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House of Flying Daggers (2004)
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"Danny Boyle’s new crowd-pleasing film Slumdog Millionaire was originally intended to be shot entirely in English, but apparently due to the preferences of a casting director, about a third of the movie is in Hindi. While this fraction may not be enough to call it a foreign-language film, it could have been enough to turn off subtitle-fearing audiences were the movie not so otherwise accessible due to its feel-good, “Hollywood-style” story involving star-crossed romance, destiny and an ultimate “love conquers all” message. Also, the movie breaks free from one off-putting foreign film tradition by following Man on Fire, Night Watch and TV’s Heroes into the realm of non-traditional subtitling. Slumdog received a standing ovation at the Toronto Film Festival, where it won the People’s Choice Awa "
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"First let me say that House of Flying Daggers is an incredibly beautiful film. The cinematography is breathtaking. Every time I woke up, I was awestruck at the images on the screen. And therein lay the problem: the languid pace and convoluted plot kept putting me out. I’ve seen plenty of foreign films. I have no problem with subtitles. I own plenty of Chinese, Japanese, German, French and Spanish films. I have never fallen asleep through any of them other than this movie. Just to be sure, the third time I tried to watch this movie, I watched the dubbed version. No help there. It tries to be another Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) but the acting failed and the plot failed. All that was left was special effect and incredible scenery. This movie was hollow to me. "
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Razor Romance
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"Quite possibly, the most achingly romantic film of the decade, preposterous violence, used largely to symbolise true love, realised and unrequited.If you don’t cry at this, you've got a heart of stone. "
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"This movie has a plot within a plot within a plot. It has to be watched several times to get the full effect.Fight scenes were very good and it's a welcome change to have bold women in martial arts movies.The use of color is very reminiscent of Kurosawa. "
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"Don’t be fooled, now. This film may look like a beautiful, epic piece of cinema, but that’s likely only because it was shot by Xiaoding Zhao, whose relatively short cinematography resume includes Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers (for which Xiaoding received an Oscar nomination), Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles and Curse of the Golden Flower (he was also a cameraman for Yimou’s Hero). So yeah, The Children of Huang Shi will certainly be a good looking film, but notice who the director is. That’s right, Roger Spottiswoode, a guy whose worst film is difficult to decide upon. I’d say it’s a toss up between The 6th Day and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. I’ve never seen
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