Red Cliff Parts I and II by John Woo

I started a thread on this a week or two ago and only got one response. But anyways...

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Two of the best movies I have ever seen

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Hard to imagine this being so. I liked the movies and could easily rewatch them. But two of the best ever? Not even close. It's not even that high up on my all time Japanese films.

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The story, cinematography, and music are all incredible

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The story just felt like a non fantasy LOTR Return of the King taking place in China. How all the characters had a strong bond/friendship. Not that I'm hating on that, but it was a clear rip imo. Another thing with the story that bothered me, was that no matter what, you knew in each battle they were going to use a gimmick to win. That got old to me. Lastly, the sword cutaway scenes were very corny and got old quick.
But yeah, it was a solid movie and had some good acting and a decent story. I watched it bc I saw that the star of The House of Flying Daggers was one of the leads. He was good as usual.

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The movie was filmed in China

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Meant to put Chinese. Thought I did. As "LOTR in china" comment would imply. I'm on my phone so I don't feel like going back to edit.

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No accounting for personal taste I guess, huh?

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I'm not mad you feel that way about them. I said that was hard to imagine. And I gave a debate to why I thought it wasn't.

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The story just felt like a non fantasy LOTR Return of the King taking place in China. How all the characters had a strong bond/friendship. Not that I'm hating on that, but it was a clear rip imo. Another thing with the story that bothered me, was that no matter what, you knew in each battle they were going to use a gimmick to win. That got old to me. Lastly, the sword cutaway scenes were very corny and got old quick.

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You do realize that this movie was based off of stories that are 500+ years old and that there was an actual battle of redcliffs?

Anyways, if you ilked this movie you might also like Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon.

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You do realize that this movie was based off of stories that are 500+ years old and that there was an actual battle of redcliffs?

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Yup. But doesn't change the fact that they copied the story telling aspect/character development/companionship from LOTR. Or that all of the other battles were probably made up other than the actual battle at Red Cliff.
But like I said, I liked the movie. Just was giving my complaints and trying to add some substance to a post, instead of just saing "it was good" or bashing the OP for thinking they were two of the greatest movies of all time.

I watched these a while back on youtube. Some of John Woo's best work IMO. I really liked the asian Kate Hudson chick.