I’ve been a fan of Zhang Yimou’s[1] films since, well, for a while now. But I’m also a huge kung fu fan — Jackie Chan especially — so House of Flying Daggers was quite a treat.
It’s not that I didn’t like Hero, or that Daggers was particularly funny. To the contrary, it’s tale of complex [...]
Posted August 2, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: film, hero, house of flying daggers, jackie chan, kung fu, movie, silver birch, ukrain, yimou zhang, zhang yimou. 3 Comments.
I’m embarrassed to be in the middle of Fantasy Mission Force, a kung fu movie that demonstrates a brand of Asian humor that I haven’t yet learned to appreciate. I’m watching it because I’m a sucker for Jackie Chan flicks and Netflix makes it too easy to queue up bad movies. David Chute wrote the [...]
Posted May 31, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: asian humor, brigitte lin ching hsia, cult director, fantasy mission force, jackie chan, kung fu, lin ching hsia, movies, netflix, peking opera blues, the three stooges. 7 Comments.
