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Title: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: iPPi on Thursday, January 25, 2007, 11:41:57 PM: Got a chance to watch it this evening. Beautiful movie and great art direction and cinematography, but the story was a little lacking and stuff. Still worth watching if you like Zhang Yimou's stuff (Hero, House of Flying Daggers, etc)
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: MysterD on Friday, January 26, 2007, 04:58:28 PM: I want to see this movie...
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: idolminds on Saturday, January 27, 2007, 12:25:42 AM: Netflix queue'd!
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: ender on Saturday, January 27, 2007, 08:55:19 AM: I saw it in theaters. I liked the visuals and some of the acting (Chow Yun Fat was greatly underused, Gong Li was smoking hot and good as always) but I felt the story and tone of the movie was very cold and dehumanized compared to Zhang's other movies. The music was also disappointing to me. It was kind of a let down from Hero and House of Flying Daggers, which I thought were masterpieces.

I agree with what you said on the story feeling lacking... there just was something missing that made me not care much about it.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: JacksRag(e) on Saturday, January 27, 2007, 02:20:13 PM: Yeah, it's been starting to weigh down on him, I think. Yimou's used to making his smaller, more personal dramas. Ever since Hero, money's been thrown at him to create something just like it and I think he's just uncomfortable with that pressure. From what I hear, he's itching to get back to his more simple, dramas like Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum and Happy Times. I can't wait.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: ender on Tuesday, February 06, 2007, 05:28:56 PM: Okay, so I watched it again and the more I think about it... the more I like it. I'm starting to understand the story. I felt the same way about Flying Daggers when I first saw it, too.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: iPPi on Tuesday, February 06, 2007, 05:40:56 PM: Yea. It's an alright movie. Definitely worth watching, but I don't feel it's entirely up to par with Zhang Yimou's previous works.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: ender on Tuesday, February 06, 2007, 08:05:44 PM: I think the key is realizing the completely different style from his other films. When I saw it again, I realized there's a much more Shakespearean influence on it... and definitely a foreboding atmosphere.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: MysterD on Saturday, February 24, 2007, 03:48:47 PM: When is this coming to DVD here in the US?
Anyone know?
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: MysterD on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 07:29:21 PM: Beautiful visuals, beautiful violence, and a dark-toned vengeance story of betrayals galore.

So, yeah -- I liked it.

Not as much as Hero, though.
Title: Re: Curse of the Golden Flower
Post by: Raisa on Wednesday, April 04, 2007, 03:10:07 AM: There seemed to be a lot of the undertones of that culture, the family politics that never crosses lips. But then, it's loud, flamboyant but tired.