12-10-2007, 06:52 AM
From a production design standpoint, wow. It was a riot of color. I've been hanging around the art department too long. They must have spent a fortune on paint. If those were sets(?) I need to go visit them. And how many people did it take to build them? if they were real, why doesn't China rule the world? That's coming, right?
How factual was the representation of the Emperor's lifestyle? I probably know the answer but I thought I'd ask. The making of the medicine was very cool. I especially liked the emperor's medicine chair.
As for the story, it was okay. The film pace really picked up with the arrival of the assasins to kill doc and his wife. They should have just started there. All that story crap, you can keep it. Give me those massive battle scenes. I especially like the quick clean up. That Emperor is prepared for everything. And if those were all actual bodies during the fight instead of CGI bodies, wow. I'm still on the fence whether they were CGI or not. I'm hoping somebody can give me the definitive answer.
The story was Shakespearean and Oedipal. Quite the mix. But a little long. I'm also thinking people in large cast foreign films should wear name tags so I can keep the players straight. Maybe even an overlay that you can turn on and off through the DVD player.
How factual was the representation of the Emperor's lifestyle? I probably know the answer but I thought I'd ask. The making of the medicine was very cool. I especially liked the emperor's medicine chair.
As for the story, it was okay. The film pace really picked up with the arrival of the assasins to kill doc and his wife. They should have just started there. All that story crap, you can keep it. Give me those massive battle scenes. I especially like the quick clean up. That Emperor is prepared for everything. And if those were all actual bodies during the fight instead of CGI bodies, wow. I'm still on the fence whether they were CGI or not. I'm hoping somebody can give me the definitive answer.
The story was Shakespearean and Oedipal. Quite the mix. But a little long. I'm also thinking people in large cast foreign films should wear name tags so I can keep the players straight. Maybe even an overlay that you can turn on and off through the DVD player.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit