"Curse of the Golden Flower"
Been waiting for so long and at last... watched it with H today after work...
This movie is about .....
China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century.
On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The EMPEROR (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, PRINCE JAI (Jay Chou). His pretext is to celebrate the holiday with his family, but given the chilled relations between the Emperor and the ailing EMPRESS (Gong Li), this seems disingenuous.
For many years, the Empress and CROWN PRINCE WAN (Liu Ye), her stepson, have had an illicit liaison. Feeling trapped, Prince Wan dreams of escaping the palace with his secret love CHAN (Li Man), the Imperial Doctor's daughter.
Meanwhile, Prince Jai, the faithful son, grows worried over the Empress's health and her obsession with golden chrysanthemums. Could she be headed down an ominous path?
The Emperor harbors equally clandestine plans; the IMPERIAL DOCTOR (Ni Dahong) is the only one privy to his machinations. When the Emperor senses a looming threat, he relocates the doctor's family from the Palace to a remote area.
While they are en route, mysterious assassins attack them. Chan and her mother, JIANG SHI (Chen Jin) are forced back to the palace. Their return sets off a tumultuous sequence of dark surprises.
Amid the glamour and grandeur of the festival, ugly secrets are revealed. As the Imperial Family continues its elaborate charade in a palatial setting, thousands of golden armored warriors charge the palace. Who is behind this brutal rebellion? Where do Prince Jai's loyalties lie? Between love and desire, is there a final winner?
Against a moonlit night, thousands of chrysanthemum blossoms are trampled as blood spills across the Imperial Palace.
Overall for this movie, I can say is quite good lah... not to mention abt those women in this movie all have to push up their boobs... hmm I wonder does last time in the past really got to dress until like this ?? and also I think this movie really got to use all lots of ppl to act those army, servants and maids... a WoW , I can say.... I shall give this movie 3 stars upon 5... bad points abt this movie is too bloody... and too gordie as keep on seeing the palace is full of colors on the walls... and even the floor, ceilings are filled with red and gold colors.... geeh.... and also... I still can't get used to see Jay in acting... haha... I find it quite funny to see him acting... although in this show he's really improve quite alot... but then... I still prefer him to sing in concert... lolz....
Anyway, me and H have so much fun today... as we shop here and there... went into Toys R Us and even play those soft toys, and those toys machines which you insert a coin and you turn the knot and you can get an egg ball which inside contain a small toy or keychain... haha.... made us return to our childhood memories.... and made us envy these kids nowadays... compare to us last time... it's really totally different...
Nowadays these kids are really so fortunate.... haiz......
Countdown to New Year 2007 left with 1 more day to go.... YEAH !!!!
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