"Hero" is the saddest and most beautiful thing I've seen in years

[mckitterick]

Kij and I played hookey (sp?) a couple of days ago -- forgot to post about it. Wow, I can't say how many times I was struck all teary from the gorgeous scenes, the settings, the artistry of the fight sequences, and the harsh beauty of the story itself. Heck, my tear ducts got a bit tired by the end. It plays with narrative in a refreshing way, and builds characters by sort of running around the truth... 'nuff said. Go see it!

I must own this movie when it hits DVD and watch it frequently.

Chris

Comments

[jlundberg.livejournal.com]

Ditto everything you just said. It's a fantastic movie, even with the mangled re-subtitling Miramax did.

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

It has been available on a Chinese Region 1 DVD for a while, with good subtitling, according to my boss. You want me to look into getting one for you?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Thanks a bunch! But I can wait so that there won't be readability issues.

Chris

[intrepid.livejournal.com]

Saw it last night. Absolutely beautiful. At times I was reminded of David Lean and Kurosawa.

I simply loved it.

[oldmotherchaos.livejournal.com]

I saw it on first release here in Prague -- last year, I think. It was undubbed, and subtitled in Czech (which I don't speak), so I couldn't understand a bally thing. It certainly looked absolutely spectacular, though!