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first of all i must say im quite disappointed with this movie and
its definitely not worth the tickets.
Perhaps its just me but since young i have been interested in war
history during the three kingdoms era, i have played three kingdoms
games on pc and read and watch abit of shows, this show has twisted
historical facts despite using historical figures. Sure it may
appeal to some audience who have no knowledge of history but i find
it hard to accept that they twisted the history so much! ( zhao yun
joined as a regular soldier and zhugeliang just join out of
nowhere and many more )
Nevermind that a different plot from history that is fresh, it
just seems so commercialised that they just want to use a famous
historical event to film a movie, it only revolves around Andy Lau
as one of the 5 tiger generals ( the other 4 were kind of ignored!
especially ma chao and huang chong ) , hong jin bao and maggie Q
both whom's characters dont historically exist. The girl that
played puppets in zhaoyun's hometown seems very extra as well. I
actually question her existence.
Lastly, another part in which i find funny is
how caoying ( maggie Q ) won the battle in the
finale. It is where she actually won by planting explosives on
horses and shooting arrows onto them, how tactical genius is that?
I think it is kind of insulting to caocao.
So for those who have some knowledge of the three kingdoms, i
suggest avoid this movie if you do not want to be disappointed. I
hope Red Cliffs would be better.
i am also a huge fan of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. And yeah,
this movie is in a way a disappointment. The original story is
changed by a lot. Thus they commited a lot of errors in the
chronological order of events. However, i find that Andy Lau acted
quite well. The movie's costumes and weapons are neatly designed.
The battle scenes are pretty impressive as well, though there is
still much room for improvement.
i really hope that Red Cliffs will be better, but Takeshi
Kaneshiro is playing the role of Zhuge Liang. i find that there is
a huge contrast in his role in "Warlords" and the role of Zhuge
Liang. In "warlords", his role is rather simple-minded. Then
suddenly he become the Zhuge Liang...
Well lets hope for the best.