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Re: Hero by Choson 12/27/2004, 4:34pm PST
Lurker Shoomoser wrote:

If Zhang Yimou used the money he earned in Hero to finance his next movie, which is this, then the new batch of Chinese execution in football stadium should include him as well. Creativity has returned at the expense of COMMON SENSE. Spoiler: one moment Jin and Leo (due to a very contrived plot) are dueling in mid summer and the next moment there is a fucking snow storm. SNOW STORM!


It's pretty obvious that the snow storm isn't meant to be taken literally, unless you've been raised on Jackie Chan films. Yeah, I think there are better points to quibble about -- after all, this is an art movie, first and foremost, no matter how badly Miramax loves to sell its imports as variations on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's (which was also an art movie -- Sony Pictures Classics anyone?) CRAZY CHINESE ACTION. Like the plot point or lack of one where they fail to explain why exactly Takeshi Kaneshiro's character has been singled out to be trapped by the Flying Daggers folks. Or maybe I missed that bit.
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        Re: Hero by William H. Hayt, Jr. 10/01/2004, 8:23pm PDT NEW
            However you say the name of the Chinese director of the hour. by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/26/2004, 2:20am PST NEW
        Your comparison is oh so common and oh so WRONG by Lurker Shoomoser 12/27/2004, 3:18pm PST NEW
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            Re: Hero by jeep 12/26/2004, 8:52pm PST NEW
                I was thinking Sonny Chiba for cameos NT by FABIO 12/26/2004, 9:56pm PST NEW
                    Not as 'wacky' as a fistfight with Bob Barker NT by jeep 12/26/2004, 11:04pm PST NEW
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                        Newsflash: Some anonymous people on the Internet may not be American NT by Film at 11 12/27/2004, 6:58pm PST NEW
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