Anybody else seen this film? Curse of the Golden Flower http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=9491
And: http://www.sonyclassics.com/curseofthegoldenflower/ My wife and I went to see it Sunday. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot was thick with intrigue... it kept the audience wondering who the good guys were, who the bad guys were, who was conspiring with whom, who had betrayed whom, and who would win the final "showdown." The visuals were absolutely stunning!! You must see this on the big screen and NOT on the small screen. I almost didn't recognize Chow Yun-Fat! The attention to detail in the Imperial Palace sets and choreography of actors made me feel like I was really there. Of course there were some martial arts fight scenes, but they didn't dominate the plot and sub-plots. Without revealing too much, the clean-up scene before the Chrysanthemum Festival was more impressive than the pre-festival fight. I highly recommend this film. George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston)
