Curse of the Golden Flower

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 23 Dec 2006, 01:11

And some people have been having issues with certain bits of Gong Li being amazing.

To be fair, I never thought of traditional regal Chinese dress being so... tight.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Dec 2006, 01:27

Kurgan wrote:And some people have been having issues with certain bits of Gong Li being amazing.

To be fair, I never thought of traditional regal Chinese dress being so... tight.

To be fair, your link is dead.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 23 Dec 2006, 01:57

You're just not clicking correctly. Use your left-mouse button.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Dec 2006, 02:08

Kurgan wrote:You're just not clicking correctly. Use your left-mouse button.

Still dead.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Dec 2006, 08:14

Works for me.
I can't wait for this now

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Dec 2006, 15:06

(The costumes) show the beauty of a woman's curves
Gong Li, actress

Hell Yes

It seems to me the Chinese are shocked as it's a Chinese film, more so than anything more than is actually shown in Western films.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 05 Feb 2007, 00:27

So is the HK DVD worth getting? I remember that the first DVDs of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were poo in comparison with what discs were released later on.

http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_ ... de=1875787

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 05 Feb 2007, 17:22

Yup I am waiting for the reviews forst thats for sure

but its tempting to get it many months early I guess.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 05 Feb 2007, 22:42

romerojpg wrote:but its tempting to get it many months early I guess.

That's exactly how I feel about it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Feb 2007, 23:15

thelostdragon wrote:So is the HK DVD worth getting? I remember that the first DVDs of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" were poo in comparison with what discs were released later on.

Correct on HOFD but not Hero, the original HK TC is perfectly fine and never got re-released. It's one of the better HK DVDs.

Hero DC came way later but that's not to be compared with the TC, the TC was even 2 discs.

As for this I have it on order, it's only £6.99 after vouchers from CD WOW.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 11 Feb 2007, 19:59

I have the TC 2-discer from Edko. However, the DC was released by Edko later, too.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Feb 2007, 21:58

That doesn't make it poo as you put it.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 12 Feb 2007, 13:36

bradavon wrote:That doesn't make it poo as you put it.

In the case of "Hero" I'd say less worth getting than the Edko DC release. In the case of HOFD I rest my case, though.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Feb 2007, 22:32

The R1 is out in March:

2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen
English or Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
English subtitles

Extras:
Secrets Within: Making of featurette
Los Angeles Premiere featurette.

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... lower.html

I just picked up the HK DVD. Ah well that has DTS ES so I'd prefer it anyway. Still this is bound to look better. Rubbish cover art though and what poor extras.

Pah I'm not bothered I'm sure the HK will be fine, and like I said it does have DTS.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Feb 2007, 00:12

The HK disc is awesome. I watched it tonight.
Great picture, great sound, great subtitles.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 Feb 2007, 00:37

The UK version will be missing an illegal horsefall.

If anyone cares...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 Feb 2007, 08:35

tom2681 wrote:The HK disc is awesome. I watched it tonight.
Great picture, great sound, great subtitles.

Thanks. I have it on order.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Feb 2007, 11:11

bradavon wrote:The R1 is out in March:

2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen
English or Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
English subtitles

Extras:
Secrets Within: Making of featurette
Los Angeles Premiere featurette.

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... lower.html

I just picked up the HK DVD. Ah well that has DTS ES so I'd prefer it anyway. Still this is bound to look better. Rubbish cover art though and what poor extras.

Pah I'm not bothered I'm sure the HK will be fine, and like I said it does have DTS.

Gong Li has an amazing pair of.. er, eyes...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Feb 2007, 22:15

tom2681 wrote:The HK disc is awesome. I watched it tonight.
Great picture, great sound, great subtitles.

You know more about AV than me so if you're happy I'm definitely not getting the R1.

Is the HK DVD interlaced? Either way I'll stick with my HK DVD. I'd prefer DTS than some pathetic featurettes.

Markgway wrote:The UK version will be missing an illegal horsefall.

If anyone cares...

Seriously? I have to wonder why they put one in there. I appreciate they don't think about non-Chinese censors but I also fail to see why they have to include on all the time.

I'm not saying this from a animal rights point of view but why bother? It's not like horse falls even again ignoring the animal right issues look particularly exciting.

Is it also a Sony release. If not they may pull something like Pathe did for HOFD and load it with extras (way more than the R1 Sony got). If so I may get that (too).

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 23 Feb 2007, 22:40

Because horse falls look extremely spectacular.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Feb 2007, 23:14

Seriously? Haven't they been done to death.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 23 Feb 2007, 23:23

Still looks spectacular to me, especially in slow motion. I like horses a lot and I used to ride one every now and then until I was 14. Kinda losed interest, but looking back, I kinda regret that I haven't continued with it. Our horse in Jordan died last year and I was very sad about that. He was a wonderful stallion who would run to me whenever I went back to visit him.

Anyway, (lol, kinda drifted away) I just think it is an impressive stunt, for both, the rider and the horse and they never fail to impress me. Any artistry that has to do with horseriding is nice in my eyes (for example that little chase in CTHD where he would jump off the horse while riding it and then jump back on it).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Feb 2007, 23:28

True horse stunts can be impressive. I don't think it needs to be in every period Chinese film though.

Stallions are gorgeous animals, was it black?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 23 Feb 2007, 23:35

bradavon wrote:True horse stunts can be impressive. I don't think it needs to be in every period Chinese film though.

It isn't. In fact, thinking about it, tha majority of the ones I saw didn't have any.

Stallions are gorgeous animals, was it black?

Brown with an unusually bright mane.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 24 Feb 2007, 11:28

Brad wrote:Is the HK DVD interlaced?

I'm 99% sure it's progressive (looks too good to be interlaced).
+ the sharpness is amazing.