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House of Flying Daggers

Well, I started out enjoying this movie, although sometimes the acting was a little more over the top than Hero, which put me off. I liked the relationship between the two main characters as it began. But the end of the story took up about half the movie time! I don't want to spoil the ending, but the phrase "Aren't they DEAD YET?" came to my head several times.

l also felt kind of like a review I read, where the guy talked about the film having a frustrating ebb and flow of beautiful scenes followed by drawn-out melodramatic scenes.

Somehow by the end of the film I didn't really care who lived or died. And with such a long ending, I thought it was odd that the final plot involving the army vs. the house of flying daggers was pretty much ignored. Not that I would have wanted more added ot the ending.

Overall, I suppose I enjoyed the beginning a lot more than the end, but it was worth the watching for some of those moments of brilliance.

Posted by wendytime at January 27, 2005 11:14 AM | TrackBack