Okay i'm reviewing this movie after the 3rd time watching it. The first time i watched it was with my dad, and i kinda held back all my emotions towards the movie because crying in front of your family is just embarrassing like that. My 2nd and 3rd was so much more emotional, and i let the movie really seep into me and embraced the meaning of the whole movie.
Maybe some people might not have heard of this movie before, and believe me, i was in your shoes before this. Honestly, i should thank my dad for downloading every random movie from the net. Because this,
Might just be one of the best movies i've ever laid eyes upon. *dead serious face so that you won't think i'm exaggerating*
Warning before hand : Prepare a
new box of Kleenex and a waste paper basket beside you prior to watching this. Because it's very potong steam when you start crying and realise there's no tissue for you to wipe your tears and you used your sleeve instead but because you're crying so much your sleeve is drenched with tears already and you don't wanna skip even a second of the movie so you gotta pause the movie to go fetch a box of tissue and a place to throw them in afterwards. So yeah don't say i didn't give you tips on how to enjoy a movie to the max.
Have you ever in your life watched a movie that made you cry almost every 10 minutes except for the first 20 minutes of the show? Seriously, wtf?! If someone were to pass by my room and heard me sobbing so hard they'd think i got dumped or something. Or i'm going to commit suicide.
Aftershock is the English title, and the Chinese title is Tang Shan Da Di Zhen (Tang Shan's big earthquake). This movie revolves around this one particular family that was destroyed due to the 1976 earthquake in Tang Shan. Based on true story okay. It's something like Titanic, actually. But this one's much more.. overwhelming. So yeah basically this one beats Titanic.
The pain, the grief, the sorrow, all the emotions were portrayed perfectly in the movie. Hmm maybe i shouldn't have named this post a 'review', because i'm not going to do a full review of this movie so that i won't be a spoiler instead. So, basically this movie is about a woman whose family of 4 became 2 when the 1976 Tang Shan earthquake stroke. She had twins, one boy and one girl. After finding out that her husband was crushed under the concretes and was one of the thousands that didn't make it, the rescue team found her twins. Both under a rubble, one on each end. According to the rescue team, they could only lift one side of the rubble up, and if that happens, the other end will crush one of her kids. So she had to choose which one of her kid to rescue. When she finally decided that she wants her son to be rescued, her life's journey goes on from there.
Pretty girl alert too!
That's the girl's foster parents. Not gonna elaborate hohohoho.
The mother. She should win a Grammy's award or something. China's amazing (:
Out of 5 stars, i'd give this movie a 7 stars rating. It's THAT good. I freaking watched it 3 times okay zzz.
(Okay this is the part where you beg me to give you the movie. Hahaha. And i would willingly give you the movie if you ask for it because i'm generous like that. Sharing is caring!)
Give this movie a shot. It will be a movie you will never forget.
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