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The Great Wall Trailer - starring Matt Damon - Zhang Yimou directed movie

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MisterNugNug

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That ain't just Matt Damon, that's Matt Damon with a man bun. That shit caused a stir a while back, had a twitter account and everythang.
 
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dramatis

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I'm actually quite interested in this project. Trailer looks like it has too much Matt Damon though. Hunted for Chinese trailer and it's the same one.
 
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walking fiend

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Do you know that Yimou is one of the most acclaimed foreign directors? Probably no judging by the responses. He is chinese, so he must be shit, is the sentiment if the day?
 
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Rooth

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Prost said:
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.
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It's trash compared to The City of Life and Death.
 
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walking fiend

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BronsonLee said:
Who is saying that?



I mean you know why
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Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[5] In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6] Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim.

That from Wikipedia. If you have watched his trilogy, Hero, House of the Flying Daggers, and the curse of the golden flowers, you'd know he is one of the best director s of the fantasy action genre.
 
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Loxley

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Holy shit, I have to see this.

strafer said:
Christian Bale did similar thing when he starred in a chinese big movie
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At least with Flowers of War, there was an actual reason to have a big-name white actor attached aside from just pandering to western audiences, since the film was a historical drama inspired by actual events and real people (Bale's character included).
 
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walking fiend said:
Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[5] In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6] Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim.
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No dummy we know he's good
 
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vinnygambini

Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
That looks bad but looks like it will be a guilty pleasure viewing hahaha
 
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lightskintwin

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walking fiend said:
Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[5] In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6] Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim.

That from Wikipedia. If you have watched his trilogy, Hero, House of the Flying Daggers, and the curse of the golden flowers, you'd know he is one of the best director s of the fantasy action genre.
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I love Zhang Yimou's visual style and his use of colors in his films.
 
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walking fiend said:
Do you know that Yimou is one of the most acclaimed foreign directors? Probably no judging by the responses. He is chinese, so he must be shit, is the sentiment if the day?
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Lol.

walking fiend said:
Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for Ju Dou in 1990, Raise the Red Lantern in 1991, and Hero in 2003, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[5] In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6] Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim.

That from Wikipedia. If you have watched his trilogy, Hero, House of the Flying Daggers, and the curse of the golden flowers, you'd know he is one of the best director s of the fantasy action genre.
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LOL.

walking fiend said:
Not so sure, when people think Damon has played in this only for money.

Not saying that this movie will definitely turn out good, but it is interesting at least.
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LOL.
 
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iuxion

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He has made some pretty films. Judging by the trailer, this isn't one of them.

And is it just me, or does Andy Lau finally look his age?
 
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dramatis

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Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Zhang Yimou and some screenshots up.

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By the way, the cast is mostly Chinese, though they're not shown in the trailer. The Chinese actors participating in this project are almost all pretty huge.
 
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Busty

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I like monster movies as much as the next man but it's a little odd just how many monster movies that Legendary seems to be making.

KONG, Godzilla, Great Wall, Pacific Rim.

Hmmmm.
 
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Bulzeeb

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duckroll said:
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
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Ok, not gonna lie but this sums it up and its awesome, day 零 for me

Busty said:
I like monster movies as much as the next man but it's a little odd just how many monster movies that Legendary seems to be making.

KONG, Godzilla, Great Wall, Pacific Rim.

Hmmmm.
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Well ong and Godzilla are in the same universe, so maybe this are not dragons but the first Kaijus that discovered the earth and this is a prequel to PR, at the end of PR2 there will be a dimensional warp portal setting up the crossover
 
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duckroll

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dramatis said:
Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Zhang Yimou and some screenshots up.
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How do the film’s Hollywood elements blend with its Chinese elements?
First and foremost, this is an English-language film, and a Hollywood blockbuster. It was already very clear in the script phase. This is a Hollywood monster movie and needs to be made in that style. I don’t want to change that approach, and there’s no need to do that. What I really want is to bring Chinese color and cultural background to the worldwide audience through a film language that they are familiar with.

Was it a big challenge to communicate in English.
I don’t understand English, so a lot of time is spent on communication. It takes three times longer to get anything done. When I mentioned before that time was an issue on this film, I wasn’t even counting the time it takes for translation.

How much did your own Chinese identity contribute to the development of the film?
A lot. This script was written by American screenwriters. So the story is really told from an American’s perspective. When I came onboard, I wanted to make sure everything Chinese in this film feels genuine.

What can you say about working with these three big Western actors?
I am very fortunate to work with Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe on this project. They are wonderful actors and helped me tremendously. Especially Matt, who won an Oscar for screenwriting at such a young age — he is very creative and smart and contributed so much to the dialog. I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all three actors.


This is going to be a-MEI-zing!
 
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hosannainexcelsis

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duckroll said:
Was it a big challenge to communicate in English.
I don’t understand English, so a lot of time is spent on communication. It takes three times longer to get anything done. When I mentioned before that time was an issue on this film, I wasn’t even counting the time it takes for translation.
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Could anything scream "terribly misguided" louder than this?
 
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