but you think the ending is a copy out because they don’t resolve their conflicts. Indeed not – like you said “unbelievably real”. Can’t see the problem.

And by the way (this is not a snide comment) but he’s a rugby star – not AFL what with this being Cabramatta and all.

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