The Curse of the Golden Flower
Nov. 23rd, 2007 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbThis is a pretty film. Great acting, great scenery, fairly juicy plot, flashy martial arts.
But the ending? I sat through the most pointless climactic battle in the universe for that?
I feel so cheated.
...You know, there's probably a PhD or three in analysing the way Chinese films follow different narrative conventions from American and/or British ones. Because I don't know if that ending purely sucked, or if Chinese directors have entirely different ideas of narrative catharsis than I do.
Also, great use of film in support of ideology. Challenging authority can only end in tragedy, yay!
But the ending? I sat through the most pointless climactic battle in the universe for that?
I feel so cheated.
...You know, there's probably a PhD or three in analysing the way Chinese films follow different narrative conventions from American and/or British ones. Because I don't know if that ending purely sucked, or if Chinese directors have entirely different ideas of narrative catharsis than I do.
Also, great use of film in support of ideology. Challenging authority can only end in tragedy, yay!
