Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray] by Zhang Yimou, starring Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong: DVDNear.com

Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray]

Curse of the Golden Flower [Blu-ray]
by Zhang Yimou

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Actor: Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong
Director: Zhang Yimou
Brand: CHOU,JAY
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Chinese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2007-05-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Movie Review: Breath-takingly beautiful colors and costumes. Great BD transfer, lousy extras.
Summary: 5 Stars

First off, this is a visually mesmerizing film, like all of Zhang Yimou's work. It's so beautifully designed and filmed that words can't describe, even on my low-end HDTV. The transfer is flawless.

Seeing it (for the first time) at home on this beautiful BD disc, it's hard to hate this movie. Whatever flaws the story had, I just let the movie take me where it wanted to go. Will this movie make you think? No. not really. Is the plot twist predictable? Yes, any reasonably intelligent person can see it coming from miles away. Is it a bad film? No, by no means. I found it quite enjoyable.

Some people didn't enjoy this movie. The cultural and historical context may be a little foreign to Americans and Europeans (Confucian values like filial piety, obedience to the Emperor), which may explain some of the lower reviews I've read on IMDB and here, or maybe people expected Zhang to produce the neo-realist, high-art, intellectual films that he made in the 90's. Nope. those days are gone since he started Hollywoodizing his movies. Just think of this film as a Chinese version of a Shakespearean tragedy and just sit back and enjoy the view.

EXTRAS: slim pickin's here, folks, like almost every hi-def disc made so far, so I am not taking away points from this disc.

The narration on the making of featurette is simply awful. It's the same guy who does all the over-dramatic voiceovers for trailers. You know the guy. You've heard him a million times. He's annoying enough for 30 seconds. But for a 30-ish minute segment, it's quite grating on the nerves. The other extra is a 5 minute premiere clip, and a handful of trailers for other Zhang movies.

I'm glad to have this in my collection. Maybe you'll like it too.

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Genre: Foreign Film - Chinese
Rating: R
Release Date: 29-MAY-2007
Media Type: Blu-Ray

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