I went to see this movie on Monday, August 19th, 2019, here in Vallejo, CA, for the 10:30 a.m. show in auditorium 3, seat B-6. The price of admission was $6.25. And I bought a discount Popcorn w/ Butter ( $4.00 ) and a discount Medium Fountain Drink ( $4.00 ) at the concessions counter.
Quickie Review: Joy ( Kathryn Bernardo ), a Pilipina nursing school graduate, is forced to work as a DH ( domestic help ) in Hong Kong while she saves money for an immigrant visa so that she can go work in Canada as a nurse and petition for her family to join her there. Her plan is put into jeopardy as she crosses paths with a seeming lothario expat, Ethan ( Alden Richards ), who works as a bartender, as he waits for his Hong Kong residency to be approved.
I liked this movie. And so did the rest of the audience. But I couldn't help but wonder if Joy was going to pull a "woman's prerogative" stunt on Alden. After all, he had it coming .... Yeah, Karma is a Bitch.
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It's strange that I should come upon this name, Alden. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only one privy to this name since I made it up for the male protagonist of a Sword & Sorcery novel that I started back in 1980. And, YES! it's still in its 1st draft, even after all of these years ( 'just gathering dust ). Why ...? Because The Female Protagonist Dies At The End! And I cannot go back to reliving all of the bad emotions that I went through to force myself to kill-off her character since it was the only way for the story to have a denouement. Just thinking about it now is making me sad and it's also making my eyes well with tears. 😠😠ðŸ˜
It's no wonder then that many writers lead such depressing lives! If you can't handle the emotional roller coaster that's part and parcel of certain types of fiction writing, you have no business creating things that will just emotionally overwhelm you at the end. 'Sad but True.
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