peaceful comments

Rating: Null/10 (13 November 2004)

The movie is great, I saw it twice, all happened when I was in China, one was in the theatre and one on DVD. Several comments regarding to what I read below
1. I didn't hear people laughing in the theatre when flying scenes came up, I guess people get used to these scenes here in China. Besides, there is nothing to be laughing at 'cuz some of us do believe it could be achieved, of course with enough cultivation of the mind.
2. The movie I believe is purely about PEACE, and the way to achieve it, for those who affirmed it's a war propaganda film, please do more research on Chinese history, chapter of the Qing Dynasty. For people who read the meaning of the movie that China is gonna invade others soon, please do not worry about it at all and have a tight sleep...but I guess it's not that easy to get over it, so the research still have to be done when wake up just for the stress releasing.
3. I think the meaning of "Tian Xia" in English is way more Under Heaven than Our Land! (actually, Our Land is a crappy translation)
4. Zhang, Yimou has accomplished a masterpiece of his first hollywoodlized movie (the cast in China, the color scheme, the film distribution, etc.), which is what he really wanted. Actually I believe he's got the right direction, to invite more audience, especially from overseas, to have more understanding of Chinese culture, and to know each other better, just like here in China, American and European movies are everywhere, we read the western cultures from these movies, good or bad, although some of us were never been to these countries, and at the same stage, we heard people overseas just start laughing at Chinese KungFu scene...there is a huge gap to catch up. We need more Zhang, Yimou, so we get less laugher...