Enjoyed it!
Have the VCD, liked it a great deal. Zhang Zhiyi was yummy, love some of her subtle expressions 
Concur with SPJ enjoyed the drum dance.
Very nicely shot film.
Anything with Zhang Zinyi is worth watching!
I agree, I think she is hot
Like everyone else, I saw it on VCD. I loved it, really. I thought that the story and the action were great and I loved the daggger throwing that went on. I am anxious for it to come to the big screen (and to get the soundtrack as well!)
For those of you that saw it on VCD, definately check it out on the bigscreen or on DVDā¦ The background is just GORGEOUS!
Gene
thanks for the link, that was interesting 
When does it hit theaters in the US?
Iāll go and I know Iāll like it like I liked Hero but these movies miss something to me, they donāt have the reverence of those old movies, like 5 Deadly ā¦ that grainy, back in the day feel, the subtle plots. I canāt really put my finger on it, but 5 Deadly has it, Golden Arm, Flying Guillotein has it.
These movies just donāt do it for me. The last one that I really liked was Fist of Legend, especialy the showdown with the leaves blowing, etc.
Originally posted by EvolutionFist
These movies just donāt do it for me. The last one that I really liked was Fist of Legend, especialy the showdown with the leaves blowing, etc.
I know what ya meanā¦ I think itās 'cuz these current set of films are all artsy and less martially.
The last fun MA movie I saw was Ong Bak.
OOPS.
I should have checked the media forum.
I usually hang out in the Kung Fu and Tai Ji forums.
Jing Yong is 80 years old.
He wrote numerous MA novels from 1960ās to 1972.
He worked as an editor for the newspaper.
One of my favorite is Ce Diao Yin Xiong Zuan.
He now worked or semi retired in Hong Kong.
He is the head of department of Chinese literature in Ze Jiang University.
Anyhoo;
He listed Zhang Yi Mou is the best, then An Lee, then Hak Shiu.
However, Jing Yong did not like the story of Hero.
Qin Si Huang was depicted as the good guy.
QSH was though as the bad guy for 2000 years by many.
Jing Yong said if MA novels or movies have political motivations. Then they lost values.
Why so many love Jing Yongās MA novels including moi?
He said his stories are within reasonal bounds of human emotions and just. Qing Li Zi Zhong.
Nobody is all bad or all good.
There are bad sides from good people.
There are also good sides from bad people.
And his endings have to be in suspension till the end. Yi Liao Zi Wai.
Otherwise, people will not read further.
If the stories are not within reasonal bounds, people will not read, either. Qing Li Zi Wai.
According to him.
Originally posted by FngSaiYuk
[B]I know what ya meanā¦ I think itās 'cuz these current set of films are all artsy and less martially.
The last fun MA movie I saw was Ong Bak. [/B]
****ing word
Originally posted by Kymus
Like everyone else, I saw it on VCD.
LOL, I thought everyone else saw the DVD-RIP torrent?
Originally posted by unkokusai
Anything with Zhang Zinyi is worth watching!
Simmer, shes not all that great. :rolleyes:
I saw it on the big screen this weekend. Like most movies out of China in the last 4 years that Iāve seen, I really enjoyed the scenery that they shot. I think it is absolutely georgous. However, the movie itself, was merely OK. I think the ending stunk, really really stunk. The opening was good, the middle had a couple of corn starch caliber plot thickeners in the twists, but still the ending was blech. I really enjoyed seeing a different bamboo forest fight scene. The beginning scene with the drums, pebbles and such, that was cool as ish. The fight scene in the flower field was sort of cool too, however, I had a hard time understanding why if wazherface was letting the troops get the best of her in every battleā¦ it was a bit weird.
cinematographyā¦ 8
plot ā¦ 5 (7 except for the ending)
fighting ā¦ 7
I agree with NP. The ending was not too great. It dragged on for quite a bit, not resolving too much. Good movie, good visual work too.
Acutually;
The ending is very good.
It is all out of love.
Since nobody leaves the Gang of Flying Daggers, Liu De Hua was instructed to terminate Zhang Zi Yi.
Out of love, Liu sacrificed all the way from the very beginning to the very end. However, Zhang loves the other guy.
Obligations, favors, Li or Yi, Zhang owed a lot to Liu. Zhang chose his love for the other.
Liu gave all he can give including his life. People may say Liu is a sucker all the way. But Liu truly loves a girl that has no feelings for him.
Sometimes, true love is about giving and caring for another person without taking anything back.
On the other hand, romance may be at the moment or chemistry. No favors or generosity may replace that.
So let us ask what is love?
Qin Si He Wu?
I saw this at the theater this weekend and I, in my opinion, though that this was one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life. Twist upon twist keeps you going the whole way. I especially love that at the end no one kills anyone yet they all die anyway. It was great. Beautifull camera work, excellent story, great choreography. I truly love this new era of Hong Kong cinema we have been blessed with over the last few years.