| Red Cliff Part 1 (2008) - User Reviews |
Red Cliff Part 1
by ibnuzzaman
on 15/10/2009 (1 of 3 people found this review helpful)
What I loved most: The dove is free...
What I really hated: None
In my humble perception, this movie is the cornerstone of Chinese Movie based on their ancient chronicles. The second part is waited with full enthusiasm. Good luck for John Woo!
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Good Movie, but can be better
by agayukinwrc
on 20/08/2008 (3 of 4 people found this review helpful)
What I loved most: Great Scenary and a refreshing point of view for the Three kingdom
What I really hated: The protrayal of individual heroism during the last fighting scene
Firstly, I will commend the director for protraying a new viewpoint of the events that occurs during this end of Han Dynasty.
For those people (aka purists) who cannot accept such protrayal, it may be good to note that Romance of the Three Kingdom is a novel, not an accurate protrayal of the events either. Instead, I will recommend you to read the historical record "Shi Ji" before trying to put in all the protests.
I cannot agree to the earlier review that the fight against 2000 troops is useless and should concentrate on the rest of the 798000. It is said in the movie that Cao Cao was just making use of these 2000 troops to see how strong the combined Liu and Wu force is, before making anylarge scale military advances. Battle, unlike Dynasty Warrior, is never a straight forward numerical calculation.
Some of the characters are acted well, such as the Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu and Zhang Fei, but the rest of the cast needed improvement. Even though the Zhu Ge Liang is handsome enough, he appeared to be outwitted most of the time, especially during the escape from Cao's troop pursue during the early part of the show.
One very significant omission is the Zhang Fei appearance on the Chang Ban bridge, which his roar alone stopped the advancement of the Cao's Force temporarily. The appearance of Guan Yu is also inaccuarte, as he should be riding on the Red Hare, instead of walking on the ground. Furthermore, he is nowhere near the invincibility and strength of the Guan Yu as recorded in the history.
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Red Cliff 1 review by elmo11259
by elmo11259
on 27/07/2008 (0 of 1 people found this review helpful)
What I loved most: Gu Zhen Music
What I really hated: Got Part 2....Sianx
Not Bad Worth To Watch.But Got Part 2 about the navy war!U can try to watch.Guang Yu,it looks like him:)But i'm not watching the part 2.......
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Too Much Jokes Spoil the Broth
by fjw_fws
on 26/07/2008 (0 of 1 people found this review helpful)
What I loved most: Zhao Yun's rescue of Liu Bei's son
What I really hated: The lame jokes
The war in red cliff should be a dark movie but the lame jokes simply make it a lame movie. The war scene in the final part was simply a poor imitation of 300. The extras acting as the soldiers were also poor and lack of spirit and coordination.
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