New Quentin Tarantino movie, "Hero"...just a word; see it (I know, that's two words, but see it anyway.)
As good as Crouching Tiger. Maybe better.
Hero
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Note: One of the stars of the "Hero" movie Donny Yen. Is the son of Boston Kung Fu Sifu - Bo Sim Mark. Also when Donny was a young kid. He used to come up to the old dojo, the Mattson Academy - Boston to attend some of Bob Campbell's kids classes. In fact Donny still keeps in regular contact with Bobby Campbell. They both live in Hong Kong.
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"Hero" is an excellent movie, but a few notes about it.
"Hero" is not a Quentin Taratino film, he had nothing to do with the making of it. It is a Yimou Zhang (director of such notible Chinese films as "Red Sorghum" and "Raise the Red Lantern") film. Taratino merely aided/promoted it's U.S. release.
Nor is "Hero" new, to the rest of the world at least. It came out in 2002 and I've had a copy of the Chinese DVD release (with English subtitles) for about a year now. Zhang, who is not a "kung-fu" movie maker, was working on the concept for "Hero" when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released. Zhang reportedly then wanted to scrap "Hero" completely because he did not want to be accused of trying to copy or ride the success of "CTHD". However Jet Li and others, who loved the script, urged him to go forward with it.
The result, going off the Chinese DVD since I have not seen the U.S. release, is a magnificent martial arts epic set in the 3rd Century B.C., during the time of Emperor Qin...quite a ways further back than kung-fu movies are generally set, but then again "Hero" is not a general kung-fu movie. If the Disney-owned Americanized release of "Hero" is anything like the original Chinese release, which would be a first for Disney, see it if you get the chance.
"Hero" is not a Quentin Taratino film, he had nothing to do with the making of it. It is a Yimou Zhang (director of such notible Chinese films as "Red Sorghum" and "Raise the Red Lantern") film. Taratino merely aided/promoted it's U.S. release.
Nor is "Hero" new, to the rest of the world at least. It came out in 2002 and I've had a copy of the Chinese DVD release (with English subtitles) for about a year now. Zhang, who is not a "kung-fu" movie maker, was working on the concept for "Hero" when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released. Zhang reportedly then wanted to scrap "Hero" completely because he did not want to be accused of trying to copy or ride the success of "CTHD". However Jet Li and others, who loved the script, urged him to go forward with it.
The result, going off the Chinese DVD since I have not seen the U.S. release, is a magnificent martial arts epic set in the 3rd Century B.C., during the time of Emperor Qin...quite a ways further back than kung-fu movies are generally set, but then again "Hero" is not a general kung-fu movie. If the Disney-owned Americanized release of "Hero" is anything like the original Chinese release, which would be a first for Disney, see it if you get the chance.
Glenn
