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Style and substance.
My husband and I watched a film last night called "The Storm Warriors". It's a Chinese epic martial arts movie and it is beautifully made. The sets are stunning, the fight scenes amazing and the special effects are superb, however, it's not a very good film.
The whole film is a triumph of style over substance and hence falls flat as far as I am concerned. We watched half of the final fight scenes in fast forward because, by then, we were that bored of them. They were beautiful, but we just wanted to know what the hell was going to happen.
A little more talking and less fighting and it might have been a film worth watching a second time.
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- Firstly, it's a sequel and totally fails to reintroduce the characters.
- Secondly the plot is so thin it's virtually non-existent.
- Thirdly, what plot there is doesn't actually make any sense; not even a little bit.
The whole film is a triumph of style over substance and hence falls flat as far as I am concerned. We watched half of the final fight scenes in fast forward because, by then, we were that bored of them. They were beautiful, but we just wanted to know what the hell was going to happen.
A little more talking and less fighting and it might have been a film worth watching a second time.
( Click for more of my thoughts on style and substance. )