The Banquet

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Felix L @RT28259276 Jun 8, 2020 Empty plot, excessive runtime, boring boring movie. See more Oct 29, 2019 Yes it can! It can compete with iconic flics like Hero or House of the flying Daggers, or even Tiger and Dragon. There s no eastern flic that comes more poetic than this one. The director successfully made it to combine shakespeare with martial arts! To be more specific, it s a Hamlet adaption. Everything in that movie is so full of oppulence and poetry. Even the wire fu martial arts. But beware, it s a Shakespeare adaption in the first place and only in second place a martial arts movie. Last but not least, the score by Tan Dun is outstanding. I can recommend it to all eastern fans, who at the same time like Shakespeare See more bill t @Spuzz Sep 5, 2016 Dollar then a stack of hammers, this overlong over pretentious movie is totally confusing totally pretentious, and in love with its own slow mo photography. See more Fausto M @faustomolina1 Jan 26, 2015 This film is beautifully shot with gorgeous costumes, good performances and some interesting martial arts choreography. Sadly the film suffers from a underwritten script executed with confusing tones taking away from the sumptuous cinematography. It just makes you angry about how great this film could have been. See more camille l @RT76374992 Jan 27, 2014 Clairement, Feng Xiaogang est un esthete de l'image. Tous les plans sont des tableaux dans lesquels le realisateur se montre beaucoup moins a l'aise pour faire evoluer une histoire qui traine en longueur a cause d'une gestion catastrophique du rythme. Si Zhang Ziyi et Huang Xiaoming sont excellents, Daniel Wu est toujours aussi fade. Le score de Tan Dun est absolument inadaptee. See more Nov 9, 2013 A silly melodrama with gorgeous imagery and stylishly choreographed fight scenes. See more Read all reviews

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