Oscar watch 2005- House of Flying Daggers

[blue_lotus13]

Last night, B* and I went to see House of Flying Daggers , which is nominated for an award in cinematography. I'm glad that it is nominated as it was a gorgeous movie, and I'm glad to see more international movies receive nominations.



This movie has more of a romantic storyline that "Hero." I also found it a lot more erotic than "Hero", although the attempted rape scenes really disturbed me. B* commented that although the scenes were sexy, they still respect Chinese censorship by not showing a lot of skin or body parts.

I liked the plot twists in this movie and found it easier to follow than "Hero." However, I didn't like the violence in the ending very much.

Still, it's a beautiful film and I enjoyed it. I also enjoyed looking at Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is an incredibly good looking man.

Comments

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

I also enjoyed looking at Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is an incredibly good looking man.

I could not possibly agree more.

[pescana.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, hot man. Hot! And I liked his character too.

I liked HERO better, but I thought this one was beautiful. I loved the twists. I'm not sure it's a good thing that when I saw they were in a bamboo forest, I turned to Mr D and said, "Oh, they're in bamboo, there's going to be a fight."

[zoje-george.livejournal.com]

Oh yes.

And Tony Leung/Broken Sword? Also very fine.

[elf-chick.livejournal.com]

saw it. liked it. still need to see Hero. (why don't i just go to the video store right now?)

anyway. for a little bit i was thinking, "Wow, the movie is going to end and no one dies?" because that seems rare in Chinese movies. Of course i was wrong.

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