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You need to be more open-minded than this, and accept that any style of filmmaking CAN be used for any subject. What Yang did was just a choice, and we need to evaluate HOW he did it this way instead of whether he should do it this way. Quote:
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I was thinking about the running time and scenes and/or subplots that, in my opinion, didn't really add much to the story and I thought of the
[Show spoiler] I didn't feel that there was any real thematic relevance to it and it didn't really go anywhere in the end. All of that could've ended up on the cutting room floor and the film wouldn't have lost anything for me. Not to mention the fact that the girl who played Ming wasn't terribly cute and/or charming and/or charismatic imo. Throughout the entire movie I was thinking, "why exactly is this girl the object of so much romantic attention?" ...let alone a future movie star. |
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Artists don't always make the right choices, even the great ones, and it isn't like Yang is an all time top 10 or 20 great. He is not infallible. Quote:
There are probably just as many, if not more, Westerners praising these type of films for exotic reasons as there are dismissing it for the reasons you outlined above. Last edited by malakaheso; 07-21-2016 at 10:30 PM. |
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Ok, but the same can be said for many other films that I find far more effective than this one, so while I appreciate your response, ignorance about domestic politics in a specific moment in time beyond a broad general level are not the only stumbling block to fully appreciating it in my view.
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Symbolism and allegory aside, do I like the acting? Do I like the dialogue? Do I like the cinematography? Editing, music etc. There just wasn't enough of that in ABSD that I thought was really good. But that's subjective. This wasn't a film I watched and thought, "well that sucked." It just wasn't a great viewing experience for me. ...it happens. |
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Oh well! Politics is a forbidden topic ... . |
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I'm curious. This could be a different angle on which to interpret the film |
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So the idea that I was scrutinizing the character merely based on her appearance is simply not accurate. Her positive attitude? Sorry, but I don't find stringing that many boys along to be all that positive. ...I think it's a bit cold. Last edited by Ray Jackson; 07-26-2016 at 02:37 AM. |
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But we certainly learn something about you, don't we. You and your belief of what attraction should be. Last edited by DVD Phreak; 07-26-2016 at 03:41 PM. |
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I've been thinking about this film a lot recently.
A Brighter Summer Day is an exceptional film, but I can't help but contrast it with Yi Yi, which I found to be far superior in every department. In a lot of ways, this film is a political film, a reflection on a country's past, and a biography about one teenager who took the wrong path in life. I don't know how much replay value this will have compared to Yang's swan song, which I find to be one of the greatest films of the 2000s and one of the greatest films of all-time, for its sensitive portrayal of several generations of one family struggling with the past, present, and themselves. |
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![]() Yi Yi is full indelible moments, moments that stick in your mind for no apparent reason. Like that woman playing cello in her apartment, for example. It does hint at the loneliness of living in a big faceless city, but it's more than that. |
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Again with the judgement |
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