House of Flying Daggers

[sfu_lifer]

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/20...s/trailer.html

I've never heard of this movie.
Is the DVD out in Asia yet?
Is the actual movie any good (looks quite stylized).

Zhang Ziyi is always a reason to watch .

[Feneant]

Last I looked (maybe 2 months ago) it was only coming out in theatres over Asia sometimes this year. The dvd was not available in any format at the time either.

[milhaus]

Really crappy CAM versions avail. at Pac Mall without English subs, in mandarin only. What a waste of my $6. And the salesperson lied to me, saying there were subs and the picture quality was high.

[actyper]

Wasn't it at the Toronto Film festival?

[Dymis]

Is this a rehash of the older one? I believe there is one that is similar to this. Like what they did with Wu Mountain?

[cmge]

Really crappy CAM versions avail. at Pac Mall without English subs, in mandarin only. What a waste of my $6. And the salesperson lied to me, saying there were subs and the picture quality was high.

actually some of them do... i picked one up last month and its a reall crappy version.. not to mention the subs... timing and editing was craptastic... altho a friend of mine picked one up that was good quality but no subs

[tinlunlau]

i saw it at the toronto filmfest.
on the big screen, it looks beautiful and the sound is great but the story, on the other hand.....yikes...

it starts off great but then the 2nd half is very iffy...

[Tskitishvili]

My sister actually picked up a bootleg dvd of it when she went to mainland China about a month ago. The quality of the video and audio of it is just a bit below that of a real dvd. She calls it a 'projector' version; meaning the bootleg is shot in a private room with no audience (hence no audience laughing/clapping/coughing/etc.).


HOWEVER, the English subs are terrible and the timing of the subs are way off. The actor will say at least 3 sentences and the subs will show 3 words. Even though I have an advanced copy of it, I don't want to ruin it by watching it without being able to understand the plot.

Best bet for us is just to wait for it to come to theatres or maybe on dvd in Asia if it comes out before.

Side: Zhang Ziyi is so hot.

[Pyro]

i need a subtitle for this
my buddy has a screener version i think
looks good, except i dont know mandarin

[KevC]

Just ripped a "DVD" of it for my mom. I checked it, it looks awful in quality. Most likely an VCD -> DVD. Bleh. Waste of 2.5hrs of my time. (ripping) Lol...

[sankou]

wah... forget the bootleg dvd's, house of flying daggers will hit the big screen in canada on december 17, 2004. (thank the success of hero for the quick release ...and sony classics, miramax sucks!) ...speaking of which, here's the sony classics house of flying daggers site

i saw house of flying daggers at the film festival as well ...great visuals and special effects, but horrible ending.

[sfu_lifer]

Looks so anime-ish I'm definitely watching.

BTW, how much "skin" was shown? The trailer seems to point to some romps in the fields ...

[sankou]

...interesting, i just noticed that in the trailer it says that house of flying daggers will be the official chinese entry in the best foreign film category for the 2005 academy awards. i guess 2046 won't be considered since it won't be released in the states this year.

but i guess it also means that house of flying daggers can be considered for nominations in the mainstream categories as well ...it's a shame christopher doyle didn't get a nomination for hero ...or even better, for "in the mood for love." crosses fingers for "2046" nominations in 2006!

[tinlunlau]

i heard the hong kong dvd release is coming when it hits theatres here.

[eelfliw]

Just came back from SH. The official version isn't out yet.

IMHO, ZYM movies are more about cinematography than plot. This means you need to see it on the big screen to enjoy it. Home theatres just won't do (unless you have a 500 seat home theatre )