Why this Chinese Movie is one of the Greatest of All Time | Video Essay
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2022
- Hello! It's rare seeing a positive video on my channel, and this is the first! I am recommending a two-part movie called A Chinese Odyssey. Hopefully this can be developed into a series called Movies of a Lifetime, where I recommend movies that I enjoy, but not necessarily good in terms of writing. This is a very laxed format not to be taken too seriously, enjoy. I didn't put too much effort in this video, and the same will be applied to future videos of this type. I used this video to explore and learn video transitions... hope that isn't annoying.
#movie #recommended #stephenchow
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"The Reeds" - Jiping Zhao
"Love of a Lifetime" - Lowell Lo
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This movie transcends cultural walls. Im a latino guy, and I just love it! The acting, the simple photography, the music are spot on, so many new ways to say simple things. I just cant stop watching it every time I have the chance to do so.
This movie is deep. It really shows how much fate cannot be changed no matter what you do.
This movie is underrated,, I wish more people here in Mexico could watch it it is awesome.
its hard for a lot of people to watch movies without dubs in their native tongue
Yes I know I saw it a long time ago in UA-cam in English but it is already in Netflix in Spanish but it’s unknown for must people.
@@Guai919its available on Netflix now
Wow!! Thank you to making it, this two movies is underrated. I Iove Stephen Chow movie because of funny, but the more i search and watch his movies is not just funny, the story, the acting just so extraordinary.
This story is like the multiverse + time travel to the original work of Journey to the West. But amongst all of its mo-lei-tou sequences and mayhem, the story really is very rich in many character developments. I can watch these two parts of the movie over and over again. 💗
This is not a comedy if you watch deeper meaning of this movie. Till now this is the deepest movie I ever watch and when you understand this movie you understand what Stephen chow inner world and what he been going thru. And mermaid from Stephen chow was also deep but not as deep and this master piece.
It’s a comedy. It was made as a comedy. The deeper parts of the movie were actually accidents from Stephen Chow. But yes, I do agree it’s so much more than a comedy
Don't forget that this movie was meant to be a parody of multiple movies/stories:
Ashes of Time
Chinese Ghost Story
Cinderella
Terminator
And several other Wuxia stories
They used and parodied:
-Ashes of Time's sound track
-Chinese Ghost Story's attires in part 1
-Cinderella's love story, prince comes to save the lady
-Terminator's time traveling
Yet it turned out a fantastic classic
The practical effects in this movie were so cool.
I can never get bored of watching this movie over and over!
Still my favorite Stephen Chow movie of all time. I grew up reading the whole chronicle of Journey to the West multiple times, and although the movie is a big departure from the original story line, but it is done so well and very entertaining. From time to time, I would pop in the LD (yep, laser discs!) and watch them again!
Goddess: Any last word?
Joker:
There was something special placed before my eyes but I knew not how to cherish it.
Words can’t describe the regret I felt when she was gone.
If I am given the chance to meet the girl again,
I want to tell her three simple words...
‘I love you’.
If my love for her has to have an expiry date, let it be 10,000 years....
Listened the the song a million times, watched the movie at least 3 times a year still loving this master piece.
Great video!! I wish there were more videos like this, covering Chinese media
He also wanted to see his heart, not for him to find out who he truly loves. He knows who he loves.
He is curious to what she saw in heart, that his true love left behind
Absolutely best stephen Chow film(s) he's made. Even better than Flirting Scholar!
Happy 1 year!
This was the last movie I saw at the only Chinese theater before it closed down in my city. Seeing it on the big screen really made it hit deep for me. It also made me realize Chow has a lot more depth than just comedy. Still my favorites from Stephen Chow.
these movies werent a hit on release coz no one expected Chow to make films with such depth and emotions; everyone was expecting another LOL comedy. but glad they are being recognised as masterpieces now. even my art school's film class studied this film series
I think it deserves to be studied. However this movie included a lot of Chinese cultural values that cannot be easily translated internationally which is what makes things difficult for being a material for research and study.
@@Guai919 agreed. Same reason it has not been recognised in the West the same way Shaolin Soccer and Kungfu Hustle were. But thnks for reviewing this classic and introducing it to an international audience!
Rest in peace, Yammie Lam, who plays the Spider Woman.
beautiful woman and talented; loved her in every film. sad for her fate
RIP indeed, also Uncle Ng
Good one!
This movie was AHEAD of it's time especially in the 90s. Besides America nobody else in this world make movie like this in the 90s.
it's STILL ahead of its time. no HK movies made ever since have this amount of depth
Yk what you actually enticed me to watch this movie 🎬 🎞 🎥 🎦 📽
still one of the most saddest movie series i've ever watched..sigh
Best movie of all time
Dude you didn't quote it correctly....
There is no pain worse than regret.
That is a powerful quote. You regret mistreating someone in a relationship, you regret not spending more time with your loved one... C'mon
well, I tried to carry over the cultural-universal meanings, if I omitted stuff, I apologize, I made this video a long time ago.
salad or soup
a suffering for mere 50-60 years in order to be with your true love for 10,000 years? why not. this is why I love the concept of karma, although we suffer everyday, don't do harm or create negative karma as a retaliation cause suffering seems tiny compare to grand path of achieving nirvana. Who can really confirm whether its a reality or just fanciful thought after the end of one's life no one can tell what happens. So, why take a chance for never ending suffering ? just for some measly gains in this incarnation.
chow has alot of great movie sad most people in the west only know his 2 movie shaolin soccer and kungfu hustle
Agree! Ppl who missed out his works pre 2000s are missing great gems. These 2 films in my opinion also belong to masterpiece level of humour and sadness. I love them. Some other favourite of mine are the calligraphy one, the one where he's the judge, 007 and 008. Also, King of comedy, god of cookery, love on delivery or the Jin Yong adaptation, i really enjoy
it doesnt help that most of Chow's best work is rooted in Cantonese humour which doesnt translate well to english
10.000 years
I know, just English doesnt have a non compound word for 10k like Chinese. So i didnt chose to say 10k
谢谢你的解说。这部电影是不可超越之作。很难理解，更难解说。谢谢！
Of course all chinese and asian know this movie ,it's the most wanted to watch that's why not available here. Other than that They don't know about this movie .
It's on netflix
@@ainnuriffah46 yes it's on netflix but not so many people know this story except chinese and asian
Anyone knows why is it called Cinderella?
it was an attempt to link this story to some more familiar concepts to western people so they are more tempted to see it.
The Chinese title for the movie is called 仙履奇緣, which if you type it into Google Translate, it translates to Cinderella! So the Chinese title 仙履奇緣 was originally how they translated Disney's cartoon Cinderella.
Because wu kong went from axe wielding gangster bandit leader to getting an bipolar angel with dual personalities to marrying the bull demon's sister thus Cinderella.
@@Wolfsbane909 Wow that's a cool take, it does make sense, kind of remind me to Cinderella man, the song Eminem wrote about how he change to a new man after fighting using substance-the song title inspired by a movie of the same name (about a boxer making a come back-I havent watch it though). Thanks for the reply, it means a lot to me
pretty sure the chinese title is 大话西游@@stephenlu7779
Yammie Lam: how much she was abused by movie directors, and producers.
Nice, but I had to play it at 1.25x. And one correction, it should be 10,000 years. 5:39
I understand, I’m a native chinese speaker. However English lacks a non compound word for 10k, so i chose not to use 10k. The amount of zeros didn’t matter in the context of the line. It just meant a very long time.
I really hope they remove the copy right for this movie, because of it a lot of this movies deleted . It has a lot of views but no more because of the copy right while shaolin soccer and kungfu hustle have no copy right issues.
It's on netflix
@@ainnuriffah46 a lot of people use youtube
well if netflix bought it, its normal that they dont want the movie to be on youtube@@jetlino.1126
China 🇨🇳
HK :) I mean yes for traditional Chinese culture. But this is a product of HK cinema
I really liked his 2010s Journey to the west even though some things were strange to me from western standerds. It was sad. I will check this out
Still one of the best of all times to me journey to the west is good to me too but nothing beats Chinese oddessey 1,2
these 2 were the originals and miles better in terms of depth, comedy and emotions; these films were made to tell a story without pandering to any market. the 2010s versions were remakes specifically targeted at the Mainland China market (still produced by Chow).
这部电影的配音，像是一个纯净世界传来的一样