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In Reply to: Hero-BIG YAWN. posted by Duilawyer on August 19, 2004 at 06:54:16:
that some will not "get" this movie. Viewed from Hollywood or even European style of movie-making, one can find many faults with this movie.If you like tightly progressive, clear-as-bell storyline, with event A leading to B and then C, with crackling stunts/effects, as well as every character and motive explained 100% by the movie's end, then "Hero" may be underwhelming.
On the other hand, If you are someone who has had a lot of exposure to "authentic" Chinese martial arts and history, especially the very long Martial Arts fiction novels (fantastic!), have the been-there done-that background in the Martial-arts mechanics/style and get past the actual fighting, this movie is very "Zen."
Approached from the flowing-river, Siddhartha type of viewpoint, this movie makes sense IMO. I find it much more moving than Crouching Tiger.
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Always possible. Especially for the period I lost interest, when the "real" facts emereged.
Since people tend to get different things out of a given movie, I can't speak for the others.I have read a lot of "Martial Arts novels," which consist of 10-12 book series usually and very entertaining. In fact, most of these movies are a abridged snapshot of such novels. Just as people complain about any movie based on a novel, a movie just can't do justice.
Also, I've seen lots of Martial arts/history type movies out of Hong Kong/China, some of which truly are spectacular as far as martial arts effects.
So, basically when I see "Hero," I'm able to see through the martial arts and fighting, which I've seen and read about plenty before. I also don't require a tight, logical story-telling to be engaged. This movie is like a snapshot watercolor painting of one moment in a gigantic flowing river. There's unimaginable amount of different stories, subtexts, people that exist before, during, and after the story being presented loosely.
When I take the approach of sitting up on the hill, looking down at the huge river flowing by, just being immersed at one particular sprinkle of colors and shade from the sunlight at a given angle, while the scenary changes unforgivably and unstoppably, I get "it," but I cant' explain...
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