Weak plot and random insertions here and there that distracted the flow of the protagonist's goal ( stack sport champion). One of the cringed insertions was the imitation of the Parasite Oscar movie. I supposed it was intended to be a joke, but the length of the screen time and the degree of similarity became too embarrassingly obvious and felt disrespectful. It might get a pass as a comedy but this scene was cheap.
I think the trailer and the beginning of the movie were also misleading. At the beginning it focused on Gao's stack sport development, then abandoned this theme and focused on the drama around Jay's life. This was ok until it became imbalanced. The rest of the story strayed aside from the main plot+characters (Gao&Jay). The sudden show of Gao-his mother relationship felt irrelevant.
I gave the credit to Jay (played by Yaya) who did an impressive job at acting. It's a shame though that Jay's character wasn't developed to play more intellectual+helpful role to the Stack Sport than to be just a housewife. I'd love to see Jay's involvement with the game's analysis or competitor analysis (considered that she was a smart girl in the movie).
Unfortunately, I couldn't continue till the end of the movie. But by far it was disappointing.
I think the trailer and the beginning of the movie were also misleading. At the beginning it focused on Gao's stack sport development, then abandoned this theme and focused on the drama around Jay's life. This was ok until it became imbalanced. The rest of the story strayed aside from the main plot+characters (Gao&Jay). The sudden show of Gao-his mother relationship felt irrelevant.
I gave the credit to Jay (played by Yaya) who did an impressive job at acting. It's a shame though that Jay's character wasn't developed to play more intellectual+helpful role to the Stack Sport than to be just a housewife. I'd love to see Jay's involvement with the game's analysis or competitor analysis (considered that she was a smart girl in the movie).
Unfortunately, I couldn't continue till the end of the movie. But by far it was disappointing.