Talk:Secret (2007 film)

Chinese names
Just to clear up something regarding the characters' names.

Ye Xiang Lun

Last name: Ye

First name: Xiang Lun

Lu Xiao Yu

Last name: Lu

First name: Xiao Yu

People should take note that Chinese names are different from Western names. The article currently refers to the characters by "Lun" and "Yu", which is half of their first name, which is really weird, not to mention it always ticks me off when Westerners exhibit their ignorance of Chinese nomenclature.

I will edit some of the names but I'm likely to grow bored soon. If anyone notices any mis-naming, please help and change them to their last names.--Secretss 06:56, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Formatting
Lots of good information here but needs formatting and copyediting to look and sound more like a typical Wikipedia article about a movie. Someone up for doing this? SeleneFN 17:30, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. This article looks extremely messy and needs some serious restructuring. I don't have a clue what that explanation of the scenes section is trying to say. 121.130.76.122 (talk) 12:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I vote for completely eliminating the three ridiculous sections: Explanations of Scenes, Plot Explanation, and Ending (another possibility). They're totally unnecessary, not to mention somewhat unintelligently written and sometimes incoherent and incomprehensible, and they so do not belong in a wikipedia article. This is not a movie fan page! The sections sound like they're written by some fool thinking they understand the movie and wishing to impress with their "awesome" deduction/analytical abilities. --Secretss (talk) 17:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The sections you mentioned can also be interpreted as informational, but I agree; I'll see if I get the time to clean up those sections, and if I don't get around to it, just delete them. Danny Sepley (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, looking back at those sections, I get the feeling that they're really annoying. It seems like the person that wrote it did not use good formatting. Overall, it detracts from the appearance of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Danny sepley (talk • contribs) 04:59, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Tamkang 淡江?
Why is the school name romanised that way? 淡江 is pronounced as Dànjiāng in standard Mandarin. Or is it such a well-known name, which needs to written in a dialect pronunciation? --Atitarev (talk) 06:18, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, in the movie it was translated to English as "TamKang" by Jay (owing to the need for an English speaker at the promotion in the movie), and...you get the idea. He probably didn't want to just come plain and make a direct allusion to DanJiang High School. Danny Sepley (talk) 11:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

From the sound of it, I'd guess Tamkang is a romanisation of the Taiwanese (Min-nan) pronunciation. DAF (talk) 03:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

It is a romanization of the Hakka dialect. Tamkang University, in the area, was founded by a Hakkanese...so, the university is more often referred to as Tamkang, or TKU (I went there). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.165.55.96 (talk) 06:50, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Personal research, but not sure how to cite or even insert
Recently, I have taken a trip to DanShui (or, "淡江") and visited the site where the movie was filmed. The final scene in a "piano building" was done at the San Domingo fort, I think; and the major parts that cover the high school were really done at the DanJiang High School. Also, the piano used in the movie (the one with a "Secret" in the Piano building) is a Mason and Hamlin CC-94 (I think, as it appears to fall around 9 feet long) piano (I looked inside on the soundboard, where most manufacturers would place their name). However, I have no way of proving or even citing this. Should I or should I not attempt to add something like this to the "Production" (or filming, was it?) section? I have pictures of the buildings, and at least two of the piano, but I cannot show that it is specifically a Mason and Hamlin. Please help! Thanks. Danny Sepley (talk) 11:24, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

16 or 20
Xiaoyu says: "just that we're 16 years apart" (1:16:32). Later, her mother asks her: "How does mom look in 20 years?" (1:26:06) The article uses 20. Debresser (talk) 23:32, 31 October 2022 (UTC)