Josie51
New Zealand
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Something totally elegant, beautiful and mesmerising about the Martial Arts with the umbrella. It’s like a perfectly. choreographied set of dance moves, enthralling the mind and senses. I just love it and worth watching the movie for these delicate and classical parts. Simply the best. It is taught as a feminine movement. All of these gestures and positions seem to be taught in secret to only the very talented students. Their trainer seems to be a crippled old man but what outstanding skills that he has honed his body to such a high level of competencies. His student have such a high respect and admiration for this man. He has trained one of his student to be his shadow and fight in his replacement. He is in the background guide those he has trained. Love is the motivator of many of these warriors.
Such an interesting maneuver as even the Princess goes to take part diving into the water to go into the enemy territory. She’s a wilful girl betrothed to the enemy Prince. While the “shadow” fights on the platform above the troops swimming to secure their positions against their enemy. Its quite an eerie battle as the hero fight one on one with the champion on the wet and slick Zin Yan platform. It’s pouring down with rain and their warriors find their places. There is only about one hundred of them with their tiny arm held cross bows sneaking about in the rain in their dark coloured clothes. There is a mixture of men and women. They move with silent swiftness. Each cross bow has only 12 arrows so they make them count but they have their deadly umbrellas. They are like slingshots in the rain and go spinning towards their target. Impressive. It’s like a dance down the wet streets, primitive and cool.
Such a sad ending for the Prince and the Princess. The General and his wife played a sad but stirring duet together on their zithers as the shadow fighter for his life. They take the city and cut down the flag. The wounded hero returns to his home to find his mother killed and assassins await. The kings man saves him. The King finds his sister dead.
The black and white filming adds another level of mystic to an already magical scene. An electrifying, emotional , gripping and provoking movie. Watch it folks there is nothing like it to keep you galvanize for the whole two hours. Well acted by some well known Chinese actors.
Such an interesting maneuver as even the Princess goes to take part diving into the water to go into the enemy territory. She’s a wilful girl betrothed to the enemy Prince. While the “shadow” fights on the platform above the troops swimming to secure their positions against their enemy. Its quite an eerie battle as the hero fight one on one with the champion on the wet and slick Zin Yan platform. It’s pouring down with rain and their warriors find their places. There is only about one hundred of them with their tiny arm held cross bows sneaking about in the rain in their dark coloured clothes. There is a mixture of men and women. They move with silent swiftness. Each cross bow has only 12 arrows so they make them count but they have their deadly umbrellas. They are like slingshots in the rain and go spinning towards their target. Impressive. It’s like a dance down the wet streets, primitive and cool.
Such a sad ending for the Prince and the Princess. The General and his wife played a sad but stirring duet together on their zithers as the shadow fighter for his life. They take the city and cut down the flag. The wounded hero returns to his home to find his mother killed and assassins await. The kings man saves him. The King finds his sister dead.
The black and white filming adds another level of mystic to an already magical scene. An electrifying, emotional , gripping and provoking movie. Watch it folks there is nothing like it to keep you galvanize for the whole two hours. Well acted by some well known Chinese actors.
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