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Summary: DVD Version is a MUST for Fans of This Film!
Review: "The Bride With White Hair" is the film that turned me on to Hong Kong cinema. If you are one of those Hong Kong aficionados who has enjoyed this movie on VHS, I highly recommend the DVD version because of its subtitles. Now---while I admittedly enjoy the awkwardly translated English subtitles in Hong Kong films, this is one film that I love enough that I've always wanted to see the grammar, spelling and sentence structure cleaned up! That is the wonderful surprise I found when I saw this flick on DVD! In addition, if you want to turn friends on to this film, and they're the crowd who just doesn't enjoy a flick with subtitles, then this DVD has an English dubbed version that is fairly good (especially compared to badly English dubbed jobs of great Hong Kong films like "A Better Tomorrow"). For those unfamiliar with this film, "Bride With White Hair" is one of those rare fantasy features that actually makes my eyes a bit misty. What initially strikes me about the movie is the way the story is set up; we see Leslie Cheung (who starred in "Farewell My Concubine"), having sat hunched in desolate state of guard over a healing plant for many years, wondering if "a woman" knows that he regards her as holding great importance, even greater than that of the emperor. A great and tragic story is then told as a recollection, beginning from his childhood when he firsts encounters the mystical girl who saves him from a pack of wolves by charming them with her song. They are drawn together again as adults (Bridgette Lin is both gorgeous and fantastic as The Bride!). The complexities come as both characters are torn by devotion to their clans, barters they have made with others, and by their vow of love to each other. This is beautiful and well told story, visually astounding, and the surreal nature of the film works. I highly recommend you treat yourself to this DVD!
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Summary: A Hong Kong Classic
Review: I'd never been a fan of Hong Kong cinema prior to seeing this magnificent film. Truly there's almost nothing else like it, certainly nothing Hollywood produces has this film's sense of style, wit, visual beauty and energy. A haunting score (for those who asked, I believe the music is from Kitaro's "Silk Road" -- if it's not, the Silk Road CDs will give you the same feeling as this movie's wonderful score) adds to the ethereal atmosphere. Surprisingly, the acting is excellent (avoid the dreadful dubbing and stay with the subtitled version) -- Brigitte Lin has a compelling screen presence (and is one of the most striking women I've seen in film), and Leslie Cheung (check out "Farewell My Concubine") is her match. Francis Ng as the cult leader is simply awesome. Besides its visual beauty, the plot is filled with surprises (and admittedly, some of the plot makes little sense). The action is frequent and stupifying, but it isn't traditional martial arts; this is NOT a martial arts movie by any stretch of the imagination. If you're willing to keep an open mind, and are always on the lookout for great new titles, take a look at this one.
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Summary: there goes the bride....
Review: iv'e heard a bit about this movie, but to be honest after watching bride, i was slightly disapointed, the story is dull and so is the pacing of the film. and i thought battle royale 2 was slow.
but the fight scenes were top notch. the lead actor leslie chung
gave a great performance. unfortunetly he passed away almost a year ago. (a sucide jump from a hotel balcony in hong kong)
i have yet to see the sequel but i doubt it'll surpass this one as most sequels fail to succeed their predescessors.
anyway yun has gone on to bigger if not better things like freddy vs jason, although sluggish on plotbut more entertaining than bride. IMHO
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Summary: A visionary film
Review: "The Bride With White Hair" is an adult fairy tale that masterfully brings to life the heartfelt Romeo & Juliet love story at its core. This is a film about love and hate, faith, trust and betrayal and the way it is told is nothing short of perfect. It is the best Hong Kong movie I have seen and left me more fufilled than the smug Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Don't be fooled, however; despite all its romance, "The Bride With White Hair" is a furious action film as well. The masterful editing creates some of the most spectacular Kung-Fu scenes I have seen. The movie is superbly crafted, excellently acted, and gorgeously transferred to DVD. This film is clearly one that belongs in every DVD collection. Considering that this film had a production time of only 8 weeks, mostly shot on soundstages on the backlots of the Mandarin Film Studios, marks this as an even more remarkable achievement, one that speaks clearly for all the cast and crew's skills and professionalism. The film comes fully dubbed in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin and features clean English subtitles. As with Tai Seng's previous releases, this film automatically defaults to the Cantonese soundtrack with English subtitles turned on, the configuration most lovers of this film will certainly prefer. The disc also contains trailers, extensive cast & crew biographies, and a featurette called "The Making Of The Bride With White Hair", which gives an interesting look behind the scenes of the film. The disc also contains a running-length commentary track by director Ronny Yu who has quite a bit to say about the film's production and what his intentions were when he created this movie. Hearing him say these things and seeing how he translated them into visuals is fascinating and entertaining at the same time.
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Summary: You are not Worthy of the Rose of Life
Review: Movie Summary: A peaceful young man who is an expert in the martial arts falls in love with a strange hired assassin from an evil clan. They make a vow never to doubt each other. A vow neither of their clans can let them keep.My Opinion: This is a fairly hard core Hong Kong Action/Martial Arts film. It's a lot like a live action version of an animated film like Princess Mononoke or Akira. I really enjoyed those films as well as this one. It is quite strange but that's part of its beauty. It is very easy to sympathize with the main character as he doubts the word of the strange wolf girl he fell in love with. DVD Quality: Nothing Special. Includes trailers from other films. The English language track isn't that great. What You Should Do: If you are into martial arts films and/or animated movies like Princess Mononoke then you should check this out. This is definitely one you should rent or borrow before you decide to buy. If you are looking for another Crouching Tiger, I think this one will be a little too strange for you.
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Summary: DVD Version is a MUST for Fans of This Film!
Review: "The Bride With White Hair" is the film that turned me on to Hong Kong cinema. If you are one of those Hong Kong aficionados who has enjoyed this movie on VHS, I highly recommend the DVD version because of its subtitles. Now---while I admittedly enjoy the awkwardly translated English subtitles in Hong Kong films, this is one film that I love enough that I've always wanted to see the grammar, spelling and sentence structure cleaned up! That is the wonderful surprise I found when I saw this flick on DVD! In addition, if you want to turn friends on to this film, and they're the crowd who just doesn't enjoy a flick with subtitles, then this DVD has an English dubbed version that is fairly good (especially compared to badly English dubbed jobs of great Hong Kong films like "A Better Tomorrow"). For those unfamiliar with this film, "Bride With White Hair" is one of those rare fantasy features that actually makes my eyes a bit misty. What initially strikes me about the movie is the way the story is set up; we see Leslie Cheung (who starred in "Farewell My Concubine"), having sat hunched in desolate state of guard over a healing plant for many years, wondering if "a woman" knows that he regards her as holding great importance, even greater than that of the emperor. A great and tragic story is then told as a recollection, beginning from his childhood when he firsts encounters the mystical girl who saves him from a pack of wolves by charming them with her song. They are drawn together again as adults (Bridgette Lin is both gorgeous and fantastic as The Bride!). The complexities come as both characters are torn by devotion to their clans, barters they have made with others, and by their vow of love to each other. This is beautiful and well told story, visually astounding, and the surreal nature of the film works. I highly recommend you treat yourself to this DVD!
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Summary: Funky
Review: What a weird film. Who thought of this? A girl raised in the mountains by wolves, possessing magical hair? What a bloody freak show.
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Summary: Mindy's Review
Review: as a big Brigitte Lin Chin Hsia i would say this is one of the good movies she stars in out of her 100's movie she stars in...... well this movie is so romantic.... the forbidding love eh...... hahaha and ever since their childhood (wolf girl) well yeah this movie is great.....the kungfu in this movie is so and so a litte but, not that much compare to Dragon Inn...... ++if your looking for a more like crouching tiger h.d movie then naww this is not the type for you..... you should check out Dragon Inn then..... ++if you don't like this part (1) then you souldn't get part 2 cause, part 2 just Su&^K ai ya but, worth siting through till the end...... ++this movie is GREAT two TUMBS UP!
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Summary: Romantic love story that makes me cry each time I watch it..
Review: It's a great love story.... and to me, it is not even close to being compared to Romeo and Juliet. This movie has it's own tragic love story.... To me, it's extremely better than Romeo and Juliet.... I love watching this movie especially with my husband, it just teaches the men to TRUST their women and not someone else. Or else their life can get very ugly.... =) Every women should get this movie and watch it with their significant other....
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Summary: Read THIS review only!
Review: I feel bad for people who don't like this movie, just like for those that don't like music of Bach or paintings of Leonardo... This movie will be around FOREVER, just like Bach and Leonardo, long after "American Idol" and "Who wants to marry a millionare" will disappear into dustbin of history. WATCH IT...
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