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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
This movie is
brilliant!12/10!
It has better get Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. It deserves Best Picture, but that award would never go to a foreign film.
It is absolutely smeggin' AWESOME!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
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Carpal \'Tunnel
3,899 posts
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
are you talking about the Jet Li film?
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284 posts
Location: Cork, Ireland
Yeah! I saw it twice already: once in Germany on DVD and here in Cork a month ago at the Cork Film Festival
What a beautiful movie 
Go and see it!!! "I see," said the blind man.
785 posts
Location: vineyards, Vienna, Austria
yep that certain rouge dragon has a good taste in films...
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Location: between my headphones
smegging?
I watch red dwarf all the time i didnt know it was something said everyday.
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Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
Yeah, Spitfire and I both really liked it.
My favourite part- when the 2 women (I can't remember any names- we watched it a while ago) were sword fighting in the forest.
I love the use of colour in that scene- it was beautiful.
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1,530 posts
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
oh hell mother [censored] yeh
probably the best film that jet li's stared in a while
ppl said the plot was weak, how could you say that, [censored] cocks
lol
yes i would definatly buy this film when it comes out
i'm going to watch it every day, just like battle royale
anyone seen that??
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4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
ive seen battle royal, sweet film!
anyway about hero, i was really anticipating seeing this film and the anticipation was well deserved, it was feckin amazing! the art work was beautiful, and the final piece was just as good, unfortunately my friends who i saw it with like whats slightly real, so the moment they start flying they think its shite, pah, they can take the matrix but dont accept hero?? whatever! anyway yeh, feckin brilliant and i cant wait till its out, its showing at the end of this month again at a small private screen in hull so im gonna see it again
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spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
i love the scene when their diflecting arrows, the girl*(what was her name?) with her sleeves, jet li with the swords, awsome scene, the way she spun her sleeves reminded me of poi
beautiful movie, nice sex scene too
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Location: Edinburgh, UK
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My favourite part- when the 2 women (I can't remember any names- we watched it a while ago) were sword fighting in the forest.
I love the use of colour in that scene- it was beautiful.
Yeah! The yellow bit where it went red at the end... that was lovely.
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HoP's Barman. Trapped aged 6 months
4,437 posts
Location: Staines, United Kingdom
i thought the most beautiful part was the fight with in the woodland and the leaves were falling around them changing colour
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Mmm I love Hero too its my favoruite foreign film, it even trumps Ring which I love (the orrigional)
I like how the story unfolds, you hear Nameless' version which has some spectacular fight scenes in it, my favoruite being Moon (Zhang Zhi Zhi) and Falling Snows battle in the forrest, not only because of the colours but it has alot of emotion attached to it.
Then half way through the story changes and you hear the Emporers version, which includes more fight scenes and more story its a very clever way to tell the story, and it also means you can put in alot of fight scenes and not miss out on plot. Then my favourite scene is the part where they fight in the scroll room, between Snow, Moon and Broken Sword
That film is so lush
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2,895 posts
Location: Cambridge UK
I think this thread should have a spoiler notice on it now...
But yeah absolutely top film, one of my mates still has my dvd
*grrr-ness* and I actually found it more enjoyable than 'house of flying daggers'. I think although there are many similarities in cinematic style, 'Hero' was simply more enjoyable for me to watch as it kept a reasonable pace without the plot suffering at all. Because ActiveAngel sounds like a feminine deodorant
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Carpal \'Tunnel
2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
I love house too, wonderfull film. Ide say house of Flying Daggers has more plot too it, I just prefere movies with both plot and cool fight scenes, yeah I want the best of both worlds, but hey Hero gives you that!
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I think the atmosphere must be a lot thicker in China. It's the only explanation I can come up with for all that airwalking they do over there.
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Location: Sunny South Africa
Ooo, sounds good, must watch...
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Watching the Sky
453 posts
Location: Cambridge(ish)/Bath Spa Uni, United Kingdom
I havnt seen it yet and im a big fan of asian cinema both scary and beautiful alike! really really tempted! should i just go buy without renting it, i do that with alot of movies!
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13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
If you are a fan of Asian Cinema (which I'm not clued up in by any means) check out "Zatoichi". It's a Japanese film and again, I think it's brilliant. There is some awesome music in it. They create beats out of the farmers in their fields.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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2,666 posts
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
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I havnt seen it yet and im a big fan of asian cinema both scary and beautiful alike! really really tempted! should i just go buy without renting it, i do that with alot of movies!
YES!
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lurker
380 posts
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Written by: Brit_Joe
I love house too, wonderfull film. Ide say house of Flying Daggers has more plot too it, I just prefere movies with both plot and cool fight scenes, yeah I want the best of both worlds, but hey Hero gives you that!
Hero had a plot? I must have missed it the first two times.
pretty fight scenes though. this is like the "gonzo" of kung-fu movies ("gonzo" in the porn sense, not sure if that term's used overseas actually). i like it well enough, but it's definitely the most over-hyped excuse for excessive wirework i've ever seen in a movie (and that's including shaolin soccer). as a benefit, thinking about this movie usually makes me want to watch crouching tiger again. *shrug*-- dut
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Location: Argenta Art District, NLR, USA
I love the Director of Hero, and dude...lets just talk about the cimematography of that film. Could it be anymore beautiful?? The cast was great, locations were great (esp. the lake scene!!). One of my favorite movies...just watched it last night!
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