The Flowers of War (Jin líng shí san chai)

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Christian Bale and since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, I was really surprised by how lame the damned thing actually turned out be and I’m still bewildered by the fact that this movie has such high ratings on this website and on IMDb (around 7.5). However, the fact that it had a much lower Metascore (only 46%) should have been a major red flag though. Anyway, eventually, pretty much nothing worked in this movie. Seriously, even though the historical background was interesting and had some potential, the story was just a boring mess. As usual with such Chinese productions, you had some obvious propaganda with a random Ch” read more

Watched in 2018 (301 movies items)

"My Rating:6/10 "

Most Anticipated Films - 2012 (30 movies items)

"Result: #69 on "Best Films of 2012" list. Trailer: "

Movies set in the World War II period (83 movies items)

"Setting:China (Nanjing) A little hard to watch at times but nevertheless beautiful cinematography. A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety "