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Red Cliff Part 1 (2008) - User Reviews
Red Cliff Part 1
Release Date: 10th July 2008
Language: Mandarin
Running Time: 143 mins
 
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama / War
Starring: Chi-ling Lin, Vicky Zhao, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chang Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
[full cast]
Directed by: John Woo, Kenny Ortega
Local Distributor: Golden Village Pictures
 
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Red Cliff Part 1

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

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

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

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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