Thursday, April 07, 2011
Quickie Film Reviews: Red Cliff (2008)
John Woo finally remembers how to make a decent film, in doing so upstaging Peter Jackson's The Two Towers and The Return of the King, but also remembering to include the requisite fight-while-holding-a-baby, Mexican standoff, and unnecessary flurry of white doves.
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This has been sitting on my shelf for months, but I can't seem to find the five hours necessary to watch it all :) One day...
ReplyDeleteWell, I did only watch the three-hour highlights version, but it rushed by, so enjoyable is the film.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I managed to luck out and find the "full" version - can't remember now if it was eBay or Amazon. Really must get round to watching it now.
ReplyDeleteThe full version seems to be out of print, but is floating around for about a fiver online, so I'll be picking it up next payday.
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