You need compliments of a different language to describe the movie. I try and find words in English for it. Ulterior, supreme, epic, emotional theatrical, power, harmony, balance, sound of force, Yin and Yang. It is as kinetic energy mixes with emotions and Chinese historical battles with a touch of natures magic.
The music is from another realm and fits in every pulse beat.
The closest Hollywood movie I can think of is 300 when thinking of the battle scenes, but the additional epic content of military strategy, motivation, feeling, representation of the kingdoms and their values, revenge, emotional turn of tide of the battles etc. turn this movie into a masterpiece.
I would have really wanted to see a bit more intrigue and political background content to give the movie an even wider atmospheric spectrum, but I think that this would have hurt on the other hand the primary military and battle cantered focus.
You forget and recognise parallel how much all the political conflicts and agendas between the west and China hurts and remember several times the greatest cinema of the martial arts movies of China we have grown up with since our early childhood.
The music is from another realm and fits in every pulse beat.
The closest Hollywood movie I can think of is 300 when thinking of the battle scenes, but the additional epic content of military strategy, motivation, feeling, representation of the kingdoms and their values, revenge, emotional turn of tide of the battles etc. turn this movie into a masterpiece.
I would have really wanted to see a bit more intrigue and political background content to give the movie an even wider atmospheric spectrum, but I think that this would have hurt on the other hand the primary military and battle cantered focus.
You forget and recognise parallel how much all the political conflicts and agendas between the west and China hurts and remember several times the greatest cinema of the martial arts movies of China we have grown up with since our early childhood.