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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 12, 2009 19:40:22 GMT
Dunno how this one slipped past me in the cinema. Saw the DVD in Sainsbury's today, read the description and snapped it up.
A fine film, certainly better than any American blockbusters I've seen for a few years. Essentially it's a mix of two time periods and two film genres, Indiana Jones/The Mummy in the present day, and Hero/House of Flying Daggers period martial arts in the past, with Jackie Chan playing a lead character in both eras, which collide at the end. Great fun.
And he rides a kung-fu horse too.
Best watched un-dubbed. I think it's Cantonese with a sprinkling of English for the present-day segments, and Mandarin for the period stuff, which is pretty cool.
Martin
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Post by jameso on Jun 12, 2009 21:10:52 GMT
Don't think it came out in the cinema. My site didn't get it, in any case.
Keep an eye out for Red Cliff, out this week, for more Asian war action.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 13, 2009 18:00:23 GMT
Don't think it came out in the cinema. Unbelievable. Why oh why are we so in thrall to Hollywood? Incidentally, both heroines in this film (one a Korean actress, the other Indian) make Megan Fox look dead ugly. And I have now learnt that Jackie Chan can sing too. Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2009 19:34:07 GMT
I've never been a fan of Jackie Chan myself. I've seen a few of his films and not liked a single one.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 13, 2009 19:50:54 GMT
Nor have I, until this one. I only like period martial arts normally (and not the too bloody sort), and avoid modern day settings, which is what he apparently favours.
The Myth is added to my DVD collection previously comprising Hero, House of Flying Daggers and Crouching Tiger. It's adds a bit of variety having the lighter modern day stuff alternating with the period epic, but I wouldn't want to watch an entire movie of it.
Martin
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Post by legios on Jun 13, 2009 20:28:41 GMT
Incidentally, both heroines in this film (one a Korean actress, the other Indian) make Megan Fox look dead ugly. Jackie does often end up with some rather lovely leading ladies. I can rarely fault his taste in that area. Indeed, sings the closing title song to quite a few of the films he has done over the years. They are mostly Canto-pop which doesn't really float my boat, but he does deliver pretty good Canto-pop for what it is worth. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 13, 2009 20:41:26 GMT
I've never been a fan of Jackie Chan myself. I've seen a few of his films and not liked a single one. Same here. I now actively avoid Jackie Chan films. I acknowledge that what he does is very skilled, just does nowt for me. -Ralph |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2009 22:37:12 GMT
The same goes for Jean-Claude Van Damme films. In my opinion he can't act to save his life but I do appreciate that he is an excellent kickboxer.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 16, 2009 20:28:23 GMT
Keep an eye out for Red Cliff, out this week, for more Asian war action. Thanks for the pointer. Hmmm, the film out in the cinemas this week is Part 1 of a 2-part story. Part 2 has no US/UK release date yet but is already on YouTube.  Looks a bit bloody for my tastes (like 'Curse of the Golden Flower'). And I prefer one-against-one or one-against-many fights to many-against-many with huge body counts. Martin |
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Post by jameso on Jun 17, 2009 14:54:56 GMT
Regarding Red Cliff, as far as I can gather, the US/UK release is a condensed version of the two part Eastern release. So it's not like you don't get an ending, you just miss loads of middle. I didn't know any of that before I saw it though. And it was quite bloody and quite large armies against large enemies. Therefore I cannot futher recommend it  |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 17, 2009 16:57:22 GMT
Well you've killed it for me now. I _never_ go for the shorter version of a film when I could get the extended cut.
Martin
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Post by jameso on Jun 18, 2009 0:55:26 GMT
Yeah? I'm sure you watched Return of the King in the cinema even though you know a longer version would be on the DVD... |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 18, 2009 6:19:37 GMT
Like I said, I never go for the shorter version of a film when I could get the extended cut. I couldn't get the extended version of Return of the King at the time, so I settled for the short cinema version (and moaned a bit about obvious omissions, as I recall). I could get the uncut version of Red Cliff now if I wanted it.
Martin
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