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Moriarty’s Review Of Chow Yun-Fat And Gong Li In Zhang Yimou’s CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER!

Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Dec 15th, 2006 04:54:07 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Nice one Drew... by TELF	Dec 15th, 2006 04:59:15 AM
Been waiting for this one.
Gong li is 42? by Kizeesh	Dec 15th, 2006 05:05:53 AM
I thought she was about 28. Thats it, I'm moving to china.
Reminds me of Emperor and the assassin by EvilWizardGlick	Dec 15th, 2006 05:33:44 AM
Sounds as detailed as the Emperor and the assassin. Excellent movie which Jet Li's Hero is kind of a remake of.
I agree by Spender	Dec 15th, 2006 06:53:01 AM
Gong Li is so beautiful in this (And evreything else) else. It's a shame this woman has never been recognized on the American Oscars, She is one of the best in the world.
fyi, farewell my concubine is a chen kaige film by Acne Scarface	Dec 15th, 2006 08:02:08 AM

Nice one, Mori by Doctor_Sin	Dec 15th, 2006 08:31:34 AM
Big American Media can't relate to Asian cinema, hence the negative reviews, methinks.
Yup by Spender	Dec 15th, 2006 08:43:54 AM
"Big American Media can't relate to Asian cinema, hence the negative reviews, methinks". You hit the nail on the head.
Asian women DON'T AGE by Osmosis Jones	Dec 15th, 2006 08:53:17 AM
Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Ming Na and Maggie Cheung are all in their early 40's, yet don't look a day over 30. 20 years from now, Ziyi Zhang will probably look exactly the same as she does now. Fucking crazy.
Looking forward to seeing this. by Reelheed	Dec 15th, 2006 09:11:11 AM
Whatever the film it seems Zhang Yimou always brings amazing visuals. Although I found the story in Hero to be underwhelming I couldn't help but admire its style. The trailer for Curse pretty much sold me on this so I think I'll end up seeing it despite the negative reviews and I'll make my own mind up. Nice to see a thumbs up here though.
Zhang Yimou is the best director living by Behemoth	Dec 15th, 2006 09:36:48 AM
His films are so devoid of pretense and window dressing - everything is absolutely heartfelt and delivered with such a beauty and nobility that is just about extinct in films today. I'm not surprised with some of the bad reviews, in that his work has been so consistently powerful that a backlash from the soulless mofos was inevitable, as it always is. I can't wait to see this.
Then Colin Farrell rides in on a speed boat... by Spandau Belly	Dec 15th, 2006 09:45:22 AM
and blows the place to smithreens!
Moriarty????? by Jotham	Dec 15th, 2006 10:06:27 AM
Did Drew drop is handel?
Asian Women Freakin' Age by Saluki	Dec 15th, 2006 10:09:39 AM
I actually think normal Asian women age the worst, but that is because they often look good when they are young. Many other women don't even have that going for them.
Totally Agree -- A Great Film by YND	Dec 15th, 2006 10:37:35 AM
Saw it a few weeks ago and it knocked me out. One of the few great films this year. Can't wait to see it again.
i see... by Seph_J	Dec 15th, 2006 11:37:33 AM
... finally spurred you into posting YOUR review did I? Mine was better. Nevermind.
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE???... by Seph_J	Dec 15th, 2006 11:39:42 AM
...moron. Who writes this shit. BUT ITS OK.... THEY ARE ONLY CHINESE, RIGHT? This site is run by wankers anyway.
age by Spender	Dec 15th, 2006 01:02:11 PM
"Michelle Yeoh, Ming Na and Maggie Cheung" All three look over 40 to me. Gong Li looks about late 20's and primo gorgeous to boot.
In a schoolgirl outfit, all Asian women look hot by Doctor_Sin	Dec 15th, 2006 01:34:30 PM
Regardless of age. Oh, and Rosie O'Donnell should be fired for being an ignorant dumbass when insulting Asians.
Thought this was playing at the local adult bookstore by Upside Down Johnson	Dec 15th, 2006 03:16:40 PM
but it was a movie about some dude peeing on girls. Weird.
Asian women DO age, they just do it very rapidly by triplefive	Dec 15th, 2006 03:55:45 PM
between 50-55, they usually age about 20 years in appearance. the racism is killin me on the inside.
Great review by J Skell	Dec 15th, 2006 04:34:32 PM
Great one Moriarty. I felt the same exact way. I have no idea why it's getting such negative reviews. I thought in some ways it was the strongest of the three (in some ways that is)
Mea Culpa by TheRealMoriarty	Dec 15th, 2006 04:42:20 PM
Yes, it's true. I put FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE in the list above, a goof. But if you think it's because I'm racist, you can go fuck yourself, Seph_J. Not sure what's up your ass or why we are all "wankers," but I appreciate your feedback. Now eat me.
Moriarty has pocketed another victim's scrotum! by Doctor_Sin	Dec 15th, 2006 05:32:09 PM
Oh, and thanks for the review - I am gonna check this out. Two of my fave Chinese actors at once! Yeah!
Chow Yun Fat = Carey Grant by superninja	Dec 15th, 2006 07:09:55 PM
This sounds interesting. I look forward to seeing it.
nervous about this one by chimcham3000	Dec 16th, 2006 03:04:22 AM
when i saw the trailer it completely owned me and i am a fan of Hero. i'm a huge fan of it actually, but House of Flying Daggers was all style and very little substance and ended up being quite trite in my book. i'm hoping for the level of Hero here. the film is a serious work of art. the man shoots such amazingly sumptuous pictures. if nothing else i'll see it opening day and know that at least my eyes were allowed to bask in some glory that doesnt come around all that often.
i´m never tired of flying chinese warriors by CuervoJones	Dec 16th, 2006 03:29:08 AM
never
Curse of the Flattering Wonderbra by CaptDanielRoe	Dec 16th, 2006 03:38:10 AM
Seriously. That's all I know about this movie. Is it enough? Maybe, grasshopper, maybe yes, not maybe no.
Farrell. by Spender	Dec 16th, 2006 06:53:04 AM
"Then Colin Farrell rides in on a speed boat..." And Gong Li has him Executed.
50-55? by the_shogun_gunslinger	Dec 17th, 2006 07:34:27 AM
so you're telling me mine only has like 25 more years left in her? damn...cant wait for this film btw...Yimuo has been on a roll recently...ten again, has he ever had a down point? House of Flying Daggers was INCREDIBLE on the IMAX screen.
where does the importance lie by joesnuff	Dec 18th, 2006 05:31:45 PM
Despite being lumped together, there was a big difference between Hero and Flying Daggers (and Crouching Tiger for that matter). Hero stays in the tradition of Kurosawa of film as art puzzle, specifically the puzzle of translating three dimensional space onto a two-dimensional medium, which sorts of tricks to invoke that sense of space (raindrops, leaves, papyrus, arrows), and where to deploy the viewer's eye in perspective to the subject that inhabits the space. The fights focused on the space in which they fought. And what worked wonders was how the psychology of the drama mingled with the psychology of the viewer in that presence of space, we were more affected emotionally by that then the nuts and bolts of the narrative. I think Yimou first took on the wuxia genre only as an excuse to experiment in the cinematic philosophy of Kurosawa. But Flying Daggers, for all its beauty and colors and effects, possessed little to none of that, except maybe the blind drumming game. It was for the most part just a double-crossing bizarre love triangle set in pretty environments. The spatial environments where action occured doesn't affect us the same as in Hero. What I am curious about is where does Curse fall in relation to these two films? Does it consciously invoke our sense of space in which the action takes place? Or does it play it more safe as in Flying Daggers, wanting us to focus on the more conventional theatrical drama with some cinematic (but not Kurosawan) sense of space?

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