Curse of the Golden Flower
Jan. 3rd, 2007 12:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieJust got back from The Curse of the Golden Flower which I watched with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
smartylibrarian.
The long write-up is coming tomorrow, because for one, I am very tired, and for another, I am still reeling, so all I will say for now is:
Wow.
I have never seen a movie this brutal, gorgeous and devastating, all at once. It's like Shakespeare tragedies through an opera lens (and the family makes Lion in the Winter family seem like the Bradies). It's beyond intense and beyond harsh and despairing, and utterly beautiful.
Oh, and Jay Chou, as the 'good' middle son, the only one with real integrity? YUM.
smartylibrarian.The long write-up is coming tomorrow, because for one, I am very tired, and for another, I am still reeling, so all I will say for now is:
Wow.
I have never seen a movie this brutal, gorgeous and devastating, all at once. It's like Shakespeare tragedies through an opera lens (and the family makes Lion in the Winter family seem like the Bradies). It's beyond intense and beyond harsh and despairing, and utterly beautiful.
Oh, and Jay Chou, as the 'good' middle son, the only one with real integrity? YUM.
