I watched The Three kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon and An Empress and the warriors.
Actually I only wanted to catch the Empress one, because Donnie Yen is in, so ya. And I wasn't really interested in the Three Kingdoms, cos well, I don't really know much of the history. But after watching the movies, I kinda wanna learn more on the history during the three kingdoms period, and must learn to accept that not every movie that stars your favourite actors/actress is a good one.
Movie Review - The Three kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
Erm, I don't really how to comment on this film. Lets see, storyline is so-so only, its just about this one guy(Andy Lau), who rise up and blah blah blah... Before I watched this, I only heard of Cao cao, Zhuge Liang, Zhang fei and Guang Yu. And the guy Andy Lau is portraying, well, I never even hear before. Haha, and it seems that they use a different name from the real history.
Actions of this film is done by Sammo Hung and he himself just takes the role of a supporting cast in the whole film, being the narrator and stuff. The war/fight scenes to me were quite lousy. There wasn't any thing that stood out. Just many people with horses running around and easily getting smack by Andy Lau. Haha.
I must say, the actors that took on the role of Zhang fei and friends(Those real characters). Really look like those kind. Haha, like those idols you see at home(Buddhist). Haha.
I think the bad point is that there is simply not enough time to tell the whole story. The last part was abit of a rush to me. They just say what happen, did not show the 'last battle'. Thats weak.
Anyway, there is another film(Red cliff) on the three kingdoms era, directed by John Woo. I think that would be a better one. Also having quite abit of star power in the movie. Its mainly about this particular battle at this red cliff..I think. Haha. But comparing this with the Empress movie, just watch this and save your money.
6/10
Movie Review - An Empress and the warriors
Haha, for this I like have more to say. First of all, the title is abit stupid aka no meaning.
I dunno where to start. Oh ya, storyline - none. Yup, Its just bad.. I thought this is a war movie, but it turns out to be a love story one. Its damn loser. The princess(Kelly Chen), got hurt in some jungle, doctor/warrior(Leon Lai) rescues her and bam, they fell in love. Okay, Donnie Yen is this orphan kid who grew up together with the princess and is a big brother/secret admirer.
There were scenes that were just waste of time. One funny part(which is not suppose to be), is when Kelly and Leon got together in this Hot-air balloon that he built. And the music kicks in.. Haha, as commented by Brian, "Why suddenly got pop music one?" Hahaha. But the song to me is nice la, cos I like these kind of songs. Think The Myth(Jackie Chan) kind of song BUT it was more appropriate in that movie and scene.
Action scenes were weak too. I thought it would be the selling point of this movie. Its the same as the three kingdoms one where man on horse gets fallen easily by main characters. Haha. In the trailer, they show Leon and Donnie facing off, and I was hoping it to be a good one. It turns out to be a sword fight of less than 2mins. Really weak.
The Only good part I like is when Donnie took of his armour and he just looks cool. Ya, haha. Even the last stand he had wasn't showing any of his recent movies(SPL, Flashpoint) kind of action feel. I know its differnt era but I'm sure it can be done. Hero(Jet Li, Donnie Yen) had some nice fight...
Haiz, I would just say, don't bother to watch, it could easily win worse movie of the year. Imo la. Haha.
3/10
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Quite a long post... I just had my timetable done and wow, this sem is the most relax one I think. With 3 out of the 5days having only to go school for 2hrs.. Haha. Looks like I can go find job when school starts. Bad thing is I can't squeeze all the modules in so, I think I would need to take an extra sem..
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