Ex – Heiward Mak

Have you got over your exes?

What will happen if your lives come across again? Especially when you are not totally over him/her? What if you two were seeing someone but still have feelings for each other? Wrong Timing? The movie depicts the dilemma in such situation Where Gillian Chung, William Chan and Michelle Wai are stuck in this scenario. What will happen in 2 days?

Can you still be friends with your exes?

Personally, I don’t mind being friends with my exes. However most of the people don’t really like this idea? I sort of know the answers now. Maybe people are still not yet over their exes as they don’t want to lose them or the present one doesn’t like the idea of reconnecting your former encounter, jealousy. Scared something might happen or sometimes making comparisons. We never have the intention to compare the present one to the old ones, but deep down in certain ways the memories start floating back from the deep ocean. Somehow you will think of them in a way or two intentionally or accidentally. There must be something you can’t let go.

“The one who you truly love is always not around.”

I have figured this out when I was about 12, is not about how they look like, how gentle, sweet and understanding they were, is more about the moment we shared. Something will never be the same again. However in a certain extant the memories will come and haunt you, you don’t have to look for them, they will FIND you. No matter how hard you deny there is always something down there looking for you. “I don’t want to settle for wrong one.” Said Gillian in the movie. But sometimes you don’t have the luxury to choose, the one you really want maybe is the one most unreachable.

This is the first time I saw William on the big screen which is pretty impressive, not too much nor less. One word - believable. Secondly the director, the whole movie is just depicting about two days, but it is more than enough to tell the complexity of their relationship. Mak uses the lingo precisely capturing the accent of today’s generation. The only drawback is the cast, most of my friends were disgusted by the cast and on the other hand I was attracted by the poster. I regard myself lucky, as it is actually an inspiring piece.

I was surprised! Never have expected the movie is something like this, sweet but sour. It does live up to its names, the theme, is about exes. Something genuine, sometime we may not openly discuss it with our friend. Life is full of mysteries, dilemmas. Either one is enough to make you suffer.