Confucius Trailer Starring Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat may be known for his Hong Kong action movies and martial arts skills, but much like his peers Jackie Chan and Jet Li, he has been seizing the opportunity for more dramatic roles as he gets older. And really, you can’t get much farther from the action hero stereotypes than to play the Chinese philosopher Confucius in his very own biopic. This movie, titled simply Confucius, is directed by Mei Hu (Times Away from War), and reportedly has a budget somewhere in the range of $20 million — not much by Hollywood standards, but pretty expensive for a Chinese production.
The first trailer has arrived online, and it features no dialogue, choosing instead to showcase three minutes of beautiful imagery set to an epic score. Unfortunately, for those of us unfamiliar with the life of Confucius, it’s still not clear what exactly is going on here. I guess there’s a love story and some sort of political struggle, but where does the invention of the fortune cookie come into play??? According to the trailer, Confucius will be released in the spring of 2010. Have a look after the jump and see what you think.
Comments (10)
Am i the only one who is tired of the used up chinese fiddle always being played in chinese(japanese, korean, and the rest of the countries that have people looking (not thinking) like Reed Farrington) movies?
Another problem i have, which is a personal and really stupid problem is the names of the people in the movies. I always mix up asian names of stuff, and get problems with the plot because of this. From now on they should call characters like Jing-Jeux Bow for John and Bling-Blang Bao for Bob. Much easier, hehe.
Posted by Fuck no! on September 8th, 2009And all of them looking the same (call it racism or whatever the fuck you want, im being honest and stating a public fact) does not help the situation either…
Posted by Fuck no! on September 8th, 2009Reed said he had a role in this movie playing himself. But i can’t see any retards in the background. Nor can i see any parking lots for mentally handicapped people. Can someone please show me where Reed-tard is?
Posted by Reed-tard on September 8th, 2009Hey Fuck no… if you don’t have anything useful to say, please take your verbal diarrhea elsewhere. Thanks.
Posted by Sean on September 8th, 2009Confucius says “I think this will be good” and some of us might get some culture out of a movie like this. I like that they did not put dialogue to it and just let the images give the feel of an epic nature with the music. I hope this comes to a theater near me!
Posted by BigHungry on September 8th, 2009I’ve read about him in my school years. Might check it out.
Posted by modesilver on September 8th, 2009I loved the imagery in the trailer. And I even loved the Chinese fiddle although it sounds like a regular violin to me. To me, the music seems to have a Western flavor. This is the first I’ve heard of this movie. I’m not sure if my interest can be sustained through the entire movie without martial arts.
I recently bought a book called “The Authentic Confucius – A Life of Thought and Politics.” The author, Annping Chin, constructed this biography based on the “most reliable” Chinese texts. Supposedly, the book clarifies Confucius’ sayings by placing them in the context of Chinese culture at the time of his life. Hopefully, the movie will do this as well.
Posted by Reed Farrington on September 8th, 2009Confucius say: Forgivness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza.
TURTLE POWER!
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on September 8th, 2009Chow Yun-Fat made some good movies back in HK, but his hollywood career has been terrible. I don’t know if it’s because he’s just lazy to read scripts or desperate for cash, but career choices like Dragonball and Bulletproof Monk have made me lose all faith in this man.
Posted by stevie_baby on September 11th, 2009“Confucius say, Ari go….” -Entourage, Ari on mushrooms
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