Red Cliff

Finally went to watch the movie Red Cliff a week after it screened. The story is taken from a section of the Romance of Three Kingdoms. I am not really good with china history especially those that are so far back.

The story is: In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale, led by the Prime Minister, himself. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance. Numerous battles of strength and wit ensued, both on land and on water, eventually culminating in the battle of Red Cliff. During the battle, two thousand ships were burned, and the course of Chinese history was changed forever.

I had a hard time trying to figure out the characters in the movie. I expected myself to fall asleep in the theatre cause we watch it at 9.50pm but surprisingly, I didn't. The movie was interesting enough to keep me awake throughout. The graphics were good and the characters in the movie were well casted. They all fitted into their roles well. Even Lin Zhi Ling who acted as Xiao Qiao and only appeared for less than 10mins is also outstanding. The movie is also not entirely serious, there are some parts that makes you laugh too. The only sad thing is that the story is divided into 2 parts for the movie, we only watched part 1 and there is no proper ending to it which means we have to wait anxiously for part 2 to screen to get the ending. Haiz......