"Zuijia paidang" might be translated as "The best pairings", and if so, the first four films (this being the very first) can be interpreted, besides all the stealing, kicking, shooting and car-crashing going on, as an extended saga of three main persons in the following pairings:
The rough but always again deep relationship of Nancy and Cody can be sketched as follows over the four films:
#1: Getting to know, instinctive dislike, getting closer, sharing one pyjama
#2: Wedding
#3: Baby Junior is born (and joins his parents in weirdest adventures)
#4: Junior is a pre-schooler now, his parents are separated, but in the end...
Seen like this, it appears like a soap opera. It's of course a lot more, but I liked this continuing storyline quite much, as I watched all four films on one weekend. Altogether about 6 hours that I didn't regret. :^)
One extended scene that I really enjoyed was the ballet gone wrong, and yet receiving so much applause by the audience.
- Nancy + Cody
- Sam + X (a different X adored but never consummated, in each of the 4)
The rough but always again deep relationship of Nancy and Cody can be sketched as follows over the four films:
#1: Getting to know, instinctive dislike, getting closer, sharing one pyjama
#2: Wedding
#3: Baby Junior is born (and joins his parents in weirdest adventures)
#4: Junior is a pre-schooler now, his parents are separated, but in the end...
Seen like this, it appears like a soap opera. It's of course a lot more, but I liked this continuing storyline quite much, as I watched all four films on one weekend. Altogether about 6 hours that I didn't regret. :^)
One extended scene that I really enjoyed was the ballet gone wrong, and yet receiving so much applause by the audience.