An Eye Candy AND a Movie Rec Post

[dangermousie]

In honor of koalathebear making it back to Australia safely, I bring you pic spam from one of the movies she likes (and she isn't the only one :P), House of Flying Daggers. What is is about? Well, love, and fighting, and some gorgeous gorgeous colors. It's one of the three big imports of the period/wuxia (is that the term?) Chinese movies into the US and it's as hyper-personal as Hero is about the abstract over the individual (a big reason I prefer HoFD to Hero).

This pic spam is naturally a bit biased, as while Andy Lau is a fine actor, I am still bitter about what he did to Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs. Kidding. Sorta. It's just Takeshi Kaneshiro, the other male lead, really does it for me. Oh, and of course plenty of Zhang Ziyi. I am sure I duplicated a few shots within the post but I am tired and don't want to edit for the umpteenth time. I am sure you won't mind looking at some pretty twice.























































































































Because this is cute:

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

He looks so much better when he's not wearing a handbag on his head.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ROTFLOL. So vicious :P

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

Oh come on his hat is way better than Andy Lau's hat!! :D

And yay now that I'm back in Australia, DM I can see all your images including your layout, mood theme, pic spams! I'd always thought your LJ was so textual when I was in Beijing ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

So glad you can see them, koalathebear! It's definitely picture heavy. :P

[iheartpotatoes.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful movie this was. There were so many different twists towards the end, though, that I stopped being surprised.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I loved the twists! When I bought it, I didn't even know the plot so it was extra cool.

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

I adore this film; I'm insanely addicted to it, so this picspam is quite a treat! Thanks for sharing :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It really is one of the prettiest movies I've seen.

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay, House of Flying Daggers!

I must admit, I am rather partial to Ziyi Zhang's acting. She made this movie for me, in my opinion.

I think I might like Hero better though, just because it is absolutely gorgeous to look at, and I like the way the story was told. /shrug/ Both definitely deliciously good, though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, she is quite good.

I didn't like Hero's "yay with tyrants" message.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

I love this film. It looks so beautiful.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. One of the most beautiful ones I've seen.

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

Awww. One of the few movies I can forgive for having no plausible plot, just by the sheer force of cinematography and direction.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I liked the twistiness of it :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

AH! What a beatiful collection of pictures! (** Adds to the memory **)

Thank you!

This movie is beautiful, but can't curb my conscience and not agree with ayn_rand_fan_13 : it was a little empty for me. BUT BEAUTIFUL! So beautiful that it hurts!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

icon!!!

I just love the angst. It's sort of China does Bollywood :)

[mimesh.livejournal.com]

OMG! So many great pictures!

I did a quick search a while ago and couln'd find any nice ones. Thank you so much for hunting these down! *g*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You are welcom. Love this movie!