{"id":8487,"date":"2005-01-15T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2005-01-15T10:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/15\/warriors-of-heaven-and-earth\/"},"modified":"2005-04-17T10:55:59","modified_gmt":"2005-04-17T07:55:59","slug":"warriors-of-heaven-and-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/15\/warriors-of-heaven-and-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors of Heaven and Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/I just watched a really weird film – “Warriors of Heaven and Earth<\/a>” (also know as “Tian di ying xiong”). If you have read my recent post<\/a> about Chinese and Japanese action movies, than you would understand me being surprised about this film. It looks and feels very much like Japanese production, although it is a Chinese film.<\/p>\n

It is not purely an action movie though. It is more like the war and history with bits of action. Now, what was so weird about it you would aks me? The film is Chinese and in Chinese language. Luckily there was an English audio track, but the translation was terrible. I could tell it even without knowing Chinese. In order for the audience to keep the grip with their understanding of the world, one of the main characters is a Japanese swordsmen who studied in Chine for most of his life. Film is very slow paced with dramatic pauses all over the place. Good production, style, atmosphere, excellent costumes, and great photography, although scenery shots were a bit at a minimum. There is a little tiny bit of martial arts. All fights are with swords. Most include cavalery. There were lots and lots of dead bodies and plenty of blood, although not as much as in any Japanese film. SPOILER AHEAD. By the end of the film everyone does, both good and bad, but the balance is restored and China will enjoy the Golden Age of prosperity from then on.<\/p>\n

So, I wouldn’t be all surprised if this film would come out of Japan. But it is Chinese and I am puzzled. It feels like a mixture of these two cinematographic cultures with bits and pieces of both of them all over the place.<\/p>\n

From the viewer’s point of view, the story was very poor and simple for an almost 2 hour film. There was nothing special in acting department. There were some good battle scenes and special effects.<\/p>\n

6 out of 10.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I just watched a really weird film – “Warriors of Heaven and Earth” (also know as “Tian di ying xiong”). If you have read my recent post about Chinese and Japanese action movies, than you would understand me being surprised about this film. It looks and feels very much like Japanese production, although it is … Continue reading Warriors of Heaven and Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8463,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/11\/azumi\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":0},"title":"Azumi","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 11, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the good things that come out of having a DVD club as a neighboor is that a good relationship can be established between the club owner and its customers. It can be very educational both ways. People talk and thus learn more, open up their minds and broaden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8286,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/03\/the-art-of-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":1},"title":"The Art of War","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 3, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Watched \"The Art of War\" on DVD. This is the regular Wesley Snipes action with some gun fights, some martial arts, some car chases, some politics, and some thinkg by main characters trying to figure out things. Nothing more, nothing less. It is not by any means a bad movie.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8215,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/15\/shaolin-soccer\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":2},"title":"Shaolin Soccer","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 15, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I am amazed. No. I am Amazed. Nope. I am AMAZED and IPRESSED. Yeah, that's about there. I have seen \"Shaolin Soccer\" on DVD right now. I thought it would be yet another funny Chinese kung fu flick with some action and some jokes, and that something of what I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7748,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/08\/02\/iron-monkey\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":3},"title":"Iron Monkey","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Having nothing better to do, I've watched \"Iron Monkey\" (also known as \"Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau\"). It is an excellent chinese action with a nice story and brilliant martial arts. Even Olga like it. Considering the fact that it was made more than 10 years ago (1993) it has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9273,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/07\/27\/black-mask\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":4},"title":"Black Mask","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Black Mask\" (aka \"Hak hap\") is one of those new wave Chinese action movies. Released in 1996 it must be one of the first movies of the coming era. Directed by: Daniel Lee Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller Cast: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Matt McKenzie, Karen Mok, Fran\u00e7oise\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9291,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/01\/zatichi\/","url_meta":{"origin":8487,"position":5},"title":"Zatôichi","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 1, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Trying to shorten my list of movies to see, I decided to watch \"Zat\u00f4ichi\". Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Genres: Action, Drama, Crime, Comedy Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka, Daigor\u00f4 Tachibana, Yuuko Daike, Yui Natsukawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Saburo Ishikura, Akira Emoto, Ben Hiura, Kohji Miura, Hideboh, Ron\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8487"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyring_services?post=8487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}