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Nov 23, 2019geratho rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable fantasy from a great Chinese director. Big screen epic style, amazing color, amazing cast of thousands scenes. A lot of people and critics don’t like this film but you really have to be looking for something to be unhappy about to not enjoy the work. It fell short as a joint American / Chinese blockbuster so not everything clicks. Damon and Pascal are fine but the movie probably would have gone over better with all Chinese actors. With the western stars there were expectations. In the extra features Damon says he got lots of specific notes and coaching from the director and appreciated it. To me that means that the director set the tone for the character exchanges and I credit it not coming off to cultural differences. So that didn’t work for some of the western audience and it didn’t turn into box office. Seems like sometimes people like to pile on when a film isn’t well received. There’s bad ones out there sure but this movie has amazing visuals on beyond what they did with the cgi creatures. There’s a lot to like. A big effort was made to be entertaining and it worked for me. Other than that I’m becoming a big fan of Pedro Pascal so I’m looking for anything that he’s in.