04-25-2012, 11:59 AM
Did I detect wire-work with horses?
Looks very intriguing.
I kept thinking I had seen the original Painted Skin. But after reading the plot on wikipedia, nope, don't think so. I was likely confusing it with Painted Faces, which is about the Seven Little Fortunes (Jackie Chan [not in the film], Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, etc.), their training in Beijing opera. As to whether I've even seen that one, I'm uncertain. So it's possible I'm confusing Painted Skin with Painted FIre. Painted Fire is a respectable Korean film about the life of Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), also called Owon, a rebellious painter in those times. I think of him as the Lord Guan of Korean art, to mix metaphors on an insane palette. I should have reviewed it here after watching it. But there was a spell of about 18 months when I watched maybe 200 movies from Netflix while working full time, and I just couldn't find the time.
I'm afraid my brain can no longer reliably tell me what movies I've watched and what I haven't. I need to start over.
Looks very intriguing.
I kept thinking I had seen the original Painted Skin. But after reading the plot on wikipedia, nope, don't think so. I was likely confusing it with Painted Faces, which is about the Seven Little Fortunes (Jackie Chan [not in the film], Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, etc.), their training in Beijing opera. As to whether I've even seen that one, I'm uncertain. So it's possible I'm confusing Painted Skin with Painted FIre. Painted Fire is a respectable Korean film about the life of Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), also called Owon, a rebellious painter in those times. I think of him as the Lord Guan of Korean art, to mix metaphors on an insane palette. I should have reviewed it here after watching it. But there was a spell of about 18 months when I watched maybe 200 movies from Netflix while working full time, and I just couldn't find the time.
I'm afraid my brain can no longer reliably tell me what movies I've watched and what I haven't. I need to start over.