Big Fish is one of the few movies that refer to the Korean War. Directed by Tim Burton,Big Fish is an American fantasy drama movie, based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, and Marion Cotillard. The movie was shot in Alabama in a series of fairy tale vignettes evoking the tone of a Southern Gothic fantasy. The movie received award nominations in multiple film categories. The film tells a story about the father’s legend in a child’s tone. Edward Bloom, an old man always shooting his mouth off, always shows off his marketing adventure. His son, Will, doesn’t believe what his father says, and the father and son gradually drift
“After using all my might for 56 years in the film industry, making more than 200 movies and breaking a lot of bones, finally I get this Oscar statuette. Thank Hollywood! Thank you for teaching me lots of things, and I make a name for myself.” Jackie Chan, in black Chinese-style costume, said in the Oscar awarding ceremony. Jackie Chan is the first Chinese, the fourth Asian, the youngest, to win the Oscar Honorary Award. The Award was presented by Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan’s partner inRush Hour, to Jackie Chan for his lifetime achievement and outstanding film career. In fact, before receiving the Award, Jackie Chan is
Chinese mythical animal of remote ages shows up in The Great Wall (film). China is a country with long long history, and many mythical animals of remote ages that have been passed down by word of mouth or documents. There are four Saint Beasts in Chinese myths and legends of the ancient times, i.e., Taotie, Hundun, Taowu, and Qiongqi. The origin of the four Saint Beasts are four Immortals, i.e., Sanmiao, Huandou, Gun, and Gonggong, who who had done all kinds of evil without virtues. And after the death, the four Immortals were debased from Heaven to Earth, and then Sanmiao, Huandou, Gun, and Gonggong transformed into Taotie, Hundun, Taowu, and Qiongqi respectively.
Hacksaw Ridge is a successful war film. As a kind of genre film, war films are quiet for a long time. Hacksaw Ridge from Mel Gibson, ten years of grinding the sword, harvests high reputation around the world. It gets good comments and is evaluated as the most the most shocking scenes of war after Saving Private Ryan. As the direction indicator of Oscar Award, Golden Globe Award announced on December 12, 2016 the nomination list, and Hacksaw Ridge got three nominations, best film, best director, and best actor. It has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, gained or been nominated for numerous awards, and grossed
Now you see me in Chinese Macau. As one of the world’s four largest casino cities, i.e., Monaco di Montecarlo, American Las Vegas, Macau and Atlantic City, Macau is a Chinese autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in East Asia. Macau was administered by the Portuguese Empire and its inheritor states from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it constituted the last remaining European colony in Asia. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 1550s. In 1557, Macau was rented to Portugal from Ming China as a trading port. The Portuguese Empire administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau,
Youth overview. Youth is the time of life when one is young, but the spirit of the heart is more important. Everybody gets old one day. How do we look upon life with a peaceful and graceful mind when we are old and we find the conflict between youth and old, desire and fear? Youth tries to tell a story of getting old and facing the concomitant loneliness, a story of the eternal struggle between age and youth, the past and the future, life and death, commitment and betrayal, but not to find the answer. It is a 2015 Italian comedy-drama film written
The Prometheus goes to the space for human origin. Who are our ancestors? Who is the first to walk on earth? Who are their nearest relatives? Why do they survive while others tend to die? Human never stop exploring the human origin. Since Darwin created biological evolution theory, most people believe that human is the product of biological evolution, and modern people and modern apes had a common ancestor. Even so, people keep studying every trace that points to the origin of human. The film Prometheus begins with the search of human origin, but it turns to be an Alien
Nicolas Cage uses Chinese Wing Chun to train and kill. The killer theme has been put on screen for dozens of years. It is easy to make the killing processes and scenes good, but difficult to make the difference. Unfortunately, Bangkok Dangerous makes no difference from other killer films. The Hollywood leading man, the Bangkok story place, it is really not stimulating, except the other Asian actors, because you know the end when you know the beginning. Our killer, Nicolas Cage, starts in the so cool voice-over, a little lonely, and with the cold and indifferent look. The film is
Spirits’ Homecoming is the living hell. Today, December 13th, the National public memorial day of Nanjing Massacre, is set by the Chinese government to commemorate the 300,000 victims in the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Army. On December 13, 1937, Japanese Army attacked and occupied Nanjing, and in the following 43 days from then on, innumerable civilians, unarmed soldiers, women and children, were massacred by the Japanese Army. Nanjing became a living hell. Here, the film Spirits’ Homecoming, tells another living hell, i.e., the misery of the comfort women in the comfort station. Spirits’ Homecoming is a 2016 South Korean period drama film written and
Whose Independence Day is this? An Independence Day is an anniversary of a nation’s independence or statehood. Most countries observe their respective independence days as national holidays. The Independence Day of the United State, the most famous Independence Day maybe, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence 240 years ago in 1776 on July 4 by the Continental. It declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The Independence Day of the United State is also moved onto the screen. Independence Day: Resurgence, the sequel to the 1996 film Independence
