881 by Royston Tan

^tamago^ SG

little papaya Crying or Very sad

SpeedStar SG

Its v rare to have good local production that will attract my attention. Haven watch the movie but the music has already score alot of pt for this movie. Hope to catch it when I am back to sg. Wink

rathcycle SG

hope you are can catch it, but i will be getting it's DVD Laughing

798 SG

dvd may not have it n i guess it's best to watch the movie.

most of royston tan production cannot get past censorship.

Gordonator SG

this one sure have DVD. what's there to censor anyway? Laughing

798 SG

so many yellowish words in the movie, how come it not getting away.

"Gan1 Die1, ni3 kan4 papaya!~"
(Godfather, look at those melons)

"Early in the morning, c0ck wake up, u still have not wake up yet!"

"Please ask my son not to play wif his c0ck!"

Laughing

798 SG

5 chapters of Pitiful Flower... Crying or Very sad

very disturbing scene to see little papaya's hair drop,singing wif her sis n wit to her death.

rainee SG

i wanna watch this movie Very Happy

maybe I will wait for the dvd to come out then I go buy Mr. Green

SMRT Buses SG

Movie "881" hopes to attract more heartlanders to cinemas

SINGAPORE : MediaCorp Raintree Pictures' latest movie "881" hopes to draw more than just the typical filmgoer into the cinemas.

It's also reaching out to senior citizens in the heartlands.

At a "getai" or song stage performance in Ubi, producers used the occasion to promote the movie "881", which is after all about getai.

The "getai" is said to entertain the dead, who are believed to walk the earth during the seventh lunar month.

Over 4,000 spectators turned up to catch the stars at the event in Ubi.

Even director Royston Tan got into the thick of the action.

"I came all the way from Toa Payoh to specially support them," said one spectator.

The $1 million movie has hit about $500,000 in ticket sales.

It's not exactly a box office hit yet, but producers said the figures are encouraging for a young local director.

"I've seen the movie twice. I cried when I saw one of the characters die in the show. I'll definitely watch it again," said another spectator.

"881" is now showing at all major cinemas. - CNA /ls

banzie SG

Sorry... frankly I'll only give it 3 stars out of 5.

I was a fan of royston tan... sadly this movie is kinda half a disappointment.

Yea there are parts where it is funny. there are parts which it is sad...

BUt Royston should just go make a musical instead. Simply, the plot of the story is not solid, and heavily rely on the musical (which is really his strength) to compenstate for it.

I watched till the last part... some part the over draggy musical somehow put me off. Then did I realised why I like the movie 15.... is becoz I really actually only like the edited short version. His shortcoming of directing movies of standard 1.5 hours is obvious. His better doing musical and short film.

Finally in terms of its commercial value. This film is only appeal to a minority group of people, with a certain age. Mainly those who does come across hokkien song in quite a fair bit, understand hokkien and likely the older generation.

The good part of the show is that it does... make me luff and cry quite a number of times, which after the show I find senseless hahah... The musical cerography is ok. Not bad. Beside the dragginess at some parts and poor directing in few parts... the movie could be a 4 star with a number of editing.

Finally... sorry 881 is not good enough.
The only good movies from Singapore that I find to standard is
Run Child - Pao ba hai zi
I not Stupid - Xiao Hai Bu Ben
15 - Yea you heard it right. 15 is better than this.

TWE SG

Perhaps you are not a getai lover or maybe you go not understand or even like hokkien song ? A musical and getai is two different thing at all , is like comparing prata and pizza . For me this movie is the only one that make me really weep watching it esp the last part where i really couldn't control my tears and they just rolled out of my eyes a couple of times . I think this movie really score big in the weep factor , i give 10 out of 10 tissue box rating for it . Wehn i went out , i heard a few gers actually have to look else where just to prevent themself from crying . May want to get the dvd version although my mum keep asking me not to buy it , but she did praise the songs in the movie which i really like also . Everyone please support this movie . Very Happy

dumbdumb! SG

hmm. one of the actress look familiar

TWE SG

Damm bought the soundtrack of 881 from jurong east populor , it say got 3 music video but just couldn’t find nor play it . And also not all the song in 881 is included inside the soundtrack . Quite disappointed . Luckily it got the ( sick pple song ) inside , very meaningfull can sympathise with it as i have a relative whom die of cancer also real torture to just battle it .

DriftingGuy SG

Watched the movie and found the 1st 3/4 of the film very interesting, funny and mindee is cute Mr. Green

Agree with some of the posters here saying it gets draggy at times. The ultimate draggy part is when the 2 papayas hold each other and the camera spins... Its kinda over dramatic, agonizing even as "chapter" after "chapter" drones pass.

I like the colours and music in the film though.. and did I see I find mindy cute? Laughing

DriftingGuy SG

Ji lang ji pua!

SMRT Buses SG

60 senior citizens enjoy free screening of Raintree Pictures' "881"

SINGAPORE: Dozens of senior citizens were invited to a free screening of MediaCorp Raintree Pictures' latest film "881", escorted by the movie's leading actor, MediaCorp artiste, Qi Yuwu.

Most of the 60 senior citizens came from PEACE-Connect Neighbourhood Link, a charity group that takes care of the elderly in Kampong Glam.

The S$1-million film, which is about singers who entertain the dead during the seventh lunar month, was a hit with the audience.

"The movie's very funny. It also shows how 'getai' was like in the past," said one of the senior citizens.

"I was touched by the story of the Papaya sisters. I even cried," said another.

The movie's theme song "One Half" is also getting rave reviews online.

The music video has received about 18, 000 hits on YouTube and is among the top 100 most viewed videos.

The movie "881" is now showing at all major cinemas. - CNA/ac

rathcycle SG

ch8 now got the making of it Rolling Eyes

dumbdumb! SG

one of the papaya girls very pretty leh, what’s her name?

kiseki SG

you mean mindee ong ?
the other one's yann yann .

798 SG

at certain angle, mindee remind me of michelle goh. Embarassed

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