HERO with Jet Li
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I have had the Hero DVD for about 1 and half years now. I really enjoyed "Zhang Yimou's" work. (The true director) But this is what MiramAXE did to the movie HERO before it reached the U.S. Theaters:
10. Promote it as "from the people made Crouching Tiger"
In the trailer, MiramAxe wrote the film was "FROM THE PRODUCER OF CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON."
9. Push the release date back until DVDs from Asia are everywhere
MiramAxe promised to release it in November 2002, and during the following two years, it pushed the date back at least five times. Now, DVDs from Asia are indeed everywhere, despite MiramAxe's effort of wiping them out.
8. Dub it with some Cantonese accent sound-like
One of many practices by MiramAxe and it has been tried on Shaolin Soccer.
7. Replace the original score with some kung-fu music sound-like
It was also tried on Shaolin Soccer.
6. Replace the kung-fu music sound-like with some rap
It was also also tried on Shaolin Soccer.
5. Cut scenes to make it an hour and half long
MiramAxe forced director Zhang Yimou to cut the film into 1 hour and 38 minute long.
4. Cut fighting scenes to get a PG-13
It got a PG-13 rating and some fighting scene was cut. Not sure they were related or not.
3. Cut dramatic scenes to "reduce boringness"
The cut also includes dramatic scenes.
2. Change the title to "Kung-fu Heroes from China"
For a while, MiramAxe was using the title "Jet Li's Hero".
1. Go straight to video
Believe me, several months ago Hero was really on the edge of going straight to video. Then Quentin Tarantino started lobbying the Weinstein brothers and Disney, MiramAxe's parent company, stepped in as well. Disney is trying to push more of its movies into Chinese market and a new Disneyland is under construction in Hong Kong.
Advice: Follow what jevad said...more bang for your buck!