HERO with Jet Li
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- jevad0
read them then
- ********0
its funny to me when the central character of movie is not just jet li
i guess tony leung and maggie cheung and zhang zi yi are not good enough marketing materals..
its a story of lovers mainly.
how the story is told is very interesting.
using colors as what is a lie, interperted and real is one of the most brilliant thing.
- jevad0
are you kidding me dude? do you even know how big jet-li is in china? massive! so is tony leung - but more so in hong kong - whereas jet li is china-wide....
- ********0
HK is china
- jevad0
not to me thanks
- jevad0
or the hk people btw
- ********0
jet li got famous via wang fai hong series.
where as tony leung like may others in HK started out in TV series and movies.
jet li is mainland china, but his career really started because of the HK market it self.
most movies that come out of china goes through sensorship so they tend to be artistic with no politial background (so they are mainly martal arts films).
- jevad0
true
- Grey|Death0
FYI...just in case this comes out in the U.S. Quentin didnt produce or direct this film either:
- quamb0
the fat cats of miramax never knew how to market and deliver this film to the US market, hence tarantino became pissed off that such a good film was just sitting on the shelves.
so... him and his mate wienstein came to an end to get it released. - better then it not coming out at all for you guys in the us.
- Grey|Death0
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!
- ********0
Actually, it was the opposite of a marketing ploy. the movie is “presented by” Quentin because Miramax never wante to bring it to the US. Miramax felt that the film was too risky—however, Quentin thought it was a masterpiece and persuaded Miramax to bring it to the US. The stipulation Miramax made was that they agreed to bring it to the US only if it was “Presented by” Quentint. that way, if the movie was the failure that Miramax anticipates, Quentin will be the party that it appears is responsible, not Miramax.
So, give credit where credit is due, Quentin is responsible for the film coming to the US, even if it is a couple years late.
- motormel0
zhang yimou is my favorite director. all of his movies are phenomenal- i think HERO is the most beautiful movie ever made, and wtf, if it takes the misunderstanding that tarantino has something to do with it to get nitwit american moviegoers to watch it, then so be it.
- sweetasbro0
I was in China when this movie came out in January 2002 (so more than 2 and half years now), funny people were selling pirated DVDs right out side the cinemas in Beijing, most Chinese don't go to cinemas as it's 5 times the price of pirated DVDs.
This movie by Zhang Yi Mo (He's the most famous Chinese director, I remember watching his movies when I was a kid) was China's entry / hope to win either Oscars or Cannes that year, but I don't think it did. This was his first kung fu film.
I watched it in both Chinese and English subtile and if only the historical/cultural importance can be understood and appreciated by westerners, it's much more entertaining than just beautiful visuals - oh well, the same could be said with any "foreign" film.
A must see, and iff you can, watch it for a couple of times to really understand the story.
- nicko0
Sorry to bump a 1 month + old thread but this has just arrived in UK cinemas. It is completely brilliant on so many levels. Go see it.
- Xentic0
It's already released on DVD over here in Holland.. It's a real masterpiece. I love it!
- schjetne0
Think I saw it two years ago or something. Awesome movie. Released a bit late in the US ;)
- cre2done0
wasn't really feeling it. The first fight scene was tight as was one other one (can't remember) story got a little long after half way through the emperor's interpretation of events. I think the cinematography was a little overboard. I love Christopher Doyle but it seemed waaaay to over the top for me. I wanted to tone down the contrast in half the scenes.
- lvl_130
the colors that were used depiciting certain scenes gave goosebumps alone. i loved the movie. my girlfriend said she thought it was pretty good but just kind of like crouching tiger only two years late.
i didn't agree with her : )