Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (Curse of the Golden Flower)

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Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (Curse of the Golden Flower)

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Dahong Ni, Jay Chou, Li Gong, Ye Liu, Chow Yun Fat

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, inclu...( read more  read more... )ding the royal family itself.

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  • SirPant
    October 1, 2009
    SirPant
    It?s no House of flying daggers but stick with it and this film gets good.
  • RiderOfTheStorms
    August 11, 2009
    RiderOfTheStorms
    no surprise dat da film would be beautiful. pretty fucked up doh.
  • binky013
    June 26, 2009
    binky013
    Wow, what a visually amazing work of cinematography. And talk about your proverbial cast of thousands. The climactic battle scene is just beyond epic. I don't think I've ever seen war portrayed quite this way. A very fluid mass of humanity pours across the screen, like two li...( read more)quids, oil and water maybe, jockeying for position.

    I love both Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li, and they do not disappoint as the two heavyweight fighters exchanging power punches in a battle of wills. Love and hate, jealousy, intrigue, poisoning, murder, incest, fratricide -- this is Greek tragedy, this is Shakespeare, this is all kinds of hallmark tragic traditions rolled into one pretty tight script. Definitely worth seeing.
  • garyX
    January 22, 2009
    garyX
    The Curse Of The Golden Flower is a historical epic starring Chow Yun-Fat as a Chinese emperor who rules both his lands and family with an iron fist. A plot to assassinate his empress results in an attempted coup to wrest power from his grasp. This story has a lot of potential fo...( read more)r political machinations, scheming and the kind of epic, heroic battles you'd expect from Zhang Yimou. The costumes and sets are of a scale and splendour it is impossible to ignore and his eye for aesthetic beauty is as evident as ever. But it seemed to me that the actors had been demoted to nothing more than elaborate mannequins on which to hang these incredible creations, arranged to make the most attractively composed images, rather than to facilitate the narrative or create empathy or even interest for the viewer. The characters and their relationships are barely fleshed out, and I never felt I'd got to know any of them or their personal motivations at all. Gong Li is the only one to wrest any screen time away from her sumptuous surroundings and she was always fighting a losing battle for attention with her quite hypnotic cleavage. I think Zhang was trying to create a Shakespearean tragedy, but his eye was so unwaveringly concerned with the style of the film rather than the substance, the result is little more than a collection of pretty pictures.
  • RCCLBC
    December 30, 2008
    RCCLBC
    This story makes some of Shakespeare's more bloddy works, seem like a Harlequin romance novel!

    Murder, intrigue, deceit and treachery abound in this visually stunning film.

    You need only look at the cast to get a feel for what awaits you. But nothing can prepare you for ...( read more)the beauty of the sets and costumes that will overwhelm your senses.

    Be forwarned that while there are some great fight scenes and excellent special effects...that is not the main focus of this film. It is first and foremost a powerful character drama.
  • jjb3332003
    November 5, 2009
    jjb3332003
    Quite possibly the most visually stunning film I have ever seen. You know what to expect from a Yimou Zhang film.
  • jimrin
    October 14, 2009
    jimrin
    Good acting, good effects, good cinematography, interesting story... Overall good movie.
  • ketutar
    October 12, 2009
    ketutar
    Just as impressive as the other Yimou Zhang's movies
  • ElCochran90
    October 4, 2009
    ElCochran90
    The wuxia genre continues to give birth to films, and this is the lowest spot the genre has fallen. The extraordinary imagery as colorful as a rainbow, the astonishing costume design and the artistic editing typical of Yimou Zhang are still present, but the substance and the orig...( read more)inality have completely disappeared. The plot is not engaging and without Yuen Woo-Ping behind the battle scenes, the only thing left is a gorgeous cinematography and a visual spectacle with no powerful substance behind it. Yimou, I'm still giving you another chance...

    65/100
  • SpunkyJamez
    October 2, 2009
    SpunkyJamez
    The film is visually stunning. The set looks amazing and all the dresses, armours and props look spectacular. Zhang Yimou is a Visual Genius, so it's no surprise that this film is a good looking one. The cast all perform well except for Jay Chou. I think he should stick with sing...( read more)ing and not act at all, he's terrible at it. Gong Li looks beautiful in this film. The story's good and so is the screenplay. The fight scenes were good but not great. They still looked good though. So, what can I say about this. It's a Zhang Yimou film, so you know it will be a visually dynamic film. The cast is good except for Jay Chou and the plot is nice. If you're a fan of the director's work, I'd highly recommend it.
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