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The studied, artistic affectations may prevent this Mandarin-language art house effort from being as kinetically potent as the films it emulates, but it more than compensates by offering up deeply felt emotions played out on a grand scale more than adequa [More]

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Leisure M. writes: on Aug 06 2009 06:52 PM You are trying to sound far smarter than you grasp of language will allow... Even a master of English would not be able to get a clear image of what you mean by "the studied, artistic affectations". Most people agreed that the artistic posing, posturing or artificiality, is what is GOOD about the film, but that it didn't effectively convey the emotion or story as well as it could have. I'm not sure why you threw the word "studied" in there. (Reply to this) |



