The Asian Film Thread

Originally Posted by Shinka

The Promise and Fearless are being released in US cinemas in May and August respectively as wide releases. I'm looking forward to seeing both of them even though people have said the Promise sucked. Anyone seen it?
http://impawards.com/2006/promise.html

I'm not too sure about Promise, but I'm looking forward to seeing Fearless. I believe it was supposed to be Jet Li's last movie too. He's not the best actor I've seen, but he has some really good moves. It's a shame that he doesn't use the spear or bamboo pole in too many of his movies.


I just got around to seeing Shaolin Soccer. (HAH! I'm, like, really late on that) Ehh...I dunno. I didn't really like it. Sure, it had its good moments and quirky style, but overall, I wasn't impressed by the storyline at all-- very predictable and dull. I'm not saying that the movie itself was dull though; in fact, it has some of the most original, hilarious things I've seen.

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Namely the two singing scenes!

I must admit, however, that it was a fun (and funny!) movie.

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I just went back and watched The Lotus Lantern yesterday. It's a rather old animated movie (Chinese!), but it's still fun to watch. It's about a boy who is the son of a goddess and a mortal man, but because the gods weren't really supposed to marry mortals, the boy's father was killed. Eventually, the mother gets punished and is trapped under a mountain. The boy then tries to rescue his mother. The end.

I really liked this movie. It was cute, and I got quite a few chuckles out of it. Definitely worth watching. I'm not too sure about how popular it was when it first came out, I'd call it a classic. I also love the music.

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