Top Ten Happenings on The Rooftop in 2013

The Rooftop was truly Jay's baby, what with his writing the story, script, music as well as directing and acting in it.
So much so that many people felt he had overstretched himself which in turn could have compromised the quality of the movie.

Well, I beg to differ.
To me, the whole film was a wonderfully kaleidoscopic work of art coupled with music, dance, action and drama, something which was totally unheard of in the Chinese movie industry.
There can be no doubting that Jay and his friends poured their heart and soul into this production and I really still feel so sorry that the Taiwanese audience (of all people) did not view it in the same way nor appreciate it enough.
But enough of that.
I shall now highlight some significant moments over the past year.


1. 28 Feb: Pics and a trailer

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/02/updates-for-rooftop.html


2. 7 May: New trailer and press conference

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/05/the-rooftop-new-trailer-and-press.html


3. 27 May: Li Xinai

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/05/the-rooftop-jay-unveils-female-lead.html


4. 2 June: Announcement of my Facebook Page viz The Rooftop: A Jay Chou film
http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/06/diaoness-updates-rooftop.html


5. Taipei promo
http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/06/diaoness-updates-rooftop-and-lang-lang.html


6. Updates: Trailer, Beijing premiere, mags
http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/07/the-rooftop-updates.html


7. My own and others' reviews

I. Freaking. Love. The. Rooftop.
So there!

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/07/jay-chous-rooftop-rocks.html

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/07/fangirl-muses-on-rooftop-beware-spoilers.html

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/08/the-rooftop-reviews-good-bad-and.html


8. Rooftop Restaurant

Trust Jay to open yet another restaurant to tie in with this movie!

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/09/the-rooftop-restaurant-opens-hollywood.html


9. Non-moment:

Yes, I was well and truly upset about the non-nominations in the Golden Horse Awards.

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/10/wth-gha.html

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/10/a-rooftop-rant.html


10. 56th Asia-Pacific Film Festival Award for Best Music

Awesomeness!
At least this was one jury which recognised and appreciated good music.

http://jaychoudiaoness.blogspot.sg/2013/12/diaoness-updates-apff-award-dreams-come.html

Hope you enjoyed those recollections of The Rooftop.
I love Jay's vision of this movie and will fully support it all the way till many years down the road.
I am still managing the Facebook Page concurrently with Jay Chou Diaoness and another Jayannah Page (more on that in another post).
And surprisingly, I still get Likes on this Page!

Here are some nice pics to end off this post:

Swoon......