The Asian Film Thread

Originally Posted by Cobra

And Fearless was 100 times superior to Hero IMHO, which was almost entirely show off and slow motion, aimed for the western audience, like Crouching Tiger was.

Pretty much agreed. However, a major issue I had with the film was in the action choreography for the Japanese warrior - it looked absolutely ridiculous the way he flailed his katana around like it was a wu shu sword. Of course it's a Chinese film with Chinese action choreographers with a distinctly Chinese style, but IMO Chinese style choreographry + Japanese katana swordplay just don't go well together. Also look at the Princess Blade, directed by Donnie Yen (a superb action director as well). The katana-based swordplay in that film also looked silly and ridiculous. It was just a tarnish on an otherwise excellent film.

Jam it back in, in the dark.