jazzbo Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 (edited) Any fans of this movie out there? This one blew me away when I went to see it on Sunday. Beautifully paced and narrated storyline, incredible cinematography, marial arts choreography, scenery, sets. . . . A wonderful cinematic experience! Edited September 21, 2004 by jazzbo Quote
Joe G Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 I liked it. It was interesting how each new take on the story would change one's opinion of each of the characters. Broken Sword turned out to be one cool dude. Although, it seemed like a bad decision to take a sword to the torso just to prove a point, so to speak. That's the problem with these kinds of movies: my favorite character always dies! Quote
jazzbo Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Posted September 21, 2004 Yeah. . .funny how that works out huh? I really liked the different versions of the story and how it unfolded the tale and the character development. Great story material, very well acted. And I love the blind musician and his music! Quote
Joe G Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Yeah! I forgot to mention that musician. I also liked that poetic statement comparing martial arts to music, where music was the search for "complex chords and rare melodies", or something like that. That phrase "rare melodies" stuck out for me. Quote
RDK Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Lovely, wonderful movie. I believe this was nominated as "Best foreign Film" at the Academy Awards two years ago. It's been out on DVD, but I'm sure glad that Miramax decided to release it theatrically as well. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Posted September 21, 2004 From what I can tell it's been on DVD from international markets but not yet in the US. . . . Scheduled here for a November release. Sure is one that I'm glad I saw on the big screen! I prefer to watch movies that way, truth be told! Quote
RDK Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Yep, you're right Lon. One of the many benefits of a multi-region player. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 21, 2004 Author Report Posted September 21, 2004 I hear that! If I were more into movies at home and had more time, I'd have to have one! Quote
PHILLYQ Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 I saw it a couple of weeks ago with my 12 year old son, and we both enjoyed it immensely. I was blown away by the scenery & cinematography, how visually the movie draws you into this other world of different colors depending on who's telling the tale. The story itself was very good, the differing perspectives on the same event clashing was quite interesting. The martial arts scenes were dazzling(My son's favorite parts, although he did say it had a good story- nice going, son!). Quote
BruceH Posted September 22, 2004 Report Posted September 22, 2004 So they've got kind of a Rashomon thing going on here? Quote
PHILLYQ Posted September 23, 2004 Report Posted September 23, 2004 So they've got kind of a Rashomon thing going on here? At least one critic has noted that aspect of it. Go to see it if you can- I highly recommend it. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 24, 2004 Author Report Posted September 24, 2004 Does anyone know what that instrument is that the blind musician plays in the first battle scene? Is that an unmodified traditional Chinese instrument, or something else? Quote
Joe G Posted September 24, 2004 Report Posted September 24, 2004 Does anyone know what that instrument is that the blind musician plays in the first battle scene? Is that an unmodified traditional Chinese instrument, or something else? Google found this: Guqin - seven-stringed zither without bridges, the most classical Chinese instrument with over 3000 years of history. It is literally called qin yet commonly known as "guqin" where "gu" stands for ancient. Confucius (around 600 BC) was a master of this instrument. To learn to play qin used to be regarded as a very important element for education for the purpose of enriching the heart and elevating human spirit. In Imperial China, a scholars and ladies of the high society were expected to master the four arts, namely, the qin (guqin), qi (weiqi or Go), shu (Calligraphy), and hua (painting). The guqin has historically been regarded as the symbol of Chinese high culture. Unfortunately only small number of people in China could play the instrument, because classical musical education of this kind has never reached general public. The situation for today has not been improved much, which is a shame. The situation for lute pipa was similar. Due to this reason, a lot of ancient repertoire were lost with the pass-away of masters or the written scores were burned or destroyed in war or turmoil. However, the guqin repertoire has been better preserved than all other instruments. Quote
Joe G Posted September 24, 2004 Report Posted September 24, 2004 My question is, was that music something from the traditional repertoire? It sounded pretty cool, whatever it was. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 25, 2004 Author Report Posted September 25, 2004 It sounded beautiful, and very blue. . . my guess is that it wasn't really a classical piece, but I could be wrong. Thanks for the information about the instrument (very cool instrument!) and here's hoping someone will know about the music itself. Quote
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