Tai Pan
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Movie Reviews of Tai Pan
Movie Review: A classic adventure story
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the novel, bought the DVD. Both a rousing adventure yarn.
Even better is Noble House which is a page turner
Movie Review: A great sequel to Shogun
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a great sequel to the original Shogun. A must have for real movie lovers.Movie Review: The birth of Hong Kong
Summary: 4 Stars
This film is a greatly condensed telling of Clavell's novel Tai Pan. As such, it necessarily leaves out a great deal of the detail and many of the sub-plots contained in the excellent novel. This was unavoidable because the novel is intricate and complex. I am not sure that even a mini-series would have successfully encompassed the scope of the novel.
With that caveat, I enjoyed this film a lot more than I thought I would. The acting is generally quite good, and the story, while truncated, is coherent and interesting. This is the story of the birth of Hong Kong as an improbable British colony and outpost on Chinese soil. It is further the story of the rivalry between two great British trading houses: Noble House, and Brock & Sons. The latter conflict, which is more or less a bitter clan feud between two Scottish families, is well-told and interesting, and not too far off-track from the story told in the novel.
Within its necessary limitations, I thought that this was a pretty good film, well worth watching.
Movie Review: Another in the classic Clavell stories
Summary: 4 Stars
Though not at the level of Shogun or Noble House, this movie is a good telling of Taipan. Just as the book was not as easy to read, due to the heavy Scottish dialect in which it speaks, this movie seems more difficult to follow as well. There seems to be a rush to introduce the characters, who parts don't 'flesh out'. A lot of the book seems to be lost, as little explanation is given to some of the characters more bizarre behavior.
I did enjoy this movie, because I read the book first and could mentally fill in the gaps in the characters' stories. However, this movie does not compare well to the other books and their movie counterparts in this oriental series by the great writer, James Clavell. Perhaps, it needed to be longer to truly tell the tale...or maybe not.
Movie Review: Hong Kong early 1800's
Summary: 4 Stars
Tai-Pan DVD
Tai-Pan is based on James Clavell's novel. It is a saga of 19th century Hong Kong and a noble hero (Bryan Brown), a dastardly villain (John Stanton) and a woman, of course
Recommended for James Cavell's fans (but the book TaiPan is better IMHO) and fans of early Hong Kong.
Gunner February, 2008