Monday, July 28, 2008
Today i when to watch the Red Cliff Part 1 with YY & jimmy.This is an ancient Chinese war epic. I thought it would be pretty dry since it is 145 mins long and Three Kingdoms is never a ladies movie. However John Woo has introduced bits and pieces of humor, that's why it was not boring. Overall I find the portrayals of generals and warriors (ZhangFei, GuanYu, Zhao Yun, LiuBei, CaoCao and ZhouYu) by the actors have come across more convincing than ZhugeLiang. I played the game Romance of the Three Kingdom. After watching it, I felt that John Woo did very well in directing this movie. The overall script and the lines of the characters are good i think. And that is what is most important in movies that are based from history. I felt that the actor that I think gave me a better impression is Zhang Fengyi, the man that portrayed Cao Cao. I think he really fit the character Cao Cao and I think he did a nice job. I was never bored the whole movie despite that the movie is quite long. They have great battle scenes and they managed to insert quite few good lines to make people laugh. Overall I say that this movie is very good. I m eagerly waitng for part 2....