What a waste, I was so excited for this film that thanks to the internet I was expecting to see the entire film, well it came in two parts only for the second part to be apparently the actual end that was the first part. I was wondering why the first part of the film was only 1 hour and 6 minutes the other 1 hour and 13 minutes. So apparently I only downloaded the first part of the film.

Total buzz kill. But what I have seen of the film kicks ass.

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imBLIND

United States2626 Posts

May 26 2009 06:18 GMT

Worth the watch imo. I looked forward torrenting this movie, and i didn't regret torrenting it. The 2nd part is already out btw =p. Hong kong cienema is very underrated, and most of their movies are worth a watch if someone's really bored.

Wala.Revolution

7582 Posts

May 26 2009 06:31 GMT

Hopefully there will be Korean subtitles (that are easy to find).

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21242 Posts

May 26 2009 07:01 GMT

Sucks for anyone who's not into Chinese history IMO.

Wala.Revolution

7582 Posts

May 26 2009 07:10 GMT

On May 26 2009 16:01 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Sucks for anyone who's not into Chinese history IMO.

I always wondered: how do Westerners read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? It's such a good classic; fortunately one of the translator/critic in Korea did a beautiful job - but I just can't see a good English translation as I think it has too much of oriental context.

Dr.Dragoon

United States1241 Posts

May 26 2009 07:11 GMT

Hahaha I actually watched this yesterday and got the same surprise

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

May 26 2009 07:24 GMT

On May 26 2009 16:10 Wala.Revolution wrote:

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Moss Roberts has a good translation up, as well as an abridged version. While the Three Kingdoms contains oriental context, Roberts does a good job with footnoting cultural aspects of the novel for Westerners.

Drawback though, I utterly despise the Wade-Giles romanization for Mandarin names.

Carnivorous Sheep

Baa?21242 Posts

May 26 2009 07:27 GMT

On May 26 2009 16:24 Roffles wrote:

Drawback though, I utterly despise the Wade-Giles romanization for Mandarin names.

Amen to that.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

May 26 2009 07:44 GMT

Watching 2nd part now

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

May 26 2009 08:13 GMT

#10

On May 26 2009 16:01 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Sucks for anyone who's not into Chinese history IMO.

By history, do you mean the novel? The movie is not exactly close to the actual history.

Hammy

France828 Posts

May 26 2009 08:44 GMT

#11

I haven't read the book but I though this movie was great! The only downside was that they kind of overdid the strength of the generals. They should have gone for a more realistc approach, but those fighting scenes were really entertaining!
Great movie, I definitely recommend to anyone who's remotely interested in war movies or strategy in general.

PS: I download movies etc... but this is the kind of movie you'd want to watch on a large screen with some great sound. If you've got that at home and can find a dvdrip then go ahead, but don't ruin the movie for yourself by watching it on a crappy laptop screen, or with 2.0 speakers, or in a sloppy divx quality.

Raithed

China7078 Posts

May 26 2009 08:54 GMT

#12

On May 26 2009 16:10 Wala.Revolution wrote:

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the movie with andy lau is fucking amazing.

Wala.Revolution

7582 Posts

May 26 2009 09:08 GMT

#13

On May 26 2009 17:44 Hammy wrote:
I haven't read the book but I though this movie was great! The only downside was that they kind of overdid the strength of the generals. They should have gone for a more realistc approach, but those fighting scenes were really entertaining!
Great movie, I definitely recommend to anyone who's remotely interested in war movies or strategy in general.

PS: I download movies etc... but this is the kind of movie you'd want to watch on a large screen with some great sound. If you've got that at home and can find a dvdrip then go ahead, but don't ruin the movie for yourself by watching it on a crappy laptop screen, or with 2.0 speakers, or in a sloppy divx quality.

I didn't watch it but how overstrengthen the generals? I don't really know about military psychology, but if I was facing a legendary general as a lowly footsoldier I would be pretty scared. And as the book said, "a clear path was made wherever ______ swept through".

Monoxide

Canada1190 Posts

May 26 2009 10:47 GMT

#14

The first part was better than the second imo.

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

May 26 2009 15:19 GMT

#15

Lol I got so hyped over this movie because I was in Hong Kong while the previews were running. Unfortunately it aired the day I left.

To make matters worse, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be when I finally watched it.

foeffa

Belgium2115 Posts

May 26 2009 15:52 GMT

#16

Both were very nice movies I thought, enjoyed watching. Had to learn all that history but wasn't as detailed as the actual battles etc in the movie of course, so was nice to see it acted out like that. =)

broz0rs

United States2294 Posts

May 26 2009 18:13 GMT

#17

i didn't like this movie at all. i thought it was way too cheesy. the final battle with the reflective shields were just stupid imo. i also got the impression that the takeshi character would get orgasms every time the tony leung character made a brilliant strategic decision.

Odeur

Taiwan58 Posts

May 26 2009 18:44 GMT

#18

if you guys are interested in the romance of the three kingdoms. i suggest you to check out the still on-going manga of this romance. the name of the manga is The Ravages of Time. one can read it in english on the site www.onemanga.com !

R3condite

Korea (South)1541 Posts

May 26 2009 19:31 GMT

#19

lols maybe i should watch this as welll..