Date Budget: PhP 0Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Lost on Journey (2010): Joined Chenggong Li and Geng Niu in their hilarious struggle to get to their destination in time for the lunar new year
- Gained an appreciation of foreign culture
- Enjoyed the movie for FREE in the 6th Spring Film Festival at ShangriLa organized by Ateneo de Manila University.
The Experience
Kirsten and I laughed our hearts out as we watched Lost on Journey (2010), a Chinese movie shown for FREE in the 6th Spring Film Festival at ShangriLa organized by Ateneo de Manila University.
For the past year, we have been watching free foreign films at Shang but this one gave us the hardest laugh.
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We enjoyed it so much that we can give it a perfect 5/5 if not for being in line for almost three hours and for the subtitles set initially in Mandarin (good thing they changed it to English after a few minutes). It was all worth it though.
The film was about Chenggong Li, a rich businessman going home for the new year, and Geng Niu, a cow milker seeking payment from a debtor, in their hilarious struggle to get to their destination.
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Along the way, they shared misadventures that almost sent the audience ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing). The went through a lot of struggles: from Gen Niu drinking an entire gallon of milk to Li getting in between a lovers' quarrel to both chasing a winning lottery ticket. Best of all, they narrowly escape an "explosion"... well almost an explosion.
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Eventually, Li got home and Gen Niu got to meet his debtor by boarding a live chicken delivery truck.
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It feels great to appreciate foreign culture more as we watch these films. See you in the next film festival at Shang Cineplex!
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How to get there
- From MRT Shaw Station, enter ShangriLa Plaza through their MRT connection.
- Use the escalator to reach the revolving door. Walk straight until you reach another escalator up to the Shang Cineplex.
Note: Lines are really long during foreign film fests. Be there at least an hour (or two) prior to the screening time.
Landmarks: MRT Shaw Station, EDSA Starmall
Address:
Shang Cineplex, ShangriLa Plaza
EDSA corner Shaw Blvd.
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Contact Number/s:
(632) 633-2227
Operating Hours: 11am to 9pm
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