Message from mcjones

[Anonymous]

We are supposed to "review" a film right? I've been burning up my netflix with Mandarin movies lately. Someone told me about Gong Li and so I've seen "Story of Qiu Ju", "Raise The Red Lantern", and "Shanghai Triad". She is very beautiful and very versatile, not in the Meryl Streep sense, but stretches her skills nonetheless.
I liked her best in "Qiu Ju" as a headstrong peasant wife out to get justice for the crime her husband suffered, that is, getting kicked in the balls by the local party official. Hah, laugh if you like but this is serious business in the land of single-child policies and ancestor worship. She is relentless, and finally "gets" her man, but alas in the last scene she is prevented from truly enjoying her revenge.
The other films I thought were anodyne stories but with a beautiful lead, and beautiful photography.
edited by mcjones on 12/11/2011