Hero

Sep. 15th, 2004 09:14 pm
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[livejournal.com profile] lioncub and I went to see Hero this afternoon.

Wow.

I mean, Wow.

I almost cried during the red scene when Flying Snow and the Nameless One were fending off the arrows of the Qin army.  Zhang just so outdid himself in this one.

And, to top it off, the actors mostly spoke at a pace and clearly enough that I understood a good part of the movie from them without the subtitles (though I watched those, too - I thought they did a good job with most of the translations).  The one odd one was the translation of "our land," which I found a tad strange.  I can see why this movie wouldn't/didn't go over well in Taiwan, too, with the emphasis on Chinese unity and nationalism. :-)

But, wow.

Wow!

Date: 2004-09-15 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inqueery.livejournal.com
It was fantastic wasn't it? I know I'm going to go see it again...

Date: 2004-09-16 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gnumoose.livejournal.com
Yes, just a great movie.

Date: 2004-09-15 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ex-ultraboy803.livejournal.com
I agree 100%. it was astounding!

Date: 2004-09-15 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-trick-mind.livejournal.com
The leaves were just absolutely awesome. I will buy this DVD the moment it comes out. The cinematography is incredible. I think it is a shoe-in for an Oscar.

Date: 2004-09-15 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isachandra.livejournal.com
I loved on it, too.

DVD Release

Date: 2004-09-16 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gnumoose.livejournal.com
According to www.davisdvd.com, Hero is scheduled to be released by Miramax on November 30th.

Waiting for the DVD!

Date: 2004-09-16 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rich-life.livejournal.com
I absolutely cannot wait for the DVD release! I was actually disappointed by the quality of the print I saw and just KNOW it will be stunning on my LCD HDTV!!!

Re: Waiting for the DVD!

Date: 2004-09-16 07:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grok.livejournal.com
That was my thought exactly...how cool will this bee in 480i?

Yayness!

Re: Waiting for the DVD!

Date: 2004-09-16 09:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rich-life.livejournal.com
Oooh! Maybe we can have a viewing party for it!!!

Date: 2004-09-16 05:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jarlsberg71.livejournal.com
I loeved it. I always prep myself for endings like that, but it never works. It really captured (for me) the essence of how the ultimate sin, the ultimate wrong is to kill the king. (that's where shakespeare failed to me in MacBeth, but whatever) the colors were astounding, the settings were sublime, and if I ever get to meet the idiot who posted his review on IMDB.COM I'll beat him senseless if I have to fight on water to do it.

I knew you'd like it!

Date: 2004-09-16 07:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grok.livejournal.com
Wow indeed!

Date: 2004-09-16 07:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhim.livejournal.com
Was it just my imagination, or were parts of the film spoken in a different dialect?

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