everybody's doing everbody wrong

[lauralh]

I lost the coin toss and had to watch Hero with Reg last night. Not that it was torture or anything. I enjoyed it a lot, although I did think it was kind of overdramatic and goofy. Also Reg recently watched The Emperor and the Assassin, which I've seen twice and is based on the same Emperor guy, so he kept interjecting that. Anyway I'm not big into wirework, I think it looks cheesy if you overuse it, and it was definitely overused, so I just kept giggling during the fight scenes. And of course it was Verbal Kent, you aren't supposed to give it away that early though.

My eye still hurts, but it's getting better.

Comments

[tyrven.livejournal.com]

I saw a bad dub of Hero on VCD a couple years ago and thought it sucked. The theatrical release was much better and I thought it lended itself to the big screen, a nice sound system and, best, a complete set of subtitles (the VCD was notorious for having the last 20 minutes of text cut off making it incomprehensible). I definitely agree re: overly dramatic and I much preferred The Emperor and the Assassin by comparison.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

yeah, in all honesty I have a huge problem with movies like Hero overshadowing actual quality chinese flicks like E&A. It's like, just because something is subtitled doesn't mean it's quality.

[asabass.livejournal.com]

I kept thinking "Wow there sure are a lot of ARROWS in this thing".

[jjsaysblah.livejournal.com]

i liked hero, and am looking forward to house of flying daggers