The supporting actors could have been more developed in this film but at least the guide and villages fool was quite addicting. Liu Yifei gives her very best to portray a charming and innocent ghost but I really liked the supernatural grace of Joey Wong better. Louis Koo comes quite close to the original performer Wu Ma and has some strong charisma that pleases me very well.
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Yu Shaoqun isn't on the same level as Leslie Chung because he fails to add his own note.
#A chinese ghost story movie#
The actors in this movie do a good job but they really can't mess with the original cast. It's as if you put aliens in a western and I always thought only Hollywood would do this kind of things. These CGI effects don't fit at all to the beautiful landscapes, the traditional clothes, the old fashioned countryside villages and the mythological elements of the movie. There are too many of them, they look very artificial and they are miles away from the innovating techniques of the original movies.
#A chinese ghost story series#
This revamp of the series focuses a whole lot on special effects. In the end, I think that my six points are a quite fair rating for both points of view. If this movie had a different title, it would maybe be worth seven points but as it's directly related to the original by its title, it wouldn't be worth more than five points. This movie is definitely for younger audiences and not for those who have grown up or liked the first three films. This movie may be dedicated to the brilliant late Leslie Cheung but in reality it's a question of business to revamp these series in times of Twilight and similar movies that are popular around the world. They had already done a comic adaption of the story in 1997 and now they have released some sort of remake of the original film even though both films have a slightly different story line. I am aware of the fact that remakes often fail to be on pair with the originals and I think that a remake of one of these untouchable movies shouldn't have been made. From the imaginative fighting scenes over the profound emotional parts up to one of the best movie soundtracks ever done in the history of cinema, these movies introduced me to Chinese culture and until today I have remained fascinated by this diversified and colourful country.
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These movies were atmospheric, artistic, mysterious, mythological and romantic. I have seen the original three movies as a child and I have kept very positive memories about it.