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House of Flying Daggers : 5 of 5
5.23.2005 7:17 PM \| Link	After seeing Yimou Zhang's amazing film Hero, I had to rent House of Flying Daggers right away (since I sadly missed it at the theater also!). This is another spectacular film, with a similar mix of style and emotion. Set in ancient China, the story covers the conflict between government soldiers and the House of Flying Daggers, which is a group of skilled warriors who oppose the government. Against this conflict is a deep love triangle between three main characters, all of whom take on "undercover" identities throughout the film. The fighting scenes are simply gorgeous, with much less wire-work than Hero, but filled with lots of "weapon point of view" shots (especially thrown daggers, which sail and change direction as if they were alive!). The actors are all wonderful and beautiful (especially Zhang Ziyi as Mei), the traditional music is great, the sound effects are chilling, and the emotion is truly epic. The ending is tragic and fantastically shot in a snow storm (which I found out from the included documentary was genuine!), and definitely left me in a thoughtful mood (and wanting to watch the movie again, even though I need to return it to Netflix). It's incredible how this genre can be presented so creatively - definitely a work of art! Labels: dvds


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