12-13-2009, 11:33 AM
After all this pressure from DM, I went and saw Red Cliff at the Nick last night. They're down to a single showing per day, at 8:40pm. I have to concur with DM, it's a big screen epic. There was some initial narration in English, but most of the movie was in Chinese and subtitled. I like the dueling guzheng bit. It's a little "Devil Went Down to Georgia"/"Deliverance" (and the whole movie is about the south joining forces to fight the north...hmmm).
There's a fly-over of the north's fleet parked by the newly built camp that's pretty spectacular. Also, there's a sinking ship set near the end that falls to pieces while people cling to the decks that I thought was done rather well. There's some great humorous moments, especially the bit about the arrows. Lot's of battle strategy, catapult action, Greek fire, spies...All in all, good stuff.
--tg
There's a fly-over of the north's fleet parked by the newly built camp that's pretty spectacular. Also, there's a sinking ship set near the end that falls to pieces while people cling to the decks that I thought was done rather well. There's some great humorous moments, especially the bit about the arrows. Lot's of battle strategy, catapult action, Greek fire, spies...All in all, good stuff.
--tg