Just came back after watching this movie, reluctantly under pressure by mum to book tickets yesterday. 2 cents' worth to share upon watching the 150 min long movie.
Maybe it's just me, or just the boys (or those who have been through the mono-intake), or maybe due to the incorrect segmentation of storyline, somehow the hype of the whole movie doesn't seem to flow through our veins with excitement and relation as effectively as the 1st sequel. Take the NDU background out, and it is just a very normal storyline. nothing special whatsoever. It is the insertion of this army portion that makes ladies, foreigners get curious to want to enter the movie to see how life is under the effect of NS.
All I can say is, this "money tree" of ideas is being squeezed dry. Let's hope this is the last episode of "ah-boys-to-men" sequel. This is not Harry potter. I believe that any more upcoming episodes derived from the SAF or SPF or SCDF will not bring the hype any higher; it has moved way past its peak. I certainly do not wish for any more "ah boy to engineer, ah boy to guards, ah boy to airborne" or whatever coming up, that will either get SAF's reputation stained with profit-making opportunities, or jeopardize the security of classified information belonging to the SAF.
Needed to compliment on the acting though; on Wong Weiliang (acting as per usual Lobang) and Tosh (now promoted to 3WO Alex Ong). Apparently their acting skills are here to stay, and probably cos their lingo is somehow more appealing to my taste and preference I think that's the reason why I like them in the movies more. Maxi Lim (Aloysius Jin) and Joshua Tan (Ken Chow) are maybe too stuck on their lines and trying too hard to bring out the scenario that they missed the emotions part. This resulted in the disconnect between their role and the scenario.
Of course, needless to say. The PPL. Last warning.
That does sum up my 2 cents' worth for this movie... Thanks for the movies though. It's been hard producing such movies.