The Road Home
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Movie Reviews of The Road Home
Movie Review: Zhang's Best So Far
Summary: 5 Stars
Chen Kaige's "The King of Masks"? I hate to say this, but compare to "The Road Home," "The King of Masks" is more like a collaboration of film students. And it's not by Chen Kaige neither. I would like to say that I have been very disappointed by Mr. Zhang's works in the past 10 years or so, and that includes his latest work,"Hero." "The Road Home," however, is absolutely one of the best examples of today's Chinese Cinema. Even though the film is an adaptation of the short story "My Father, My Mother," it is totally cinematic. Check out the composition and camera movements in EVERY single shot, and you'll see what Zhang's art is really about. Compare to Chen Kaige ("Life on A String," "Farewell My Concubine"), Zhang's view towards Chinese society is limited, his political position immature. But when dealing with little people in their daily lives, Zhang is indeed the best. Five stars for making me weep five times while watching this film.
Movie Review: Hauntingly Beautiful - both the film and its lovely score
Summary: 5 Stars
This beautiful film will stay with you for days afterward. Zhang Ziyi's sweet portrayal of Di is perfection. I would imagine there wasn't a dry eye in the house when it was first shown to audiences.
I just finished watching The Road Home for the second time and I cannot get the refrain of the film's score out of my head - not that I mind! : ) It beautifully matches the cinematography and the story. Unfortunately however, the soundtrack does not appear to be available - at least not at the moment. I'll keep my fingers crossed for sometime in the future.
I like this film so much I'm going to purchase the DVD so I can revisit it whenever I wish.
I have a recommendation for another sweet film you may like if you enjoyed The Road Home. Although the story is not a romantic love story, it is still a story about love. The film is called Shower. Check it out when you have time.
Movie Review: Greatest Love Story on film
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this movie, thinking it was a horror film. I clicked on wrong icon. When it was delivered, I said- "oh no, a 40 year love story- give me a break."
I did not watch it till a few days later. Luckily, I had nothing to do. I don't know where it started, but somewhere in the first 20 minutes, I found my eyes becoming misty.
This has to be the most beautiful story of all time. I realized on my 3rd rerun of it that the couple do not even hug----never mind kiss.
Zhang ziyi has come along way from this film, but I am sorry she no longer has roles such as these. I think she is a fine actress and seen her in almost everything, not realizing it was her. I am a big asian film fan-mostly horror buff. Occasionally, I wander but not too often. The Road Home is an exception.
There are three scenes that have me fighting back the tears. I only watch it by myself. For obvious reasons---Enjoy!
Movie Review: Beautiful, Touching
Summary: 5 Stars
For fans of faster-paced movies, be forewarned: this is extremely slow. For others who love a beautifully-filmed movie or a touching romance story whatever the pace, this Chinese film will do nicely.
Zhang Ziyi, who has now become an International star, never looked prettier and more appealing than here. Maybe that's because she plays such a sweet, innocent, non-violent (no martial arts here) character: a woman smitten with a new teacher in town and one who will go any lengths (in a totally pure sense) to be noticed and attract this man, mainly in the form of exercising incredible patience.
The long, middle segment of the film is in brilliant, almost stunning-looking color. The beginning and end of the film are both in black-and-white. The cinematography for both parts is magnificent. The film would really look good with a sharp Blu-Ray transfer.
Movie Review: Where's the full screen version???
Summary: 5 Stars
First, I completely agree with everyone who raves about this movie--it's one of the best I saw last year.However, this DVD was supposed to contain both the widescreen and fullscreen versions of the movie. As far as I can tell, there is no fullscreen version on this DVD. I tried everything I could think of, including the angle button on my DVD remote, but it's just not there. So, if you really want to have this movie in a fullscreen format, you are going to be disappointed if you get this DVD. You may want to consider the VHS version instead.
Other than that, the DVD quality is quite good. There's not much in the way of bonus features, but the picture and sound quality are quite good, and many people will probably not care that the full screen version is missing.