#sounds like 玩來賺 y’know? as in “從玩，利潤來到；晚上，賺好大錢” get it?

[hoozukis]

ocean’s 8 was a cool movie and all, but the more i think about various parts of it, the more i realise it’s actually not well-written at all.

veronica was definitely a deus ex machina, and she & 小顏 played too integral roles in the plan to not be included in the team number, meanwhile daphne who just wanted to make friends was included lmao??? besides, isn’t inviting 小顏 to the party counterproductive to debbie wanting an all-women team? did it mean nothing when he did all that stunt work for them?

lou greeting yen with “你好嗎？” was in such poor taste, i actually still can’t believe that actually made it to the final cut. it was better in the earlier trilogy when 小顏 would speak mandarin and everyone else would speak english and they all understood each other without question and there was mutual respect all around. with lou, it comes across as a ytwoman who only knows that one mandarin phrase because it sounds like “knee how” and that’s funny to her and she doesn’t bother trying to understand anything else of the language & culture. that totally came out of nowhere and i had a hard time believing a well-accomplished high-class professional criminal could be so crass. i only found out that the guy she greeted was supposed to be the same 小顏 from previous movies way later from an article...

if the screenwriter actually wanted lou to greet 小顏 in mandarin in a significant way that not only pays tribute to the og trilogy but also doesn’t perpetuate a lame ytppl joke about chinese culture, lou could’ve said something like “早安，老師傅！” and it would’ve been 100× better. like, out of social courtesy while also implying she has respect for his skills and achievements, not because 小顏 is older (i’m pretty sure lou was meant to be way older than him, right?)