Lost in Flying Daggers
Last night I saw House of flying Daggers along with a few friends and managed to miss the first 15mins (in hindsight I didn’t miss much). My lateness also guaranteed a free entry into the VIP section (also called the gallery in UK) So there I was in my comfy leather seat gashing to be entertained and what did I get? Not entirely sure. I remember I wanted to get out of the cinema immediately the first dance and music scene came up (I am not a fan of musicals in films, I believe they are best left apart. Of course Sound of Music is a timeless exception). Eventually I convinced myself that it would be brief. My thoughts were right, in no time - some fighting action filled the screen - again I felt the fighting scene had lasted just too long.
Should I continue? Well, I love to run you through the commentary that played in my head for the entirety of the movie but it will be better for me not to relive the brutal torture of the boredom I experienced. More than 3 times, my friends proposed that we should leave the cinema but I felt some journeys just have to be completed. In the name of the twisting story lines to create suspense, instead they created an dragging effect of boredom. One positive thing, the flying daggers were pretty cool. Even the dude that works in the cinema said afterward, you should have known, what do u expect from a film called House of flying Daggers. (Don’t take my word that this film is bad, you must see it to decide.)
Often I wonder who writes film reviews (e.g Times, Filmthreat, Guardian ) - are they ordinary human beings like me or do they see something I can’t see. I feel tempted to go with the latter. I reckon they must have invisible eyes.
Oh I also recently saw Lost in Translation, don’t even get me started on that one. I am not even going rant about it but all I want to know is what was the point/message/gist of the film. Comments much appreciated.
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Happy New year to you too!x
p.s I liked House of flying Daggers. :-)
I was agreeing with you all the way - ‘House of Daggers’ is the 2nd cinema movie i’ve ever fallen asleep in (’Wild Wild West’ was the 1st).
But i’ve got to differ over ‘Lost in Translation’. It’s a great film! Scarlett ‘you’d-be-mine-if-i-was-rich-and-white’ Johansson was brilliant in it. I think the message was that of a less explosive/Hollywoody, and more mature/restrained/subtle viewpoint on love.
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Yea! You should have known better about amovie called “House Of Flying Daggers”? Anyways HAPPY NEW YEAR! U should go see “Collateral” or “Troy” instead, or “Ocean’s Twelve”
Anyways, just got an ipod (d U2 special edition) and am just finding out out some music that i loved (some Enya chick and almost anyone who sings vocals) So if u know any good ones let me know!
Nosa, I might try to watch it again, just maybe I might appreciate the message.
Tunde, You might want to try Dave Koz @ http://www.radiokoz.com
what happened to the comment bout naija? Guess uve found ur groupie!
I fell asleep watching Lost in Translation - on a plane - on a flight to Tokyo. I wasn’t tired - it was just so boring I fell asleep.
Let me know if you find out what it was about.
Not seen the house of flying daggers, but quite liked Lost in Translation. Thought that it was about the hundreds of people that you meet in life that you never get to know particularly well, but whose lives cross with yours. I also liked the fact that the dialogue could fit onto about two sides of A4.
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