Curse of the Golden Flower-New flick from HERO director

begbie · October 2006

New movie from Zhang Yimou (HERO & House of Flying Daggers)

Out in December starring Chow Yun Fat.

Looks like another reference material flick !

begbie · October 2006

Here's the official movie link.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/curseofthegoldenflower/

Toxis · October 2006

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That's a lot of gold spray paint.

begbie · October 2006

It is eh? Hence the word "gold" in the movie title.

He could've easily went with similar soldiers armour from "HERO" but from what I've read he's always wanting to develop as a director. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt based on his track record.

begbie · November 2006

Here's the apple trailer link with the teaser. Much more clearer and very impressive.

Keep a look out towards the end as you'll see what must be a couple thousand or so REAL soldiers charging in a palace !!! (apparently he used 25000 soldiers for the movie!) Little or no cgi, the director wanted- or maybe couldn't afford

- Sweet.....

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/curseofthegoldenflower/teaser/

MrNightly · April 2007

Just rented it. Very interesting flick. Not quite what I expected, more of a movie developing the inner struggles of a royal family than an action movie. Top notch filming and acting (Subtitled of course) but as always, that never sways my view of a movie.

If you were a fan of Crouching Tiger or Hero, you'll probably like this one. Not one of my favorites by any stretch, but worthy of a rental.

Solid A rating, but to each his own!

polkatese · April 2007

I watched it over the weekend, excellent cinematography! story line is interesting, but perhaps the opening scene with the display of healthy cleavages (yes, many..:) )made me anxious for those impending concubine action scenes...(I know, I should've known better than that)

kidding aside, I thought it was decent overall..7/10 for me.

cheddar · April 2007

Coming out on blu-ray in May:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/curseofthegoldenflower.html

louthewiz · April 2007

The movie blew potato monkeys!!

begbie · April 2007

Hyped up for this earlier as you could tell but I was disappointed. Not a total wasted effort from the director but one of his weaker films. Still nothing beats HERO. Lower your expectations and don't expect a kung-fu fight every 5 mins. and you'll do ok.

The film did have a hundred flying assasins and a thousand soldeirs clad in gold running towards ya-- which was cool. :cool:

and oh yeah... the cleavage

shawn474 · May 2007

Just watched this last night. I am a huge fan of Chow Yun Fat and he did not disappoint in this movie. I thought it was a very good movie and one that was very well directed and acted. I give it a solid 4 out of 5 stars and recommend anyone on the fence to rent it.

Shawn

cheddar · May 2007

Just saw this on blu-ray. Definitely the format to go with to appreciate all the lush costumes and sets. I found it to be a very dark shakespearean story. If you like the dark Chinese movies where you know things are going to go from bad to worse, the movie works. It certainly isn't a non-stop kung fu action flick and will likely dissappoint if that's what you're after.

***spoilers below ***

I found that it almost works best as a dark comedy. 10,000 soldiers going up against increasingly dismal killing machines was a hoot. And the snot-nosed number 3 son attempting yet another coup with his merry band of inept half a dozen guards was priceless.

Curse of the Golden Flower-New flick from HERO director

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