House of Flying Daggers
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Movie Reviews of House of Flying Daggers
Movie Review: Breathtaking and Quite Deadly Beauty
Summary: 5 Stars
First off I'm a good ole apple pie, greens and cornbread eating american. Never been to china (but would love to go) and don't know the first thing about it. I guess that helped me with this film! I have absolutely no problem with suspending my disbelief as I don't have any real beliefs to begin with. Nothing about the characters motivations seemed too unrealistic as I have no experience with chinese culture/history. It was easy to assume this was the norm for this age in China. Upon reflection sure...some of the stunts you saw pulled weren't probable and perhaps downright impossible but reality is fairly droll and boring. I go to the movies to see something outside of my experience and existence and this did it for me.
I've read a few reviews who called this eye-candy and it is. It's absolutely breathtaking. And the martial arts is as good as it gets. Think Crouching Tiger. I actually found the story line to be better than HERO and Crouching and the twists were wonderful! My biggest complaint about the genre is that the storylines tend to be weak....of course if the martial arts is good I tend not to care but this movie had both! I didn't see a single one of the plot twists coming and I enjoy a movie you have to really sink your teeth into to figure out what going on! So...if you liked Hero and Crouching definately do purchase this one. It's certainly in the same class as those works.
Movie Review: Fantastic.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Director Zhang Yimou who previosly made Hero has also made another masterpiece House of flying daggers which I thought was alot better than the overrated Couching tiger which I thought was crap compared to this. The first thing you will notice in this film was the use of color and the amazing cinamatography, the amazing scenery like the bamboo forest and mountaintops are what make this film beautiful to look at. The story is about the emergence of an oppositional faction called the house of flying daggers that poses a threat to the chinese government so two soldiers Leo and Jin are ordered to arrest a dancer named Mei who is believed to be associated with the opposition. While Mei is held captive Jim soon helps her to escape as he believes that his plan might lead them to the flying daggers. I can't write any thing more about the plot so I wouldn't ruin it for you but I have to say that you must check it out as there is alot of twists and turns. Even though it is a kung fu martial arts film the main focus is on the romance between these characters or a love triangle and some great Kung fu fantasy sequences in between including the scene where Jin and Mei are attacked in the bamboo forest and the daggers that seem to have minds of thier own, I thought that they were more like heat seeking missiles. I highly recomend this film to fans of hong kong cinema and others it was fantastic I loved it.Movie Review: "Do not fall in love with her..."
Summary: 5 Stars
The House of Flying Daggers, brings to the screen the story of two soldiers as they try to uncover the mysterious organization of assassins known as The Flying Daggers. The story gets more complicated as things are not as they seem in 9th Century China...
The film combines romance, drama, action and adventure making it one of the best of its kind!
Moreover, the fascinating culture and traditions of China are presented very well in the film.
The plot is excellent and opens a window into the mysterious Orient.
Furthermore, shot on location it provides for some amazing scenery.
Needless to say, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, and the rest of the cast have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100%! Their great talent and chemistry clearly shows, thus providing an entertaining film that can be watched over and over again.
The setting, the dialogues, the music and the costumes are all wonderful!
Very well written and very well presented, it is a movie definitely worth owning, yet alone watching, especially for those with a soft spot for History, and especially for Eastern/Oriental enthusiasts.
Strongly recommended along with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hero, to those with a soft spot for all things Chinese.
Movie Review: What an amazing movie! Absolutely breathtaking.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have now just returned home from watching this movie -- it appears that it's on its way out of the theaters, as I checked my local listings in Yahoo! movies and so few theaters have it. This movie was so good that I may very well go see it again tomorrow night after work, before it's gone from the theaters.
I first became a fan of this kind of movie after I saw "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Growing up I enjoyed martial arts movies, but they just don't compare. I love the accompanying sweet music, the breathtaking scenery, the slow-motion martial arts, and the excellent actors. "Hero" with Jet Li is another great example of this new genre of martial arts movies that seems to focus on the "arts" instead of the fighting.
Hopefully there will be many other movies like these coming out soon in the theaters. I have both the Crouching Tiger and Hero movies on DVD and I'll just have to wait for the "House of Flying Daggers" to come out on DVD.
In the meantime, I'm going to buy the motion picture soundtrack and hopefully see it at least one more time before it disappears from the theaters.
If you haven't seen this movie, definitely try and catch it before it's gone from the theaters; but at least there are the Crouching Tiger and Hero movies available on DVD for your viewing pleasure.
Take care and be well!
Movie Review: Beautiful but Frustrating
Summary: 5 Stars
seems an apt description of both the film, and Mei, the female protaganist played by Zhang Ziyi. The film begins lush and colourful as we are quickly treated to a sight of Zhang Ziyi dancing in a brothel in a gorgeous dress. At this point, too, the plot seems rather straight-forward. However as the film progresses the plot rapidly complexifies needlessly, in a way that causes one to stop and pause and re-evaluate the past behaviours of the characters and see if what they did before makes sense, considering they're true natures. And often enough, it doesn't really make sense. Why would Mei, who is a prostitute, not some virginal princess as she played in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, be so shy around men? Why would the guy who loved Mei get so possessive about her this particular time, when she has been in the peony pavilion, and also the madam states that this is NOT the first time Mei has used her beauty to further their cause? At some level, I don't really care about the answers to these questions: I sit back and enjoy watching these superheroic long and limber beautiful people fly through the bamboo forest and wield sharp swords. But on another level, the convoluted plot and the fact that I just don't BELIEVE what is going on, seriously prevents me from enjoying the aesthetics of the film. *I accidentally gave this film 5 stars. I think it deserves 3 1/2.*