Confucius

[Drunk Monk]

Chow Yun Fat in the lead, rocking a serious Daoist beard. It's a big period epic, with lots of huge sets, CGI battles, and even some swordfights. There's lots of beautiful expansive scenery and gorgeous costumes. I didn't realize Imperial China was so lavish in 5th century BCE. Zhou Xun is in it, second billing, as a notorious concubine who seduces her way into power, a perfect part for her and those spacey seductive monstrous eyes of her. Her role is teased in the beginning, and then she appears much later in the film (it's 2+ hours) and has a bewitching scene with Chow that is the centerpiece of the flick, and then exits promptly, leaving any viewer to say '2nd billing for that?' Chow is cool, but most of his lines come off like 'Confucius say' fortune-cookie wisdom, way to patriotic and fawning over China's greatest philosopher.

This film didn't need a sword fight. There were plenty of sword fights. What it needed was Chow in a white suit shooting up stuff with pistols.

[cranefly]

I've taken to watching a Chinese TV station for the news. It helps me shake off American propaganda like a dog shedding water.
Anyway, there's this one Chinese anchorwoman who has Manga eyes. I mean, they're higher than they are wide! Beyond the obvious extreme cosmetic surgery, she emphasizes even more with heavy makeup. She's so freakish I can never focus on what she's reporting.

I'll try to track down a photo of her.

[Drunk Monk]

I've mentioned her before. I do find her to be a talented actress and have enjoyed many of her films (most reviewed here on DOOM)

Deny these peepers, if you can.

[cranefly]

I saw Zhou Xun in some movie years ago and have been impressed by her screen presence ever since.

I may have tracked down the CCTV news anchor I was talking about: Liu Yuxi

Here's a photo of her without makeup.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/...5622_4.htm

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

We will teach the Cranefly the secrets of the Interwebs. Someday.

[Drunk Monk]

These big eyed Chinese starlets must be from the planet Manga.

Here's Jian Tian, who will be Jackie Chan's co-star in the upcoming Police Story 2013, premiering in China this Xmas.


Actually, maybe it's just the mascara. She was also in Special ID, which I just reviewed here, and her eyes didn't look nearly as bulgy.

[cranefly]

Okay, so it wasn't Liu Yuxi. Totally wrong.

Finally saw her again. Her name is Li QiuYuan. I tracked down a bit of footage of her on the web.
This clip is from earlier in the year. But something radical has happened with her makeup of late to make her eyes pop even more.
I can't seem to copy/paste the clip, so here's the link.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php...8613530408