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http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2005-10-09/0838859854.html Shenyang Today Press
2005.10.9 The Promise production team conducted a survey among the viewers who have watched the movie in Chengdu during its special screening. Result showed that among all the elements of the movie, visual/cinematography element scored the highest point. Jang Dong Gun was evaluated as the favourite and the most successful role.
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Extracted from :
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2005-10-09/0620859805.html Hua Shanbau
2005.10. 9 In the survey conducted on the viewers who have watched The Promise during its special screening at Chengdu recently, the film company listed 5 questions and the viewers answered objectively. 91.8% of the viewers approved of the movie. On the characters of the movie, Kunlun played by Jang Dong Gun and Qing Cheng played by Cecilia Cheung received the most approval while Man Shen played by Chen Hong only received only 8% of the votes.
Chen Hong, when interviewed by the reporter on the survey result which showed that JDG is the favourite and she the least favourite among the viewers, said: “ Viewers like Kunlun played by JDG and don’t like my character, that is right. Because JDG is the absolute leading actor. All the viewers like him after watching the movie, especially the children and many ladies. He has the supernatural power and eyes as innocent as a 3 year old child. My role is not a major role, it's only natural that viewers don’t like my role. This showed that our movie is very successful.”
(Translated by dreamer for Just Jang Dong Gun.com)
QUOTE(babygurldoc @ Oct 11 2005, 05:58 PM)
^ Holy crap, thanx so much for the trailer, man that was amazing. Cant wait till the movie comes out.
QUOTE(freebird @ Oct 12 2005, 03:58 PM)
Thanks for trailer, minami
U're welcome gals. The trailer reveals the movie's gorgeous cinematography, and Kunlun is looking very powerful. I can't wait.
Another sneak peak review below
(minimal spoilers, but you've been warned) --
Source:
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2005-10-01/1613856287.html 2005.10.01 Shanghai Youth Paper
Extract: The Promise – Beautiful. Let’s give it a scorecard What do you think of the film? “Pretty good, the cinematography is exceptionally beautiful” What do you think it the meaning of The Promise in the movie? “The Promise… hmmm…. It’s pretty abstract!”
At 8pm yesterday, the most anticipated Chen Kaige’s film of the year “The Promise” was finally unveiled at a movie theater in Chengdu and Chen Kaige surprisingly brought his whole family along, passing through the security check; depositing his hand phone and sat in the theater, waiting anxiously and excitedly for the response and opinions from the very first batch of audiences.
Director Chen was not disappointed. When the lights came back up, the theater was filled with applause. The Promise, an imaginary world of good and evil has got the approval of the majority of the audiences. “Not bad, the movie was pretty good” It’s only when the reporters asked about what they understood from the meaning of The Promise did they become speechless and was troubled, “It’s too abstract!” In The Promise, Chen Kaige has boldly attempted to mix commercialism with art, the cinematography was very finely produced and the story line continue to reflect on what Chen Kaige is known for – his philosophical ponderings.
The Scores:
Cinematography : 9 points Comments: “At the start of the movie, a flowering Chinese crab-apple tree was shown on a backdrop of the deep blue sky. It was very beautiful. The entire movie emphasized on the aesthetics, the contrast of the colors was astounding, magnificent. It was very nice to see. Besides the fact that there were some traces of the individual stunts, basically the movie was perfect.
Performance by the actors: 9 points Everyone did very well and was outstanding, I especially liked Jang Dong Gun’s eye expressions, Nicholas Tse was really very cool, Sanada’s acting was very strong….. what astounded me was Jang Dong Gun and Sanada’s voice recording, they are really very professional and unbelievable, every sentence and word was very clear and précised. The voice dubbing was even better than those Hong Kong or Taiwan stars.
Special Effects: 8 points Overall it was not bad, the scenes were very grand and it blended quite naturally with the special effects. The pace and the tone were pretty good, especially the scene with the herds (cow) men. It was incredible and spectacular.
Story line/Plot : 9 points This is a very touching story and it will challenge the innermost feeling of the audience, especially at the end of the story when everyone’s conflict and dilemma built up to a climax – the real and the untruths, trust, deceit, true love…. The world starts to change and become complex.
Musical score/ production: 7 points
Everyone’s attention will be focused on the cinematography and the fates of the characters and will pay less attention to the music. The drum beats during the war scene, there were actually observant audiences who noticed that the pace of the movie was in fact quicker than the rhythm of the music.
Translated by Yuki for Just Jang Dong Gun
