Mr+Mrs Incredible: so near yet so far....

long time ago, i saw the trailer for mr+mrs incredible. it was hilarious. funny. so, i tot it will be a nice chinese new year movie. near perfect, that is. plus, i have high regards for vincent kok as the director, better than raymond wong.

the premise was good.masked super hero met super heroine, fall in love, got married, retired to an unknown village. comes the bad guys, using kungfu competition as an excuse to collect the top martial artist so they can "suck out" their powers. nothing new there, but definitely would be perfect for a family get together and laugh- kind of movie.

the chemistry should be good. though sandra wu sound a bit old for louis koo, but then again, few minutes into the movie, the couple was believable.

the period comedy was so near a good cny movie, yet really really far away. half way through the movie, it was predictably boring. why? the whole movie is like just watching both of the star. there is no supporting cast at all. the rest of the cast, appeared like non-professional picked on the street that had no interest in acting at all. as stephen chow rightly educated us in his show, even extras are actors. it seems like they spent so much money on the 2 stars, they dont have any for the rest.

the script? it was funny, there were more than ample moments to giggle. but tat was it. unlike the trailer which really made me laugh. it was written in a way that the whole screen time was basically shared by them, noone else. we know the show was called mr, mrs incredible,but it would be nice to share some screen time with others.

the story? as i said, it was conveniently written as an excuse to make a cny movie. heck, they should make the whole kungfu tournament more interesting rather than a joke. the villian should be more like syler from Heroes. instead, the villian looked like peter and shared his power to suck other peoples power via touch. then again, in the end, it felt more like a small story about couple rekindling their love rather than a super hero movie.

the jokes? ok la.... bit of reference to adult content. but there were few genuine jokes here. especially the reference to batman. that was ori!

i left the cinema feeling slightly disappointed, then again, i blamed the trailer for lifting my expectation so high.

ratings: 2half poink!

comments: go with an open mind, probably u can enjoy it more than i do.