Straight Edge Life

This is probably the most beautiful movie I have ever seen. Literally every frame could be pulled, printed and framed on your wall.

I don’t think I need to say anything besides that. But to put it in context I’ll mention a few recent and popular chinese fu films… Hero was just gorgeous and a great Epic of a film. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was elegant and beautiful with a powerful story. Another of my favorites, Iron Monkey, was also very nice to look at and appealed to a less sophisticated audience. Basically, Iron Monkey was hella funny. It had much more comedy than Crouching Tiger, or Hero… House of Flying Daggers is just a feast for the eyes. The story and plot is not as appealing, epic or funny as the movies just mentioned, but it’s not like you’ll miss it. Even the actors. Ziyi Zhang, Takesi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau, are all very attractive. The photography, the martial arts, the art. It’s so gorgeous. I love it.

I seriously wonder why Hollywood isn’t making movies with as much visual appeal as any of these four films. It’s like going and watching the world through a master photographer’s eyes. Perhaps Hollywood puts too much emphasis on the star power and not enough on the completeness of the movie.