http://www.sinopop.org/2010/01/25/lang_enknocking-kongzilang_enlang_zh%e9%aa%82%e5%ad%94%e5%ad%90%ef%bc%9a%e9%9f%a9%e5%af%92%e6%89%8d%e8%a1%8clang_zh/langswitch_lang/zh/ Beijing's artworld, reviews and raw opinions and more, integrated with Chinese contemporary pop-culture Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:47:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/01/25/lang_enknocking-kongzilang_enlang_zh%e9%aa%82%e5%ad%94%e5%ad%90%ef%bc%9a%e9%9f%a9%e5%af%92%e6%89%8d%e8%a1%8clang_zh/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-977 Ralph Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:00:18 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/01/25/lang_enknocking-kongzilang_enlang_zh%e9%aa%82%e5%ad%94%e5%ad%90%ef%bc%9a%e9%9f%a9%e5%af%92%e6%89%8d%e8%a1%8clang_zh/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-977 Han Han's comments are appropriate to modern historical films in general. The more modern, the more "discombobulated". It would seem that the modern film industry simply can't accept the fact that history might contain facts that don't fit into their invented character developments. So they just change or invent history to make it more convenient for the character development stories they want to portray. Whether any of this stuff ever actually happened is immaterial to the need of the invented stories involving the characters. Han Han’s comments are appropriate to modern historical films in general. The more modern, the more “discombobulated”. It would seem that the modern film industry simply can’t accept the fact that history might contain facts that don’t fit into their invented character developments. So they just change or invent history to make it more convenient for the character development stories they want to portray. Whether any of this stuff ever actually happened is immaterial to the need of the invented stories involving the characters.

]]> http://www.sinopop.org/2010/01/25/lang_enknocking-kongzilang_enlang_zh%e9%aa%82%e5%ad%94%e5%ad%90%ef%bc%9a%e9%9f%a9%e5%af%92%e6%89%8d%e8%a1%8clang_zh/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-842 Brendan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:36:26 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/01/25/lang_enknocking-kongzilang_enlang_zh%e9%aa%82%e5%ad%94%e5%ad%90%ef%bc%9a%e9%9f%a9%e5%af%92%e6%89%8d%e8%a1%8clang_zh/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-842 I just saw it yesterday and I agree with Han Han that, even if you exclude its problematic underlying message (be an honorable person; submit to authority totally; don't get involved in politics) not to mention its blatant misogyny (the only two female characters are a nihilistic temptress and a doting wife who Kongzi abandons and is never heard from again), it is still a childish, discombobulated, and ultimately wack movie. I just saw it yesterday and I agree with Han Han that, even if you exclude its problematic underlying message (be an honorable person; submit to authority totally; don’t get involved in politics) not to mention its blatant misogyny (the only two female characters are a nihilistic temptress and a doting wife who Kongzi abandons and is never heard from again), it is still a childish, discombobulated, and ultimately wack movie.

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