... but has lost a little bit of his flavor ...
Tsui Hark wasn't/isn't the best director, who came out of the Hong Kong cinema "revolution" (that's what I am calling it). But he was a pretty good one. And although he didn't make always the right choices (his US produced movies), he had some decent movies made.
But now he wants to much with the seven swords. A movie which ticks a few right boxes, if you're looking for the journey of the hero (or heroes in that case), but never feels like it is accomplishing anything.
Not to mention that the movie is just overblown and too damn long for it's own good. And although you have good and fine actors here, and all of them showing their skills (not only their martial arts ones mind you), you still won't be satisfied by this movie.
And it's not only the fault of recent success movies like "Crouching Tiger ...", "Hero" or "House of the flying Dagger", but mostly the fault of Tsui Hark himself.
If you really like this kind of movies, go watch "MUSA - The Warrior" (haven't watched the shorter western version of this movie yet, but the Korean cut is marvelous! Extraordinary! To say the least!)
Tsui Hark wasn't/isn't the best director, who came out of the Hong Kong cinema "revolution" (that's what I am calling it). But he was a pretty good one. And although he didn't make always the right choices (his US produced movies), he had some decent movies made.
But now he wants to much with the seven swords. A movie which ticks a few right boxes, if you're looking for the journey of the hero (or heroes in that case), but never feels like it is accomplishing anything.
Not to mention that the movie is just overblown and too damn long for it's own good. And although you have good and fine actors here, and all of them showing their skills (not only their martial arts ones mind you), you still won't be satisfied by this movie.
And it's not only the fault of recent success movies like "Crouching Tiger ...", "Hero" or "House of the flying Dagger", but mostly the fault of Tsui Hark himself.
If you really like this kind of movies, go watch "MUSA - The Warrior" (haven't watched the shorter western version of this movie yet, but the Korean cut is marvelous! Extraordinary! To say the least!)