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Zhang Yimou's Hero

Discussion in 'General' started by FarOutFreak, Feb 9, 2003.

  1. FarOutFreak

    FarOutFreak Member

    Has anyone else here watched this film?

    The film stars Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, and Zhang Ziyi. Great martial arts epic, to the point that people tout it as being better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Excellent screenplay, great backdrops, and (of course) all the jaw-dropping fight scenes one would expect.

    I'm not sure if this has been released outside of Asia at this point in time...
     
    FarOutFreak, Feb 9, 2003
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  2. stompoutloud

    stompoutloud Well-Known Member

    It's not out yet. Not sure when or if it's straight to dvd. But I am sure if you keep checking www.monkeypeaches.com it will say. I am looking forward to watching the movie.
     
    stompoutloud, Feb 9, 2003
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  3. Myke

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    I managed to catch this movie during my recent visit to Singapore and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I heard that the movie had received mixed reviews, and a lot of criticism revolved around the movie's slow pace, and long/drawn out plot. But I thought it was just right, considering the context in which the majority of the story is told in -- re-telling of past events.

    The action scenes were awesome for me. They were a little over the top in some parts, but I appreciated the extreme attention to detail. The movie was more fantasy (or legendary?) based than CTHD in my mind, again, mainly due to the movie's style of retelling the past to explain the present.

    I guess it's more of an 'arty' martial arts movie, and so the only people I wouldn't recommend seeing it are those with short attention spans, or those who don't appreciate art.
     
    Myke, Feb 9, 2003
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  4. FarOutFreak

    FarOutFreak Member

    In deference to the term "arty", Zhang Yimou did seem to take a liberal dose of another director's style in creating the film.

    There were a lot of Kurosawa references in the film, if you ask me (shots reminiscent of Seven Samurai and Ran, plus story-telling akin to the perspectives in Rashomon). The film looked a bit too Japanese, and that could probably be the reason why I liked it so much. Dialogue was sparse (heck, being subtitled made the dialogue non-existent for us who speak no Mandarin at all). Scenes were shot with a lot of centralization, and there were a lot of Zen-like scenes.

    And yes, "arty" could also refer to those fantastic fight scenes reminiscent of Jet Li's Huang Fei Hung in the "Once Upon A Time In China" movies.
     
    FarOutFreak, Feb 9, 2003
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  5. Hayai_JiJi

    Hayai_JiJi Well-Known Member

    Dude you cannot critisize anything for borrowing from kurasawa. Kurasaw is the most ripped of director of all time(well him and hitchcock). If your gonna be revolutionary these things happen. I mean i dont know how many times i have seen the way Ran was told being borrowed in tv and film in the last 20 years. I also dont qualify action movies as art.
     
    Hayai_JiJi, Feb 10, 2003
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  6. Daniel Thomas

    Daniel Thomas Well-Known Member

    Wouldn't Griffith be the most copied director of all time? Don't forget Eisenstein, too.
     
    Daniel Thomas, Feb 10, 2003
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  7. Hayai_JiJi

    Hayai_JiJi Well-Known Member

    Okay okay i went a little far with "of all time"
     
    Hayai_JiJi, Feb 10, 2003
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  8. FarOutFreak

    FarOutFreak Member

    I wouldn't say that I'm criticizing the movie for the abundance of the references.

    It would be more like the film is paying homage to Kurosawa. That would be more appropriate.
     
    FarOutFreak, Feb 10, 2003
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  9. Jacky_San

    Jacky_San Well-Known Member

    Good news Hero was nominated for an Oscar so was Spirited away. Too bad the rest of the oscar crap is going to suck.
     
    Jacky_San, Feb 11, 2003
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