I thought it would be boring and disappointing. But actually it really surprised me. It is a REAL Kongfu movie bringing the REAL feeling of Kongfu literature. The director did not want to please the westerner like Yimou Zhang did. Instead the real kongfu lovers will be attracted and moved by it.
The style is a commbination of Jingyong and Gulong. After watching this movie, the Chinese will surely understand what I am saying.
I thought it'll be boring too! But i was so glad my friend dragged me to watch it.
The best chinese movie I've watched in YEARS!
Actually a pretty good movie. Great cast, interesting story. The movie does not heavily rely upon action sequences for entertainment. If your interested in watching this movie for just the fight scenes you may be disappointed. They are well done and remind me more of the fight scenes from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but with less wire work.
shareI watched it 12 times at the cinema. I know it sounds silly for many, but it only goes to show how entertaining this movie can be. I think the fight scenes are pretty awesome. And the storyline is way better than Crouching Tiger. And the chemistry between the two leads is brilliant!!!!!!!
i love michelle yeoh.. my fave ever.. for me, the best kung fu movie ever.. i love the part where she asked ah sheng if he ever love her.. and so on.. go watch this movie.. i'll bet my life on this one
share*spoilers*
Why then, when Drizzle asked Ah Sheng if he ever loved her, did Ah Sheng say that its impossible? I mean, throughout the movie, I doubt his love for Drizzle was fake, except maybe when he kept showing up to help her during rain. That, i can understand, wasnt sincere on his part coz he doesnt really know her then. But...
But he couldnt let Barbie kill her when she was badly injured by The Wheel King, he smiled when he found tofu in her pocket, he tried to protect her whilst in the bank. And cried when he thought he'd finally lose her at the end. Looks to me that he does love her.
Jeez...nothing gets past you eh, buddy.
i think prior to ah sheng's ans. when michelle yeoh asked him if he ever love her.. i think he just said that.. u know pride,, well i dnt understand men at all.. but when u watch the movie.. u'll know what his true ans. should be,, i love love love this movie
sharei think prior to ah sheng's ans. when michelle yeoh asked him if he ever love her.. i think he just said that.. u know pride,, well i dnt understand men at all..
because i think ah seng is torned between his feeling toward drizzle and the fact that she killed his father, for chinesse people imo love for parents and teacher is first and foremost...
but at the end, he overvome it because drizzle proves that she's a changed person and killed her ex pangcu (clan head)
@ jenniferthetotty
<<Why then, when Drizzle asked Ah Sheng if he ever loved her, did Ah Sheng say that its impossible? I mean, throughout the movie, I doubt his love for Drizzle was fake, except maybe when he kept showing up to help her during rain. That, i can understand, wasnt sincere on his part coz he doesnt really know her then. But...
But he couldnt let Barbie kill her when she was badly injured by The Wheel King, he smiled when he found tofu in her pocket, he tried to protect her whilst in the bank. And cried when he thought he'd finally lose her at the end. Looks to me that he does love her. >>
Good analysis
Mike88
I'm not Chinese - but I really enjoyed this movie as well. There wasn't an emphasis on "wire-fu" but on the story. Rare indeed.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=42385905
I don't get the whole idea of "pleasing the westerner." Yimou Zhang is free to try any style of directing he likes. If he did want to incorporate western filming techniques, I assume he does it because HE likes it.
As a westerner myself though, I also was pleasantly surprised. While the Movie's best thrills are somewhere in the latter half of the middle, I was actually more entertained by this film than the other Chinese films I've seen recently. (I saw Bodyguards and Assassins, Aftershock, and Under the Hawthorn Tree, which were all pretty good, but I like Reign of Assassins best. I also saw City Under Siege recently, but that was pretty much just terrible. ^_^)
I was just thrilled that there weren't any scenes of fighters coming back from "fake" deaths over and over after you thought they had been killed. That's been my pet peeve with some films like these in the past.
Also, Michelle Yeoh. She's a force of nature! Love her! ^_^
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