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Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), Legendary’s The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. The first English-language production for Yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKI9rgqFck

Looks good.

 

[Enduin]

Wut.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Trump biopic

 

[strafer]

Christian Bale did similar thing when he starred in a chinese big movie

 

[UnluckyKate]

looks weird.

 

[RSTEIN]

Me watching trailer:

Oh cool a movie about the making of the Great Wall
Interest lead interesting director
What do you mean "what were they trying to keep out?"
WTF

 

[Ghostmaster]

Are they fighting mini godzilas?

Finally a hawkeye movie we all deserve.

The colors and costumes look great.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Matt Damon is Legolas.

 

[hiryu]

WTF is this and why are there white people in it?

 

[LegalEagleMike]

The Japanese will arrive at the end and save the day.

 

[Henkka]

Matt Damon is Chinese Jon Snow?

 

[Ray Wonder]

Holy shit Oberyn

 

[sphagnum]

Did I see Oberyn there?

 

[BronsonLee]

WHERE ARE YOU WHITEWASHING PEOPLE NOW

 

[Akahige]

I forgot China loves fantasy movies. Looks ridiculous.

 

[jediyoshi]

Shoulda called it The Last Chinese Warrior

 

[Quonny]

Matt Dàimon.

 

[lightskintwin]

WTF is this and why are there white people in it?

LOL C'mon now, y'know why. Every blockbuster needs at least one and he must be the leading role.

 

[Geist-]

If you're wondering why Matt Damon is in a movie about China:

set in 15th-century China which revolves around soldiers searching for gunpowder who come across the construction of the famous wall, and learn that its hurried construction isn’t just to keep out the Mongols, but mystical creatures as well.

 

[D4Danger]

the fuck is this? you don't need the money, Matt.

 

[robotrock]

Christian Bale did similar thing when he starred in a chinese big movie

Same director apparently

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

If you're wondering why Matt Damon is in a movie about China:

Lol what European country is Matt Damon supposed to be form? Bostonian?

 

[BronsonLee]

In all seriousness this seems like a wack ass version of The Last Samurai with a downgrade in star and director

 

[Ratrat]

WTF is this and why are there white people in it?

Same reason Keanu was in 47 Ronin.

Also, that movie with Nicholas Cage.

 

[LegalEagleMike]

If you're wondering why Matt Damon is in a movie about China:

so a white guy is looking for gunpowder and stumbles upon the Great Wall. Now it makes sense.

 

[BronsonLee]

Same reason Keanu was in 47 Ronin.

tbf with that he wasn't the star at first until that movie went completely off the rails

 

[sphagnum]

the fuck is this? you don't need the money, Matt.

Gotta break into the growing Chinese film market.

 

[ZeroX03]

Andy Lau! Matt Damon!

That trailer was jarring. "It seems to be a historical film, why is a white guy the lead oh no wait it's a monster movie for some reason"

I love Zhang Yimou's earlier work, but his output in the last decade or so has been pretty plain.

 

[Archer]

Get paid, get laid.

 

[BronsonLee]

Gotta break into the growing Chinese film market.

He already did with The Martian

 

[Sojgat]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Did I see Oberyn there?

Yes you did, in it for Oberyn.

 

[BruceCLea]

It's Yimou...DAY ONE.

 

[ZeroX03]

the fuck is this? you don't need the money, Matt.

Damon picks movies based on directors, generally. And in a Jason Bourne podcast he did say he probably signed up for too many films in a row and will be taking a break.

 

[gwailo]

WTF is this and why are there white people in it?

Mainland Chinese cinema trying to appeal to western audiences. Jackie Chan's new movie Skiptrace co-stars Johnny Knoxville and apparently had his highest debut ever, though Chinese box office numbers are always to be taken with a grain of salt because the government and/or distributors have been known to cook the books to make their local movies seem stronger compared to Hollywood imports.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Its hard to call whitewashing on a fictional movie with monsters.

But damn...cmon son.

 

[BlueTsunami]

The mongols looking viscous

 

[jett]

Matt Damon getting that Chinese paper. I guess he wants to further increase his popularity there for future movies, and maybe he was offered points for this shit, although I don't know if that's something that Chinese productions do.

Anyway, this looks like a special kind of stupid.

 

[Shadow780]

Shoulda called it The Last Chinese Warrior

Some might say....Dynasty Warriors.

 

[fallengorn]

That trailer took a weird left turn. Please tell me they also built a Jaeger as well.

 

[massoluk]

Matt Damon is the Last Xiá Kè?

 

[duckroll]

FROM AN OVERRATED VISIONARY DIRECTOR

COMES AN AMERICAN FUNDED FILM

BY A STUDIO OWNED BY A CHINESE CONGLOMERATE

STARRING JASON BOURNE

OBERYN MARTALL

NORMAN OSBORN

AND A PRETTY YOUNG CHINESE ACTRESS

HISTORY TELLS OF A GREAT WALL

COVERED IN CGI

AND MOTHERFUCKING DRAGONS

COMING IN 2017

 

[BronsonLee]

AND A PRETTY YOUNG CHINESE ACTRESS

I'm in

 

[Jenov]

Haha, they must be paying Damon a lot of money to do that one.

The Christian Bale movie "The Flowers of War" was really good though, and loosely based on stories from the Rape of Nanking. I think it's on Netflix still, worth a watch.

 

[D4Danger]

Damon picks movies based on directors, generally. And in a Jason Bourne podcast he did say he probably signed up for too many films in a row and will be taking a break.

fair enough. This looks like something Nic Cage would pass on though.

 

[iuxion]

Well, I've got to hand it to them, that is the most confused/shocked I have ever been watching a movie trailer.

I thought this was supposed to be a serious, historical film about the great wall? Guess I haven't been reading very carefully.

Anyway, it looks awful.

 

[HvySky]

Well that's not exactly what I was expecting.

 

[Enduin]

FROM AN OVERRATED VISIONARY DIRECTOR

Overrated? Did you not see that swan dive boob armor cam on that pretty young Chinese actress. For shame.

 

[shintoki]

Its hard to call whitewashing on a fictional movie with monsters.

But damn...cmon son.

To be fair, this isn't Hollywood doing it. It is another attempt of a Chinese company trying to break a worldwide hit. Stuff like Flowers of War, Dragon Blade, and the upcoming Bombing.

 

[frontovik]

Looks pretty absurd.