Comments on: Heros – and the Greater Good http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/12/heros A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of China. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/12/heros/comment-page-1#comment-21672 Joel Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:44:25 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/12/heros#comment-21672 I'm not a movie critic, but I seriously wonder if this movie wasn't just part of Zhang Yimou's big butt-kissing career rehabilitation effort, which he needed after making earlier critical movies like <em>To Live</em>, and that ultimately worked, as they handed him the Olympics ceremonies. <em>Curse of the Golden Flower</em> carried a similar theme. Aside from the message, it was an interesting movie and we watched it a couple times. Pretty sure it wasn't really about the Qing Dynasty... maybe some other dynasty. I’m not a movie critic, but I seriously wonder if this movie wasn’t just part of Zhang Yimou’s big butt-kissing career rehabilitation effort, which he needed after making earlier critical movies like To Live, and that ultimately worked, as they handed him the Olympics ceremonies. Curse of the Golden Flower carried a similar theme. Aside from the message, it was an interesting movie and we watched it a couple times.

Pretty sure it wasn’t really about the Qing Dynasty… maybe some other dynasty.

]]> By: Curtis http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/12/heros/comment-page-1#comment-21659 Curtis Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:20:34 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/2007/08/12/heros#comment-21659 Personally I thought from a story-telling and visual perspective, or even as a cultural apologetics of sorts, the movie was genius -- but I can't ultimately buy into the idea that the world world should submit to despotism for the sake of unity. Not that I buy into the Star Wars idea either where every Westerner dreams they're "The One". I am not convinced this movie was really about Qing dynasty though... Personally I thought from a story-telling and visual perspective, or even as a cultural apologetics of sorts, the movie was genius — but I can’t ultimately buy into the idea that the world world should submit to despotism for the sake of unity. Not that I buy into the Star Wars idea either where every Westerner dreams they’re “The One”. I am not convinced this movie was really about Qing dynasty though…

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