After watching the movie, I got a couple of books to read to find out a little more about what actually went on. (The Soong Dynasty, The Rape of Nanking, The Soong Sisters). It was NOT pretty reading; the movie was pretty viewing, though.
Still a problem in present day China: censorship. I guess they will get there in the end though. At least I very much hope so.
A nice enough, beautifully shot and
well produced, movie. A pity about the (enforced) gross historical distortion though. Good sound track too.
Interesting to see that there was co-operation between China and Japan, considering the way these two countries view each other these days.
Would have liked to give it a 9, but for the above reasons rated it 8.
Good performance by Maggie Cheung. In fact most of the performances were good to very good IMHO.
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WhoLead
17 years ago
I read The Soong Dynasty and I was quite amazed at how much was going on. Really, the movie shaded over all that stuff. It was definitely NOT pretty. The Chinese did quite a bit to themselves leading up to and during the invasion.
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JNagarya
14 years ago
The three daugheters were born into wealth and privilege, so certainly were "entitled". Of the three, one was greedy for money -- apparently like her father -- which is contrary to Christian. One was greedy for power (and had a taste for wealth as well) -- also contrary to Christian.
Interestingly, the third seems to have been the closest to Christian in her attitudes and actions -- and she sided with the "Commies".
And Chiang Kai-shek -- who was a piece of work -- was the US's ally.
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