Ratings are from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥
Search results: 5
滿城盡帶黃金甲 (2006)
English title: Curse of the Golden Flower
♥♥♥♥
Not as good as House of Flying Daggers as I recall. Possibly not Hero either. Sexist asshole-emperor! Fuck your "natural order"! Fucking stupid that that man outranks her even though she's the one with closest ties to the royal bloodline. (of course the whole thing hierarchy/bloodline thing is stupid, but this makes it worse.) I'm assuming it's gonna be some epic and tragic ending where almost everyone dies but a few a left to mourn what happened. That's what happens when you repress feelings and pretend everything is okay. ;) All those deaths just because a couple of people can't behave! Almost sends a message that the common person is totally insignificant. But then it's probably more metaphorical.
大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)
English title: Raise the Red Lantern
♥♥♥♥
Beautiful audiovisually! Creepy story/scenario! Maybe an example of internalized misogyni, women mostly competing with other women in a patriarchal society? Down with the patriarch and his goons! A pro straight-edge message.
十面埋伏 (2004)
English title: House of Flying Daggers
♥♥♥♥
影 (2018)
English title: Shadow
♥♥♥
Visually beautiful!
英雄 (2002)
English title: Hero
♥♥♥
Not as good as House of Flying Daggers or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Might still deserve a 4, though.
