damian + turion

[270106] No no.. the date is correct.. just need to backtrack on some stuff... watched Huo Yuan Jia (fearless) with Qin Hao at Yishun Golden Village... in the end, decided on watching fearless and since had more than 1hr plus to spare, went back to his place and chill before heading for supper... prata.. but it wasnt the best.. had better...

The movie starred Jet Li supposedly Fearless is claimed to be his last wushu or martial arts film but i wonder, if he doesnt act in the genre that shot him to stardom. What can he act in? Lovey dovey movies? Dramas? I cant picture Jet Li... wushu champion extradinaire being portrayed as anyone other than a fighter... his image with his pigtail just screams JET LI! and he isnt a solid actor to boot much like Jackie Chan who like Jet Li will never be able to act in anything other than films that has a martial art or fighting feel to it...

These two guys aint exactly Denzel Washington, Russel Crowe or Tom Hanks who are superb actors in their own rights who can accurately portray the roles of their on screen characters... I saw his interview in which Jet Li played down the speculation that Fearless was supposed to be his last 'action' film as his philosphy was that every movie he made was his first and his last... oh well.. only time will tell if we will see Jet Li appear in yet another trademark fighting movie...

Back to the movie... it tells of the ignorance of Huo Yuan Jia in his glory days, drinking, fighting on the lei-tai and trying to be tian jin's no.1 fighter and his fall from grace when he mistakenly kills his rival Qin ye in what turned out to be fault caused by his disciple in the first place and how he forsakes his friendship with his childhood friend. The one particularly funny film was the part in which the farmers would just stop and enjoy the breeze... hmmm.. the significance? O.o

overall the movie was quite enjoyable especially the fight scenes though i enjoyed the fight scenes in his earlier films, Once Upon a time in China I & II, Fang Shi Yu... which i think are more realistic as compared to the fighting scenes in fearless though they arent too bad as well... hmmm.. the story is pretty linear as well.. so nothing much to boast about...

Fearless - 3 popcorns out of 5

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