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Post by Admin on Jul 12, 2014 3:07:32 GMT
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Post by chefying on Jul 12, 2014 11:02:09 GMT
That's Yue Hua acting as No-Flower Monk.
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Post by Admin on May 10, 2015 14:53:57 GMT
Clans of Intrigue Reviews : * Temujin of Old Wuxia Society forum : Clans of Intrique 8.75/10
Another top contender in a long list of Chu Yuan's films, I have this second in my list after Killer Clans, Ti Lung as Chu Liu Xiang was the best wuxia fans can ever imagined, he played the role to perfection, the charm, the charisma, the martial arts, and the smile, they're all there. Gu Long must be proud to see his novel got adapted into such a beautiful wuxia fillm. Yueh Hua as the Flower Monk was also excellent.
I feel that my Top 25 Asian movie won't be complete without the crème de la crème wuxia (Chinese fantasy martial arts) genre classic from the robust, now defunct, Shaw Brother's studio. Many people regarded Shaw Brothers as the chop socky B-movie film producer in the late 60s, 70s, and early 80s, before the studio closed down in the mid 80s due to ravaging competition from other studios in Hong Kong, but most of the newer generation only saw most of their highly insulting, and badly English dubbed Kung Fu movies, which resulted in generalized stereotypes of Chinese martial arts movies. Still we could not say anything because those dubbed butchered films were the result of copies of the old movies, not the original source because Shaw Brothers never released their original products after studio closed down. However, this whole dillema was solved recently when Celestial Pictures bought the right to re-release almost all of Shaw Brother's movies in remastered format, with the original audio and in its original Shawscopewidescreen format.
Most people think about Chow Yun-Fat in the movie A Better Tomorrow, but the actual lead actor in that movie was Ti Lung, in fact, he won the best actor award for his performance that year. If you are not familiar with Ti Lung, let me tell you, he is the frontrunner leading man in Hong Kong cinema back in the 70s. When he was young, he was good-looking, handsome, athletic, talented, and dashing, basically a typical chivalrious look combined with martial arts training and acting talent. In this movie Clans of Intrique, he was at his top form. Not only the movie was backed by the famous Chinese novel, originally written by Gu Long, and the script written by Ni Kuang. It was only directed by the artistically talented Director Chu Yuan, which succesfully brought the novel and the dreamy feeling of the ancient China alive on the movie screen. The lavish sets, despite produced inside the huge Shaw's film studio, and the attention to details were spot on.
Unlike the wuxia genre of today, such as House of the Flying Dagger or the visually dazzling but weak The Promise, this masterpiece is filled with intriques and plots, which will keep you glued to the screen trying to keep up with the pace of the story, which played out like a detective story. IMHO, this is the best example of what a perfect wuxia movie should be, in fact, many Westerners watch it only to be converted to the wuxia genre, because the movie is poetic and beautiful with superb storyline. You don't watch it for the typical chop socky fight scenes but you watch it for the overall quality and story, which was blended perfectly.
* Tsing Yi of WM: Clans of Intrique 9 out of 10 i think one of ti lung's best role, an awesome all around wuxia movie, the ending could be better, it's almost perfect
* Siuyiu's review clans of intrigue 7.5/10 as an adaptation, it's not the greatest. it's supposed to be based on the first 3 chu liuxiang books, but the 2nd one is completely missing, and there's a lot of poetic license taken. i will not say ti lung is the best CLX ever, but he's not bad. the sword fights are a must-watch -- superb.
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Post by Admin on May 10, 2015 14:54:00 GMT
Clans of Intrigue Reviews : * Temujin of Old Wuxia Society forum : Clans of Intrique 8.75/10
Another top contender in a long list of Chu Yuan's films, I have this second in my list after Killer Clans, Ti Lung as Chu Liu Xiang was the best wuxia fans can ever imagined, he played the role to perfection, the charm, the charisma, the martial arts, and the smile, they're all there. Gu Long must be proud to see his novel got adapted into such a beautiful wuxia fillm. Yueh Hua as the Flower Monk was also excellent.
I feel that my Top 25 Asian movie won't be complete without the crème de la crème wuxia (Chinese fantasy martial arts) genre classic from the robust, now defunct, Shaw Brother's studio. Many people regarded Shaw Brothers as the chop socky B-movie film producer in the late 60s, 70s, and early 80s, before the studio closed down in the mid 80s due to ravaging competition from other studios in Hong Kong, but most of the newer generation only saw most of their highly insulting, and badly English dubbed Kung Fu movies, which resulted in generalized stereotypes of Chinese martial arts movies. Still we could not say anything because those dubbed butchered films were the result of copies of the old movies, not the original source because Shaw Brothers never released their original products after studio closed down. However, this whole dillema was solved recently when Celestial Pictures bought the right to re-release almost all of Shaw Brother's movies in remastered format, with the original audio and in its original Shawscopewidescreen format.
Most people think about Chow Yun-Fat in the movie A Better Tomorrow, but the actual lead actor in that movie was Ti Lung, in fact, he won the best actor award for his performance that year. If you are not familiar with Ti Lung, let me tell you, he is the frontrunner leading man in Hong Kong cinema back in the 70s. When he was young, he was good-looking, handsome, athletic, talented, and dashing, basically a typical chivalrious look combined with martial arts training and acting talent. In this movie Clans of Intrique, he was at his top form. Not only the movie was backed by the famous Chinese novel, originally written by Gu Long, and the script written by Ni Kuang. It was only directed by the artistically talented Director Chu Yuan, which succesfully brought the novel and the dreamy feeling of the ancient China alive on the movie screen. The lavish sets, despite produced inside the huge Shaw's film studio, and the attention to details were spot on.
Unlike the wuxia genre of today, such as House of the Flying Dagger or the visually dazzling but weak The Promise, this masterpiece is filled with intriques and plots, which will keep you glued to the screen trying to keep up with the pace of the story, which played out like a detective story. IMHO, this is the best example of what a perfect wuxia movie should be, in fact, many Westerners watch it only to be converted to the wuxia genre, because the movie is poetic and beautiful with superb storyline. You don't watch it for the typical chop socky fight scenes but you watch it for the overall quality and story, which was blended perfectly.
* Tsing Yi of WM: Clans of Intrique 9 out of 10 i think one of ti lung's best role, an awesome all around wuxia movie, the ending could be better, it's almost perfect
* Siuyiu's review clans of intrigue 7.5/10 as an adaptation, it's not the greatest. it's supposed to be based on the first 3 chu liuxiang books, but the 2nd one is completely missing, and there's a lot of poetic license taken. i will not say ti lung is the best CLX ever, but he's not bad. the sword fights are a must-watch -- superb.
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