Poll #330: Does illegally downloading Hong Kong movies hurt or help the film industry? Does it spread the industry's popularity and force filmmakers to make better movies? Or does it simply reduce earnings, budgets, and output? Please choose a side.
Posted October 25th, 2007
Total votes: 332

• Downloading hurts HK film. (178) 54%
• Downloading helps HK film. (96) 29%
• I don't want to answer this question. (58) 17%

Poll #329: Everyone's talking about Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's participation in Lust, Caution, especially all the nudity and explicit sexuality. In as serious and unsalacious a manner as possible, please select the Hong Kong actor who you think should be the next to make such a bold career move, and appear in a serious film requiring nudity and explicit sex scenes.
Posted October 25th, 2007
Total votes: 404

• Nobody. Keep those pants zipped! (92) 23%
• Everyone. The more the merrier! (49) 12%
• Takeshi Kaneshiro (59) 15%
• Daniel Wu (33) 8%
• Andy Lau (26) 6%
  
• Bat Leung-Gum (16) 4%
• Lam Suet (16) 4%
• Nicholas Tse (14) 3%
• Louis Koo (13) 3%
• Ekin Cheng (13) 3%
• Aaron Kwok (13) 3%
• Jackie Chan (12) 3%
• Chapman To (10) 2%
  
• Chow Yun-Fat (9) 2%
• Shawn Yue (7) 2%
• Anthony Wong (6) 1%
• Lau Ching-Wan (6) 1%
• Ronald Cheng (5) 1%
• Simon Yam (5) 1%
• Jaycee Chan (0) 0%

Poll #328: How do you watch Hong Kong movies?
Posted October 10th, 2007
Total votes: 363

• DVDs - I buy them. (137) 38%
• A mix of legal and illegal methods. (107) 29%
• A mix of legal methods. (40) 11%
• I download movies illegally. (31) 9%
• DVDs - I rent them. (22) 6%
• VCDs - I buy them. (16) 4%
• I don't watch them at all. (5) 1%
• I only watch them on cable. (4) 1%
• I only watch them in the theater. (1) 0%

Poll #327: It's been kicking around for practically 15 years, but they're talking about remaking The Killer again. This time, John Woo and Terence Chang will produce with John H. Lee (A Moment to Remember) directing. It's supposed to take place in Koreatown, Los Angeles. What do you think? Is this a good idea?
Posted October 10th, 2007
Total votes: 286

• No, this is crap. The world will end. (103) 36%
• Not sure, but I trust John Woo. (54) 19%
• Not sure, and I don't care. (37) 13%
• Not sure, but I don't trust John Woo. (35) 12%
• I will download it. (35) 12%
• A great idea. Can't wait! (22) 8%

Poll #326: What type of Hong Kong movies do you like best?
Posted September 22nd, 2007
Total votes: 512

• Crime action dramas (150) 29%
• I like everything! (95) 19%
• Three words: Martial arts movies (86) 17%
• Crazy Hong Kong comedies (73) 14%
• Urban romantic comedies (33) 6%
• Anything with Ekin Cheng (33) 6%
• Existential art films (16) 3%
• Category III schlock (15) 3%
• I prefer the fine work of Michael Bay. (9) 2%
• Horror films (2) 0%

Poll #325: Reportedly, Johnnie To is clearing his schedule to direct a new movie starring Chow Yun-Fat! The film has been described as an "action movie with guns". Does this automatically become the coolest Hong Kong Cinema news you've ever heard?
Posted September 22nd, 2007
Total votes: 490

• Yes! This is awesome! (265) 54%
• I'm happy, but not that happy. (67) 14%
• Eh...I prefer Johnnie To + Andy Lau. (43) 9%
• Sounds all right. I might see it. (39) 8%
• This will only be good with Twins. (30) 6%
• Won't happen; Chow will drop out. (26) 5%
• Don't care one iota. (20) 4%
• This is crap! What are they thinking? (0) 0%

Poll #324: How many Hong Kong movies have you watched?
Posted September 3rd, 2007
Total votes: 520

• More than 100 (164) 32%
• I lost count many moons ago (122) 23%
• More than 10 (85) 16%
• More than 300 (60) 12%
• More than 500 (32) 6%
• Less than 10 (31) 6%
• More than 1000 (16) 3%
• Zero. I'm here by mistake. (10) 2%

Poll #323: Ang Lee's new film Lust, Caution, starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Tang Wei, and Leehom Wang, has been branded with the dreaded NC-17 . From what we gather from web reports, the film contains adult situations, female nudity, and copious sexual content, but it's the intensity - and maybe the athletic creativity - of the latter that's getting this one the ratings smackdown. How does this affect your desire to see the film?
Posted September 3rd, 2007
Total votes: 387

• NC-17? I'm seeing it now! (136) 35%
• I always wanted to see it. (126) 33%
• I'm marginally more interested. (58) 15%
• I liked The Hulk. (37) 10%
• I want to see it less now. (21) 5%
• It's smut! I'm avoiding it now! (9) 2%

Poll #322: Rush Hour 3 just made $49 million on its opening weeked. The number is down from the $67 million of Rush Hour 2, but it's still a hefty hunk of change for any film. What do you think this means for Jackie Chan?
Posted August 16th, 2007
Total votes: 434

• It's positive, but Chan is declining. (152) 35%
• It's great! Jackie Chan is still money! (81) 19%
• I like cheese. (67) 15%
• Who cares? Bring on Rush Hour 4! (60) 14%
• An anomaly. This won't help Chan at all. (41) 9%
• It's bad. Chan will abandon HK again. (17) 4%
• It's nothing. People like Tucker, not Chan. (16) 4%

Poll #321: What do you think of Donnie Yen?
Posted August 16th, 2007
Total votes: 424

• A good action star, but a bad actor. (199) 47%
• I love him! He kicks ass! (154) 36%
• Can't stand him. Michael Wong is better. (26) 6%
• He makes me laugh. (23) 5%
• Who's Donnie Yen? (20) 5%
• A good actor, but lousy at action. (2) 0%

Poll #320: Jaycee Chan/Fong recently said something about how the true screen action heir to his dad Jackie Chan is not himself, but Invisible Target co-star Nicholas Tse. What do you think? Can Nic Tse replace Jackie Chan as Hong Kong's action-stunt god?
Posted July 23rd, 2007
Total votes: 463

• No. He can't fight. (139) 30%
• I have tangible doubts. (72) 16%
• No. Cecilia won't allow it. (66) 14%
• Well...it could work. (61) 13%
• No. He's too pretty. (61) 13%
• Yes! I totally support Nic! (42) 9%
• Yes, I have the feeling that he can. (22) 5%

Poll #319: A number of Chinese actresses will soon appear in Hollywood films. Which of the four will be the most successful?
Posted July 23rd, 2007
Total votes: 369

• They'll be one-movie wonders. (162) 44%
• Charlie Young (69) 19%
• Liu Yi-Fei (56) 15%
• Isabella Leong (50) 14%
• Zhang Jingchu (32) 9%

Poll #318: Which of the following films starring one or more of Hong Kong's top male superstars (Andy Lau, Jet Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, and Stephen Chow) are you most eager to see?
Posted June 17th, 2007
Total votes: 507

• The Battle of Red Cliff (112) 22%
• Yangtze River 7 (A Hope) (104) 21%
• Rush Hour 3 (68) 13%
• The Warlords (57) 11%
• Lust, Caution (40) 8%
• The Forbidden Kingdom (38) 7%
• Three Kingdoms (33) 7%
• The Five Tigers movie (27) 5%
• Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon (11) 2%
• The Children of Huang Shi (9) 2%
• War (8) 2%

Poll #317: This site said Love is Not All Around "may make our Worst Movies of 2007 list". And yet the film has, with a HK$13 million+ gross, become the year's second highest-grossing Hong Kong film (after Protégé). What gives here? Do people not know quality? Or does this site expect too much?
Posted June 17th, 2007
Total votes: 412

• Stupid movies always make money (148) 36%
• People just like Stephy. (91) 22%
• HK audiences don't know quality. (86) 21%
• LoveHKFilm expects too much. (43) 10%
• This is the armageddon. (25) 6%
• An aberration, nothing more. (19) 5%

Poll #316: Wong Kar-Wai's My Blueberry Nights, while getting noted as being very similar to the director's previous works, has nonetheless been getting a mixed reception since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Why do you think it's not getting raves?
Posted May 24th, 2007
Total votes: 344

• Expectations were too high. (61) 18%
• No Tony Leung Chiu-Wai. (56) 16%
• The script is lost in translation. (47) 14%
• WKW has always sucked. (38) 11%
• No Christopher Doyle. (30) 9%
• WKW has lost his edge. (28) 8%
• It needs more cowbell. (25) 7%
• Lies! The movie must be great! (22) 6%
• The actors are no good. (18) 5%
• A hiccup. WKW's next film will rock. (11) 3%
• The judges are fools. (8) 2%

Poll #314: While the world awaits the $20 million dollar question -- will Chow Yun-Fat actually appear in Red Cliff or not -- we would like ask yet another Red Cliff question. Here it is: of the following actors, who would you most want to see join the Red Cliff cast? In the interests of possible parity, we are eliminating Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and Andy Lau from consideration.
Posted May 24th, 2007
Total votes: 398

• Francis Ng (52) 13%
• Baby Matthew as The Prince (42) 11%
• Donnie Yen (41) 10%
• Anthony Wong (39) 10%
• Ekin Cheng (34) 9%
• Lau Ching-Wan (25) 6%
• Jacky Cheung (24) 6%
• Aaron Kwok (22) 6%
• Louis Koo (21) 5%
• Ti Lung (20) 5%
• Nicholas Tse (18) 5%
• Bat Leung-Gum (15) 4%
• Leon Lai (8) 2%
  
• Waise Lee (8) 2%
• Shawn Yue (7) 2%
• Chapman To (6) 2%
• Michael Wong (6) 2%
• Lam Suet (6) 2%
• Hui Siu-Hung (2) 1%
• Nick Cheung (2) 1%

Poll #314: In the latest development in the ongoing saga of Battle of Red Cliff, the massive war epic to be directed by John Woo, long-attached star Chow Yun-Fat has dropped out, amidst reports that he was demanding and difficult. Chow claims that he never received a complete script, so he dropped out. Meanwhile, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, who dropped out three weeks ago, has returned to take on Chow Yun-Fat's role. Reportedly, Leung is okay with the change of characters because he read a complete script a while ago. What's your take on this?
Posted April 25th, 2007
Total votes: 487

• Screw this. I prefer Hard Boiled. (98) 20%
• Who cares, I can't wait! (90) 18%
• Show business backstabbing. (76) 16%
• Bad luck, and lots of it. (63) 13%
• This movie is ruined for me. (43) 9%
• This is all Chow Yun-Fat's fault. (39) 8%
• Fate. (32) 7%
• This is all John Woo's fault. (26) 5%
• Sabotage by rival productions. (17) 3%
• This is all Tony Leung's fault. (3) 1%

Poll #313: The Hong Kong Film Awards just gave out their last batch of statues. How do you think they did this year?
Posted April 25th, 2007
Total votes: 353

• I only care that Lau Ching-Wan won. (124) 35%
• Good. They got most of them right. (96) 27%
  
• Ok. They did so-so. (84) 24%
  
• Crap. They're clueless. (26) 7%
  
• Not so hot. They missed a bunch. (13) 4%
  
• Perfect! They nailed it. (10) 3%

Poll #312: Before he committed suicide to prove his point, a 68 year-old father of an obsessed Andy Lau fan stated that he wanted Andy Lau to spend more time with his daughter because she has ardently followed Andy Lau for years. The idea, we think, is that Andy Lau should give more to the people who give so much to him. It's worth mentioning, however, that this girl has been obsessed with Lau for 12 years, and has driven her family to bankruptcy and her father to death in order to satisfy her Andy Lau fandom. Andy Lau has apparently responded by saying that he will not entertain the fantasies of irrational fans, and that parents should be smarter too. Is the family correct? Should Andy Lau be more giving to the most devoted fans? Or is Andy correct?
Posted March 29th, 2007
Total votes: 1058

• Andy Lau is absolutely right.. (590) 56%
• Andy Lau is right, but a bit rude. (300) 28%
• Nobody is right here. (78) 7%
• I liked All About Love (43) 4%
  
• The family is correct, but a bit crazy. (32) 3%
• The family is absolutely right. (15) 1%

Poll #311: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is dropping out of John Woo's Battle of Red Cliff, his epic war movie set during the Three Kingdoms Era. Had Leung remained in the film, he would have played master strategist Zhuge Liang, plus it would have been a re-teaming of the Hard Boiled crew: Woo, Leung, and Chow Yun-Fat. Leung's replacement in Red Cliff is Takeshi Kaneshiro. If not Takeshi, who would make a good replacement for Leung?
Posted March 29th, 2007
Total votes: 661

• Stick with Takeshi (130) 20%
• Andy Lau (109) 16%
  
• Baby Matthew (70) 11%
  
• No Tony? I'm not seeing it. (65) 10%
  
• Francis Ng (65) 10%
  
• Lau Ching Wan (52) 8%
  
• Tony Leung Ka-Fai (41) 6%
• Ekin Cheng (40) 6%
• Jacky Cheung (35) 5%
• Leon Lai (21) 3%
  
• Aaron Kwok (18) 3%
  
• Jackie Chan (15) 2%

Poll #310: On the heels of The Departed, Warner Brothers and Leonardo Dicaprio have optioned Confession of Pain for a remake. Will it be better or worse than the original film?
Posted February 28th, 2007
Total votes: 490

• Worse. Hollywood sucks. (177) 36%
• Better. Confession was crap. (118) 24%
• Bad or good, I'll still see it. (98) 20%
• Don't care. You lost me at Leo. (97) 20%

Poll #309: The new-fangled Asian Film Awards are combining cinema from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and every other Asian territory into a single awards ceremony. Is this a good or a bad idea?
Posted February 28th, 2007
Total votes: 434

• Good. They should compete. (242) 56%
• Bad. Every country's cinema is different. (163) 38%
• I can't tell them apart anyway. (29) 7%

Poll #308: With the imminent release of the imaginatively-titled Twins Mission, the ubiquitous Twins are returning full-force to our HK multiplexes. If there were to be another Twins outing (Who are we kidding? Of course there'll be another Twins movie!), what would you title the film?
Posted February 7th, 2007
Total votes: 429

• Please...no more Twins movies! (125) 29%
• Ah Sa & Ah Gil's Excellent Adventure (72) 17%
• Twin vs. Twin (61) 14%
• Twins Action (39) 9%
• The Legend of the Twins (39) 9%
• Twins Extremes (29) 7%
• Twins Towers (27) 6%
• The Twins Regurgitation (16) 4%
• Dead Ringers (14) 3%
• The Minnesota Twins (7) 2%

Poll #307: Generally speaking, do you find mahjong-themed gambling movies to be entertaining?
Posted February 7th, 2007
Total votes: 409

• N/A. I don't get mahjong. (125) 31%
• Yes. Mahjong rocks. (105) 26%
• I only care about the stars. (91) 22%
• No. Mahjong is boring. (88) 22%

Poll #306: Reportedly, Edison Chen will soon work on a Stephen Chow written-and-produced film aimed at youngsters. What co you think the result of this collaboration be?
Posted January 17th, 2007
Total votes: 442

• It'll be okay. Nothing special. (134) 30%
• It will be a masterpiece. (89) 20%
• It's just talk, and won't happen. (65) 15%
• The Apocalypse will occur. (63) 14%
• It'll suck. Hard. (48) 11%
• It'll be bad, but not terrible. (43) 10%

Poll #305: Given everything that you know, how do you think it went for Hong Kong Cinema in 2006?
Posted January 17th, 2007
Total votes: 437

• An average year. (159) 36%
• Not too bad. Better than expected. (116) 27%
• Worse than expected. (51) 12%
• A great year for HK Cinema! (42) 10%
• A total failure. My hope is dying. (39) 9%
• I didn't see any 2006 HK movies. (30) 7%

Poll #304: LoveHKFilm.com's mascot (i.e., the object of the site's varying affection and/or abuse) has typically been Ekin Cheng. As we enter our 6th year of existence, who should become the site's next mascot in place of Ekin Cheng?
Posted December 29th, 2006
Total votes: 639

• Noooo! Ekin Cheng forever! (215) 34%
• Please insult everyone. (101) 16%
• Twins (51) 8%
• Edison Chen (44) 7%
• Aaron Kwok (41) 6%
• Baby Matthew (39) 6%
• Andy Lau (31) 5%
  
• Wong Jing (30) 5%
• Chapman To (26) 4%
  
• None of the above. (18) 3%
• Jackie Chan (15) 2%
  
• Shu Qi (14) 2%
• Nick Cheung (7) 1%
• Anpanman (4) 1%
• Joey Yung (3) 0%

Poll #303: Do you consider Wong Jing leading man material?
Posted December 29th, 2006
Total votes: 472

• Hahah! This is a joke, right? (282) 60%
• No. Stay behind the camera. (103) 22%
• He's better than Nick Cheung. (49) 10%
• Yes. He's got the skills. (38) 8%

Poll #302: Aaron Kwok's two Best Actor wins have taken him from average movie star to highly respected actor in only a little over a year's time. Which of the following popstars do you think has the best chance of pulling off a similar feat?
Posted December 11th, 2006
Total votes: 581

• Louis Koo (95) 16%
• Eason Chan (59) 10%
• Nicholas Tse (57) 10%
• No one can do what Aaron Kwok did. (55) 9%
• Ekin Cheng (53) 9%
• Baby Matthew (52) 9%
• Edison Chen (41) 7%
• Shawn Yue (38) 7%
• Jay Chou (32) 6%
• Charlene Choi (26) 4%
• Gillian Chung (22) 4%
• Isabella Leong (15) 3%
• Kelly Chen (11) 2%
• Stephen Fung (8) 1%
• Richie Ren (8) 1%
• Miriam Yeung (8) 1%
• Joey Yung (1) 0%

Poll #301: Here it comes: Twins Mission, the latest action-comedy starring those irrepressible Twins. Judging by the trailer, what's your take on this film?
Posted December 11th, 2006
Total votes: 361

• I like cheese. (91) 25%
• Hmm...it could be okay. (61) 17%
• Numbness. That's what I feel. (56) 16%
• Looks great! Can't wait! (53) 15%
• I just lost my lunch. (43) 12%
• I'm not looking forward to this. (35) 10%
• I'm moderately excited. (22) 6%