The story of betrayal among family is not new. This film tells the tale in high soap opera style. It's high camp as well. While kids will go for the CGI arrows and hooks, adults will get quite a few laughs because, just when one thinks it can't get any hammier, it lays it on even thicker. A beautiful film just the same. Not to everyone's taste, obviously, since it came and went with striking swiftness.
Curse of the Golden Flower
(2006, Rated R, Drama, Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou)
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It's a movie! It's a soap opera! It's a hoot!
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I thought this movie was a total waste of time..
I was dragged to this movie on vacation when I was 13 and I really did not like it. (I watched it in Taiwan, and it was rated PG there, so I did not expect so much violence) The props were extravagent, but the plot was basically filled with conspiracies against the royal people, violence, incest, etc. It was a pointless film and did not end happily.
