House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

My trips to the cinema 2023 (410 movies items)

"SCREENING: 35mm DATE: May 3rd CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

Las películas más pendejas que he visto (99 movies items)

"La película tiene buena fotografía y coreografías de combate, el problema es que da tantos giros sin ninguna base que termina desechando toda la historia principal en favor de un triangulo amoroso inesperado que acaba en tragedia. Según avanza la película te das cuenta de que la protagonista sea "ciega" es un elemento completamente irrelevante."

Top Ten Performances - Ziyi Zhang (11 movies items)

" as Xiao Mei "

Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era (414 movies items)

"FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: Plays seamlessly despite a single scratch overlaying the whole print. Third reel is in a noticeably different tint to the previous two. But most importantly, gosh, does this film look stunning when you watch it this way. DATE: May 3rd 2023 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End"

“Crouching Tiger has better fights, Hero is beautifully colourful but neither have the emotional impact of Flying Daggers which also is as visually stu”

Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2019 (659 movies items)

"(WATCHED: 23 March 2019)"

Dark Warrior's Top 150 Movie's Of All Time (154 movies items)

" my rating 3.0=magnificent my imbd pleasure meter 4.5 Stars "

35 From 4: My Favorite Films From 2004 (35 movies items)

"   As someone who became a rather hardcore fan of movies starting at a very early age, I grew up at a time when it was widely accepted that big budget actions flicks were the kind of cinema that had to sacrifice on story in order to make room for the expansive bangs and the expensive effects that acted as the fuel for this type of widescreen entertainment. This was a belief that was only intensified when applied to any action movies that were centered around a ma"