Well, where to start with this latest effort by Yimou Zhang (Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Happy Times)? ... Ok, probably with the two best parts: 1) Ye Liu stars as the Crown Prince Xiang. I can sit and look at Ye Liu with uninterrupted ease for hours on end; and 2) Gong Li's boobs. All the ladies in this film are corseted so you couldn't slide a dime between their breasts! How do they breathe? Sure, Curse of the Golden Flower looks splendid and spectacular as all Zhang's films do. The story? ... oh, a piddling tale of intrigue in the chinese court worthy of Shakespeare yes. Unfortunately, it weaves itself too slowly and then unravels completely into a gory, violent blood bath that left me bored senseless. Boo Zhang! Let's get you moving onwards from these chinese epics and back to things like Happy Times.
My rating 3 out of 10.
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