Curse of the Golden Flower

Another of the DVDs I got off Amazon's spring/summer sale for under 5 quid. And to be honest, after watching the movie, it was more a waste of 5 pounds than a savings of 10 pounds.

This movie in 1 word - CRAP. In 2 words - TOTAL CRAP. In 3 words - UTTER TOTAL CRAP. For all the lavish costumes, sets, colours, etc, it's an epic FAIL. 35 million dollars. Most expensive chinese made movie. Most expensive crap. It's just plain horrible. The multi-coloured corridors hurts the eyes almost as bad as the 1-dimensioned characters, plot and almost nonexistent acting. Heck, one could have replaced them with stuffed paper dolls and it would have been ok. Plot lines are not well thought out, and it just was plain painful watching it till the end.

Maybe this little review comes a little later after the movie has been released, but hey, I don't care. No point paying 10 pounds to see a movie in London when I'm not sure of its quality. And looking at this excuse for a pile of cow excrement, I sure am happy I didn't do it.

Do yourself a favour and avoid this stinker at all costs. Frankly, if this was China's entry into the Academy Awards, I really hate to see what they didn't choose to submit.