WHen the Romans were building up their Empire, the Chinese were already the largest force in the East. "Ancient Rome vs. China Total War" would have been epic.
It pains me to see Jet Li act in stupid Hollywood movies. He was the ultimate badass in the 90's. Even in this movie his badass-ery is down a couple of notches from the past
@tavjas Not quite , i did not watch the movie but you should read some hystory about napoleon , if the empire is too big they can't assimilate all the new territory and will eventually loose power.
@vdnkvndsk00 Have u seen curse of the golden flower it is the most beautiful movie ever made from the costumes to the acting. the film cost over 45 million to make.
@dojokonojo nope,,, many emperor more ruthless than him,,, that was distorted history from confucianist dog and Emperor from Han Dynasty who wished to justify their rebellion against Qin,,,, remember well,,, history always written by the victor not the loser,,, Qin Shi Huang actually the most important ruler among chinese emperors
@papertiger7 Wang Mang short lived Xin Dynasty even didn't past 9 years,,, and how about Li Zicheng's Shun Dynasty? only exist for three or four month before defeated by Manchu's Qing Dynasty
@firelordsein very true had it not been for him china would be as europe is now, ofcourse the han played its part by maintaining the system qin had installed remember xiang yu conquered qin and he returned china to the muti states era that qin got rid of, han atleast followed qin in that they kept the whole country united
@5H4K490 well,, many thanks for liu bang and xiao he because both of them already served first emperor as professional bureaucrat so they were more understand benefit from qin administration and system,,, not that "rambo" xiang yu whose only have muscle but not brain,,, recklessly burning down xianyang and imperial library causing many literature including considered forbidden by the emperor to lost forever,,, if want blame someone for lost literature then we must point xiang yu
@firelordsein well i wouldnt class xiang yu as brute with no brains, no one can conquer based on strength alone, what i dislike about him was his policies as you mentioned reckless actions to meet his own ends which caused the loss of much literature and reestablishing the different states that were united. As a warrior and military commander i think xiang yu was one of chinas greatest but as a ruler he was backwards.
@5H4K490 i really meant at his policies i considered brute,, although his actions probably also part of propaganda to make liu bang as better ruler,, who knows since history of qin and conflict between chu-han written by han historian, as i said history detemined by victor, many han emperors also indecent but han dynasty glorified as golden age, xiang yu probably didn't have many options since so many political rival back then,,, shall we classiffied him as brilliant general but poor politician?
@TheAcademyKnight quite different,,, qin considered people as one and never discriminated against outsiders,,, in fact, most valuable ministers and advisors whose served king of qin were foreign-born,,, but nazi not only refused to use talents from outside,,, they were going as far expelled many german talents whose considered undesirable,,,,
@lolme2000 No, the emperor of Qin was called "Qin Shi Huang Di" or 秦始皇帝 often shortened to 秦始皇。The direct translation would be "First Emperor". The character for yellow is 黄 while the character for emperor is 皇。 They are pronounced the same way but in fact have very different meanings. There is however a mythical king called 黄帝 long before there was actual written documentation. Hope this is helpful.
@bobdigi88 I know because I went to high school in China and we were required to study Chinese history as well as the Chinese language. If you are referring to the mythical king, I suppose people know that because of word of mouth- the story being told from generation to generation.
@jabames Somewhat later...by three hundred years. Sun Zi was in 504-503 B.C. when he wrote the Art of War in the Qi nation during the Spring and Autumn Era...Qin Shi Huang existed in the Warring States Era.
@jabames The number of men the Qin Emperor had varied from time to time. At some points the entirety of Qin's adult male population was mobilized, meaning that they had over a million men. Few armies of that era were below a hundred thousand, and most were much larger. Qin was able to do this because the entire state was devoted to war (because of the dominance of the philosophy of Legalism), whereas other states ultimately failed because they were not as devoted to total war.
@jabames reminds me of the army and staff from curse of the golden flower. think about having to prepare lunch for all the actors! that's a 24 hour job! lol
He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
this movie is a masterpiece... the fighting, special effects, the SOUNDTRACK!!!, the story, the dialogues... this film belongs in the list with other masterpieces like the Lord of the Rings
in anarchy sometimes the strongest must be spared for the strength of the country and its survival, this movie does not applaud tyranny in any way, jets character could have killed him being 20 paces from him even with the armor, one of the messages i gathered is this "in war alliances must be met in the strangest of curcumstances,a true warrior is willing to give his or her life for the greater good" remember that
He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this.
I heard this movie was controversial for one of its themes - to spoil it for ya, the assassin ultimately didn't do it because he realizes the importance of the Qin emperor, despite all his flaws, in unifying and bringing order to China and preventing it from collapsing into anarchy and civil war. Critics accuses it for justifying tyrannies, having security and order over individual freedom and liberty and violating Right of ethnic self-idetermination. I couldn't agree more
@rubytav Most absolutes and generalizations like that are wrong. Not all dubbed stuff is bad. Some anime sounds better to me in English dub than in the original Japanese.
@DarthChuckwa I know what you mean by it being a generalization but I personally think It is because the words used in the dubbed and subbed version are very different. That is why one always seems to come off more childish (dubbed) than another (subbed). This is my just my opinion based apon watching anime on tv and those just subbed online.
i love chinese movies that playes in the acient times who knows. i wouldn't be surprised if they actualy could walk on water and fly. their MASTERS >: D
@Endrawnia a vile of poison maybe. if they never checked him and he got close to the king and shared drinks. he could've pulled out the vile and hid it behind something and slipped it into his drink... amongst other things he could've done but hey, worst things have happened, lol...
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good movie, IF a bit saturated with PRC propaganda.
The movie basically says a government holds the right to be as abusive and assholeish as it wants for "the good of the people." I don't believe that the Qin emperor was the first emperor of China, and I will never believe it; in my mind, the Yellow Emperor was the first.
The Qin emperor was a tyrant who burned books, what was he erasing? Or trying to erase? All hail the Yellow Emperor, slayer of the tyrant Chi You!
I don't see this as propaganda at all; the assassins are the protagonists! And in the end, the king makes his decision based on the demands of his subjects, against his own judgement. Zhang Yi Mou's depictions of China in his past films have been fair and even-handed, and at times, critical of government, though not blatantly so.
Brain washing is more effective when its subtle, rather than overt. You need to watch the film a few more times; its hard to catch at first, but once you've seen it a few times you'll catch it.
I'm a big fan of Zhang's films. He very clearly makes an effort to promote the virtues of Chinese culture, but I think he generally empathises with the common people; he tells folk stories. (One of his films is about the absurdity of endless bureaucracy. Another shows the hardship inflicted on small town folk by the Cultural Revolution.) Don't misconstrue his pride in his cultural heritage for manipulation by the Central Comitee.
Yeah well I don't think hero is a true story... they fly and fight on water... I think it's more of a legend inspired by a true story.. So hey! It's fiction too. LOL
If you watched Lord of the rings and you saw nothing else and understood nothing else than Hobbits you clearly didnt watch it seriously... Or maybe you have a problem with understanding movies?
Anyway. Lord of the Ring is about freedom and the things you are ready to do to have it... Maybe its fiction, but it's still my favorite movie so keep your opinions for yourself
Your right I was bored with it in the first 5 minutes so never really gave it any attention.
But I'll tell you what. Lets make a deal. I'll keep my opinions to myself and if you do the same. That way no one gets hurt over their favorite movie.
@aleevaajboi530 "the chinese emperor's army can't even beat the Hmong army."
That's because fighting the Hmong "army" would just be overkill. By the time of the Warring states the population of the various Chinese kingdoms already far out-populate that of the Hmong. And that was before there were any Emperors.
@aleevaajboi530 Like u said,,in History..But then,the Qin Emperor unified all the seven kingdoms into a nation, China..So,,do u need any more clarification?
what's the name of the spears the Qin soldiers are carrying? is it the Ji? looks wicked with another blade 90 degrees of the main point. for dragging down mounted adversaries maybe?
the chinese could never beat hmong people at war. they lost 2 out of 3 wars. the reason why they won the last war is because they tricked some dumb ass hmong people into showing them how to fight the hmong people and they also turned against their own people. bastards.
@wangsta25 But Rome had things that China never had, like an underground sanitation system. Technologically China was ahead of everybody else for centuries but I think that owed lots to having had an arms race (warring states period) very early on in their history, it really promoted radical thought and pushed inventiveness.
It does indeed look like a very very old Go game. It's called Wei'Qi in China and for as far as I know it was invented to teach the emperor's son discipline and strategic planning.
As for the movie itself, despite my efforts I haven't been able to find it in any store on the interwebz :( I'd watch it here but Youtube fails.
The kingdom's in the periods of the warring states are not as strict as most of the TV shows you saw in the TV.Most customs (such as bowing and kow towing to the emperor)started from the Han Dynasty.Even Qin Shi Huang,as the first emperor of China,does not require his subjects to bow to him.
thata's not chess...it's a chinese version of something like chess...i think it's a game where ur supossed to surround ur opponent with ur stones and so u capture that stone or something. i remember playing it when i was younger...
WHen the Romans were building up their Empire, the Chinese were already the largest force in the East. "Ancient Rome vs. China Total War" would have been epic.
aa3gunner 5 months ago
4:10 *///¬///* ♥!!! XD jajaja
yamichinekchan 5 months ago
It pains me to see Jet Li act in stupid Hollywood movies. He was the ultimate badass in the 90's. Even in this movie his badass-ery is down a couple of notches from the past
liepzig 6 months ago
@liepzig um....you know this isn't really an action movie, he played the part perfectly....
p.s. he was still very badass in this movie
Tim33ist 5 months ago
@tavjas Not quite , i did not watch the movie but you should read some hystory about napoleon , if the empire is too big they can't assimilate all the new territory and will eventually loose power.
n0Xcap3 6 months ago
the chinese people knows how to create beautiful movies and soundtrack....like movies croushing tiger hidden dragon, house of flying daggers....
vdnkvndsk00 6 months ago
@vdnkvndsk00 Have u seen curse of the golden flower it is the most beautiful movie ever made from the costumes to the acting. the film cost over 45 million to make.
NIghtRider805 6 months ago
@NIghtRider805 yes i seen it absolutely....beautiful movie..
vdnkvndsk00 6 months ago
Damn those cheap, Chinese swords! ;)
CabbageNappa 7 months ago
Is this mandarin or cantonese?
Shiftee88 8 months ago
@Shiftee88 Mandarin
lthp 8 months ago
@Shiftee88 madarin, With Beijing accent
Ha0KuaiDeJian 8 months ago
@Ha0KuaiDeJian at 7:46, is that still Mandarin? Sounds different to me...
thanks
user3222 7 months ago
Thank you for uploading this beautiful film in its original language (with subtitles). I just hate the dubbed version!
madelinecon 8 months ago
i luv the perosn that created this story, and even the names are like enchanted like. I LUV THE STORY LINE even tho at times i don't get it
FanTZ0PMgUrL 9 months ago
@tavjas He was the most tyrannical and ruthless of all the Chinese emperors.
dojokonojo 9 months ago
@dojokonojo nope,,, many emperor more ruthless than him,,, that was distorted history from confucianist dog and Emperor from Han Dynasty who wished to justify their rebellion against Qin,,,, remember well,,, history always written by the victor not the loser,,, Qin Shi Huang actually the most important ruler among chinese emperors
firelordsein 6 months ago
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papertiger7 6 months ago
@papertiger7 Wang Mang short lived Xin Dynasty even didn't past 9 years,,, and how about Li Zicheng's Shun Dynasty? only exist for three or four month before defeated by Manchu's Qing Dynasty
firelordsein 6 months ago
@firelordsein very true had it not been for him china would be as europe is now, ofcourse the han played its part by maintaining the system qin had installed remember xiang yu conquered qin and he returned china to the muti states era that qin got rid of, han atleast followed qin in that they kept the whole country united
5H4K490 6 months ago
@5H4K490 well,, many thanks for liu bang and xiao he because both of them already served first emperor as professional bureaucrat so they were more understand benefit from qin administration and system,,, not that "rambo" xiang yu whose only have muscle but not brain,,, recklessly burning down xianyang and imperial library causing many literature including considered forbidden by the emperor to lost forever,,, if want blame someone for lost literature then we must point xiang yu
firelordsein 5 months ago
@firelordsein well i wouldnt class xiang yu as brute with no brains, no one can conquer based on strength alone, what i dislike about him was his policies as you mentioned reckless actions to meet his own ends which caused the loss of much literature and reestablishing the different states that were united. As a warrior and military commander i think xiang yu was one of chinas greatest but as a ruler he was backwards.
5H4K490 5 months ago
@5H4K490 i really meant at his policies i considered brute,, although his actions probably also part of propaganda to make liu bang as better ruler,, who knows since history of qin and conflict between chu-han written by han historian, as i said history detemined by victor, many han emperors also indecent but han dynasty glorified as golden age, xiang yu probably didn't have many options since so many political rival back then,,, shall we classiffied him as brilliant general but poor politician?
firelordsein 5 months ago
Before Nazi Germany, there was the kingdom of Qin.
TheAcademyKnight 9 months ago
@TheAcademyKnight quite different,,, qin considered people as one and never discriminated against outsiders,,, in fact, most valuable ministers and advisors whose served king of qin were foreign-born,,, but nazi not only refused to use talents from outside,,, they were going as far expelled many german talents whose considered undesirable,,,,
firelordsein 5 months ago
so many stairs, why
andrew142009 9 months ago
Not to be racist considering that I'm Chinese, but wasn't the emperor of Qin called "The YELLOW Emperor"?
lolme2000 10 months ago
@lolme2000 No, the emperor of Qin was called "Qin Shi Huang Di" or 秦始皇帝 often shortened to 秦始皇。The direct translation would be "First Emperor". The character for yellow is 黄 while the character for emperor is 皇。 They are pronounced the same way but in fact have very different meanings. There is however a mythical king called 黄帝 long before there was actual written documentation. Hope this is helpful.
DansonTangLover 10 months ago
@DansonTangLover How would someone even know that?
bobdigi88 9 months ago
@bobdigi88 I know because I went to high school in China and we were required to study Chinese history as well as the Chinese language. If you are referring to the mythical king, I suppose people know that because of word of mouth- the story being told from generation to generation.
DansonTangLover 9 months ago
donnie yen is SICK!!!! i mean hez got bare skillz more than jet lee n jackie chan put 2ether!
Lexi04121 10 months ago
Han Wei is 1 kingdom? or are they missing a comma cuz there are only 6 kingdoms
MrWalalaa 10 months ago
The king's gear sounds like new leather chairs lol
AlwayzBeenPhat7 11 months ago
Damn. Kind of sucks if you need to go to the bathroom at 3:56.
tengyang2001 11 months ago
@tengyang2001 I'm sure he used the bathroom at 4:17 and they shook it dry for him lol
AlwayzBeenPhat7 11 months ago
Is that Mandarin they're speaking? Or some other dialect?
MarcellusTheGreen 1 year ago
@MarcellusTheGreen Mandarin(普通話)
HOTINGAN 1 year ago
after seeing the curse of the golden flower and house of the flying daggers, I can't wait to drown myself in this beautiful movie!
black4pienus 1 year ago
Just had to watch this again right after watching yesterday, great movie
WHATYOUSAYWHITEBOY 1 year ago
I'm finally watching this movie and understanding it this time!
x0ticShwty 1 year ago
Donnie Yen and Jet Li <3 Love it~!
Annelawliet 1 year ago
How many millions or hundreds of thousands of soldiers did the Qin Emperor have? Is this around Sun Tzu's time or later or before his time?
jabames 1 year ago
@jabames Somewhat later...by three hundred years. Sun Zi was in 504-503 B.C. when he wrote the Art of War in the Qi nation during the Spring and Autumn Era...Qin Shi Huang existed in the Warring States Era.
Teruame 1 year ago
@jabames The number of men the Qin Emperor had varied from time to time. At some points the entirety of Qin's adult male population was mobilized, meaning that they had over a million men. Few armies of that era were below a hundred thousand, and most were much larger. Qin was able to do this because the entire state was devoted to war (because of the dominance of the philosophy of Legalism), whereas other states ultimately failed because they were not as devoted to total war.
CrownedSerpent 1 year ago
@jabames reminds me of the army and staff from curse of the golden flower. think about having to prepare lunch for all the actors! that's a 24 hour job! lol
black4pienus 1 year ago
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He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
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He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
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He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this
69arem 1 year ago
omg donnie yen :D
dog19941 1 year ago
this movie is a masterpiece... the fighting, special effects, the SOUNDTRACK!!!, the story, the dialogues... this film belongs in the list with other masterpieces like the Lord of the Rings
Abrar17me 1 year ago
I love the music of this movie!
HimeBaezChan 1 year ago
I FUCKING LOVE ASIAN MOVIES ! I CAN WATCH THEM ALL DAY !
XxNimanarutoxX 1 year ago 3
4:20s you know he could just go take a bath
girlingreensocks 1 year ago
Jet Li !! x]
surferdudette19 1 year ago
in anarchy sometimes the strongest must be spared for the strength of the country and its survival, this movie does not applaud tyranny in any way, jets character could have killed him being 20 paces from him even with the armor, one of the messages i gathered is this "in war alliances must be met in the strangest of curcumstances,a true warrior is willing to give his or her life for the greater good" remember that
jonshinjuku1 1 year ago
3 bitches missed the like button
717525 1 year ago
@717525 it's 4 bitches now
awhsiang 1 year ago
@tavjas
He ruled too harshly - burning books, high tax and working people and the economy to death on building the Great Wall. Tried pursuing immortality by eating Mercury which they thought was magical but instead rotted out his brain to madness. He died while barely in his 30s or 40s and his successor was too young. Finally, the people were PISSED to no end after all this.
TheVoiceOfReason93 1 year ago
I heard this movie was controversial for one of its themes - to spoil it for ya, the assassin ultimately didn't do it because he realizes the importance of the Qin emperor, despite all his flaws, in unifying and bringing order to China and preventing it from collapsing into anarchy and civil war. Critics accuses it for justifying tyrannies, having security and order over individual freedom and liberty and violating Right of ethnic self-idetermination. I couldn't agree more
TheVoiceOfReason93 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this movie up! I hate the dub version! >:( 5/5
HanakoFujita 1 year ago
@HanakoFujita
yeah dubs are always awful, except for dubbed anime.
theREALshafan 1 year ago
@theREALshafan
Lol... The only dubbed anime i liked was Fullmetal Alchemist! :)
HanakoFujita 1 year ago
@theREALshafan no all dubbed stuff is bad especially anime. Take naruto and Inuyasha for example
rubytav 1 year ago
@rubytav Most absolutes and generalizations like that are wrong. Not all dubbed stuff is bad. Some anime sounds better to me in English dub than in the original Japanese.
DarthChuckwa 1 year ago
@DarthChuckwa I know what you mean by it being a generalization but I personally think It is because the words used in the dubbed and subbed version are very different. That is why one always seems to come off more childish (dubbed) than another (subbed). This is my just my opinion based apon watching anime on tv and those just subbed online.
rubytav 1 year ago
THANKK UU FOR UPLOADING !!!!
missfar 1 year ago
@tavjas: The Mongols were fanatic and great warriors, yet the Yuan dynasty they established in China was also short lived.
danpt2000 1 year ago
WOO!! GREAT MOVIE!!
lilacheart89 1 year ago
Wow,,,I have been speaking mandarin for 21 years.Still,i dont understand wat they are talking about...Really in-depth ,traditional mandarin..
mattmad 1 year ago
i had this movie once but my computer was filtered it was deleted but maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan i loved it
mustafabasharibrahim 1 year ago
I am in utter love with this movie. I'm no more Asian than I am Caucasian.
rhatcher010 1 year ago
@tavjas: People say Qin Shi Huang was an ego Maniac, not at all like how he is portrayed in this movie.
danpt2000 1 year ago
lol i so wanted to see tht little asian trip and fall down those stairs!!
fktheNZgovtcourts 1 year ago
The most gorgeous use of color, the most beautiful movie in the world...
amyleoness 1 year ago
why did that person check his armpit?? O.e
nancyX28 1 year ago
@nancyX28 to check to see if he had any disease or ticks..... but i think u know
kenyuan1 1 year ago
@nancyX28 to to see if hes carrry any weapon or hide any kind of weapon before meetting the king.
fetishify 1 year ago
@nancyX28 probably to see if he hide any tiny darts/shurikens there?
chengda85 1 year ago
Sky is a sick fighter!
FadeToBlack509 1 year ago
My Favorite movie EVER
amyleoness 1 year ago
wow this is cool
peoplegettingbusted 1 year ago
4:12 woo sexiness! :O
ThnkHppyThghts 1 year ago 6
absolutely beautiful...propaganda.
but beautiful :D.
theREALshafan 2 years ago
i love chinese movies that playes in the acient times who knows. i wouldn't be surprised if they actualy could walk on water and fly. their MASTERS >: D
nabnutsy 2 years ago
what could he possably be hiding in his armpits? O.o
Endrawnia 2 years ago 3
magic asian things of death
HowManyTimes234 2 years ago
maybe hair needles.lol!
jefchan123 2 years ago 3
@jefchan123 you're right too, lol...
AlwayzBeenPhat7 1 year ago
@Endrawnia a vile of poison maybe. if they never checked him and he got close to the king and shared drinks. he could've pulled out the vile and hid it behind something and slipped it into his drink... amongst other things he could've done but hey, worst things have happened, lol...
AlwayzBeenPhat7 1 year ago
I love this movie, it's so beautiful!
Odonnolly 2 years ago 2
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good movie, IF a bit saturated with PRC propaganda.
The movie basically says a government holds the right to be as abusive and assholeish as it wants for "the good of the people." I don't believe that the Qin emperor was the first emperor of China, and I will never believe it; in my mind, the Yellow Emperor was the first.
The Qin emperor was a tyrant who burned books, what was he erasing? Or trying to erase? All hail the Yellow Emperor, slayer of the tyrant Chi You!
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
@pillsburydoughboy47
stupid idiot
you think you know Chinese history ?
No, You are just a brainless arrogant asswhole who is distorting the history.
maomao667 2 years ago 3
You want to think China's begining was a legacy of tyranny, censorship and a fuckhead who murdered his own mother, go right ahead......
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
I don't see this as propaganda at all; the assassins are the protagonists! And in the end, the king makes his decision based on the demands of his subjects, against his own judgement. Zhang Yi Mou's depictions of China in his past films have been fair and even-handed, and at times, critical of government, though not blatantly so.
phredbull 2 years ago 5
Brain washing is more effective when its subtle, rather than overt. You need to watch the film a few more times; its hard to catch at first, but once you've seen it a few times you'll catch it.
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
I'm a big fan of Zhang's films. He very clearly makes an effort to promote the virtues of Chinese culture, but I think he generally empathises with the common people; he tells folk stories. (One of his films is about the absurdity of endless bureaucracy. Another shows the hardship inflicted on small town folk by the Cultural Revolution.) Don't misconstrue his pride in his cultural heritage for manipulation by the Central Comitee.
phredbull 2 years ago 3
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"Central Comitee?"
Is that what China's brain washers call themselves.....
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
there has to be pride in there too of course.
pillsburydoughboy47 2 years ago
What brainwashing? I have watched this movie millions of times, I've never noticed any hidden message :)
ThnkHppyThghts 1 year ago 2
Awesome quality, dude. Thanks :D
Mishy182 2 years ago 7
I love the music. Where can a get music like this one
alekslobato 2 years ago 4
try Yo Yo Ma, the chinese violin player....or also the soundtrack to Crouching Tiger, Hidden dragon
OnitsukaTiger1511 2 years ago
I dislike that they call it chess. The game is called go, and it's probably 1000 years older than chess.
pittland44 2 years ago 5
the fight choreography is flawless in this masterpiece of a film. one of the far east's very best
slashuur8760 2 years ago 3
This is the most beautiful film I've ever seen.. Thanks for uploading!
ArrestedDevelopment0 2 years ago 56
if u notice they speak with a sentence structure made by 4 words( 4 tunes) followed by pauses. Like follows: xxxx, xxxx . Fasinating isnt it.
elements218 2 years ago
i love both movie LOTR and HERO. lol...
vincentweb 2 years ago
This is surely china's best movie and it's one of my favorite movies of all time, beated by Lord of the Ring of course.
Scott17quebec 2 years ago 2
too bad lord of the RIngs was fiction LOL
supra16 2 years ago 3
Yeah well I don't think hero is a true story... they fly and fight on water... I think it's more of a legend inspired by a true story.. So hey! It's fiction too. LOL
Scott17quebec 2 years ago
yea the story has a deeper meaning. but i wouldnt go into that here. u can check it out for urself ;)
880330145789 2 years ago
ho, I know. Its simply that I dont have an hour to explain the meaning of Lotr to him and because I'm not english I am restrained to certain words
Scott17quebec 2 years ago
I just dont get the 'rings' its just...I don't get it. Hero however is something else. Honor at its best. What did the rings have? Hobits?
billionear 2 years ago
If you watched Lord of the rings and you saw nothing else and understood nothing else than Hobbits you clearly didnt watch it seriously... Or maybe you have a problem with understanding movies?
Anyway. Lord of the Ring is about freedom and the things you are ready to do to have it... Maybe its fiction, but it's still my favorite movie so keep your opinions for yourself
Scott17quebec 2 years ago 3
Your right I was bored with it in the first 5 minutes so never really gave it any attention.
But I'll tell you what. Lets make a deal. I'll keep my opinions to myself and if you do the same. That way no one gets hurt over their favorite movie.
billionear 2 years ago 3
OMG this is my fav video and if u dont like i MUST convince u otherwise!! nooo ahahaaha dont mind just jk. ^^ enjoy
880330145789 2 years ago
my master the hole fight scenes coreography!!!!!!
widschasche4 2 years ago
The subtext is rather nationalistic,but this is magnificent cinema.
SeryiVolk2009 2 years ago
thank you for the sub think you can down lord 2046?
poppy3013 2 years ago
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man fuck all these dickless chinese hahaha
joshhopp 2 years ago
dickless?,, how come their popultion. explode to billions.. lol
kukubird31 2 years ago 2
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u dick wart , fuck ya !!!
lucie19891989 2 years ago
@joshhopp
fuck you off the world
maomao667 2 years ago
lol delayed reation 8:58
henryhopkins 2 years ago
this is one the best movie ever came out of china!!!!!
isinternetforme 2 years ago
why we talking bout hmong things in a chinese movie BTW im hmong too but this is a chinese movie
hmonga97 2 years ago
jet li did a movie invloving hmong people/mountain people
the movie was fearless i think it was after this movie(SPOILER ALERT)
he leaves his students and acdemy and goes into the mountains and meets hmong people because he was ashamed of what he had done
dont really know how this applies to anything but though it was intresting
Bboy2436 2 years ago
this movie gud?...heard bou it but never actually seen it .
MyB3Er 2 years ago
why not just watch it yourself?
KageShinobiWarrior 2 years ago
one of the best
storm0fnova 2 years ago
this is a chinese movie.. stop talking about hmong, ppl, take ur pride elsewhere
MarianneVue06 2 years ago
Good quality vid, thank you very much.
nguyenvinhvx 2 years ago
Hmong people have a longer history than the Chinese. In history, the chinese emperor's army can't even beat the Hmong army.
aleevaajboi530 2 years ago
woot go hmoob =]
lorsterboi916 2 years ago
Is that why the hmongs had to keep moving everywhere? =D
deathpunish2 2 years ago 2
where is Hmong now? Where is their nation?
bensontam 2 years ago 2
lol, and i can use my mind alone to destroy universes.
storm0fnova 2 years ago
@aleevaajboi530 "the chinese emperor's army can't even beat the Hmong army."
That's because fighting the Hmong "army" would just be overkill. By the time of the Warring states the population of the various Chinese kingdoms already far out-populate that of the Hmong. And that was before there were any Emperors.
F0reseer 1 year ago
@aleevaajboi530 Like u said,,in History..But then,the Qin Emperor unified all the seven kingdoms into a nation, China..So,,do u need any more clarification?
mattmad 1 year ago
what's the name of the spears the Qin soldiers are carrying? is it the Ji? looks wicked with another blade 90 degrees of the main point. for dragging down mounted adversaries maybe?
scaurus 2 years ago
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the chinese could never beat hmong people at war. they lost 2 out of 3 wars. the reason why they won the last war is because they tricked some dumb ass hmong people into showing them how to fight the hmong people and they also turned against their own people. bastards.
aleevaajboi530 2 years ago
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aleevaajboi530 2 years ago
Wow thats grass or people? like so many =)
xDucFloydx 3 years ago 2
Did you know if you trip in front of the emporer you would be killed and so would your family. I would be killed in seconds : P
TimeWithTj 3 years ago
i wonder why donnie yen isn't more famous... he is an excellent martial artist
lordmenelvagor 3 years ago
i think he just does his own thing like coreograph fight sence and such
SuperNinja2000 3 years ago
nope the best ever told story was once upon in england ahah j/k jet li rules
651DSM 3 years ago
4:13 best and rare scene ever...Jet nude!!!
katiakno 3 years ago
From the looks of it, pre-Christ China was far more advanced than ancient Rome. Their technology was already that of Medieval times.
wangsta25 3 years ago 7
@wangsta25 But Rome had things that China never had, like an underground sanitation system. Technologically China was ahead of everybody else for centuries but I think that owed lots to having had an arms race (warring states period) very early on in their history, it really promoted radical thought and pushed inventiveness.
F0reseer 1 year ago
It does indeed look like a very very old Go game. It's called Wei'Qi in China and for as far as I know it was invented to teach the emperor's son discipline and strategic planning.
As for the movie itself, despite my efforts I haven't been able to find it in any store on the interwebz :( I'd watch it here but Youtube fails.
Pellucidity 3 years ago
One of the most beautifully told stories and one of my favorite films of all time
egogo816 3 years ago 3
best story ever told..
startingsprinter 3 years ago 6
thanks for SUB, what chinese style do they speak? mandarin?, Han? please tell me
maybe im gonna learn chinese
The Asian Dragon Should eliminate the Eye of The Pyramid
m8kzardoz 3 years ago
Manderin
foop30757 3 years ago
spelt Mandarin
humpingbird 3 years ago
Yehh sorry about that. =P
foop30757 3 years ago
It's Mandarin.
Jaber1891 3 years ago 2
what could he possibly be hiding in his armpits? O.o
Endrawnia 3 years ago
I love the human doorbell. Where can I buy one? lol
That Emperor is strict.
5106294 3 years ago
The kingdom's in the periods of the warring states are not as strict as most of the TV shows you saw in the TV.Most customs (such as bowing and kow towing to the emperor)started from the Han Dynasty.Even Qin Shi Huang,as the first emperor of China,does not require his subjects to bow to him.
Jaber1891 3 years ago
Definitely Go, not Chinese Checkers
bludragen88 3 years ago
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Your right, its Go
TehCheese 3 years ago
Watched this (Most of it anyway) on film 4 last night :). Had to watch it again and this time all of it.
KageShinobiWarrior 3 years ago
Beautiful movie...
blzsoul 3 years ago 4
wow what an elegant way to play chess =P
Hakkenden 3 years ago 2
checkers...
FuturisticXXL 3 years ago
thata's not chess...it's a chinese version of something like chess...i think it's a game where ur supossed to surround ur opponent with ur stones and so u capture that stone or something. i remember playing it when i was younger...
kikicat5 3 years ago
OH CHINESE CHECKERS RIGHT ^_^!!!
Ggurl777 3 years ago
A chinese emperor invented that game because his son the crown prince was a slow witted person,if I'm not wrong.
kiskedis 3 years ago
the chess is an ancient form of the chess "Go", its popular among the chinese and japanese nowadays
3000yearsofwar 3 years ago