Curse of the Golden Flowers - tragedy!

I just watched Curse of the Golden Flowers - 满城尽带黄金甲. Yay finally can remember the long Chinese title haha..

Mixed feelings! Thought there was no point, not much storyline, but at least it was a bit more entertaining than 夜宴 which I couldn't really understand.

And of course there was Jay Chou! I don't like him in 古装 lo.. his eyes so small haha.. but he looks so cute...and I think he has the 古代 look lei..But I have to admit.. his acting... er... still needs a lot more improvement, even though he shedded tears, and displayed his heroic self during the battle scenes, showing more angsty facial expressions haha.. But come on la, with Gong Li shedding so much more tears in front of you, surely we will get into the feel of things right? haha..

Gong Li.. I think she and Zhou Runfa are really - 姜还是老的辣. Very good acting..They are the soul of the movie I think..Gong Li, can feel her emotions, and Zhou Runfa - his smirkiness when she had to drink the so-called medicine, his wrath when he tossed away the 龙袍 and his crown flew off..wow I was amazed by the 2 of them. As for the 太子 - wa can't stand his face...

I think the movie touched quite a bit on Confucianism haha.. my module put to good use, can understand a little.. the social hierarchy, like everyone has a fixed role to play, 君臣父子, father-son relationship, the order of all things etc etc.. but this Emperor is too obssessed with it.. the rites and rituals, everything must 守规矩 blah blah..
The show I think also has quite a bit of irony - 华丽宫廷里的腐败皇室家庭

Actually I thought it has some similarities to 夜宴:
1) the 太子 who is not very interested in becoming king
2) the relationship between the Empress and the 太子
3) the Emperor, who is supposed to be almighty, fails in the handling of domestic affairs
4) the "ruthless" Empress
5) the "innocent" 宫女 (er....)
6) everyone dies!
7) one word - TRAGEDY!

Anyway, I think the costumes were really beautiful. But I thought the setting was too elaborate.. like too 夸张. And the cleavage, a bit 倒胃 lei haha.. I don't believe Tang dynasty women were like that lei..

AnywaY,after watching the show, I love 菊花台 even more! I think it suited the movie to the core! Once the intro of the song started playing at the end, my eyes welled up with tears haha..really tragic story..

你的泪光 柔弱中带伤 惨白的月弯弯 勾住过往
夜太漫长 凝结成了霜 是谁在阁楼上冰冷地绝望

雨轻轻弹 朱红色的窗 我一生在纸上 被风吹乱
梦在远方 化成一缕香 随风飘散 你的模样

菊花残 满地伤 你的笑容已泛黄
花落人断肠 我心事静静躺
北风乱 夜未央 你的影子剪不断
徒留我孤单在湖面成双

花已向晚 飘落了灿烂 凋谢的世道上 命运不堪
愁莫渡江 秋心拆两半 怕你上不了岸一辈子摇晃

谁的江山 马蹄声狂乱 我一身的戎装 呼啸沧桑
天微微亮 你轻声的叹 一夜惆怅如此委婉