10 out of 10
First I must say that DATING: traditional Asian Style , in the eyes of Westerners can range from romantic, sentimental, curiosity to right down boring, and vice versa, as in western datings to the eyes of Asians . So it all really depends on individuals.
The road Home and Xiu Xiu, the sent down girl, are the 2 movies that manage to make me cry. Being a fan of Chinese and Japanese cinema, The road home is another masterpiece collection from Zhang yimou. Its a basic story about relationship, parent, love, stubborness, tradition and belief. The movie is in both black and white during the present and in colour during the flashback , where the bulk of the main story is. The cinematography is visually stunning depicting the forest and the steppes of northern China. The casts are superb and admirable. Zhang Yimou always have the knack of bringing the best out of his cast no matter how small their role is.
The love story is touching, and the only people who didnt like it are the solid , stone cold of hearts. A movie like The Road Home is unique that it is also a kind of movie which will tell us the personality of the viewers themselves based of their comments and reviews .
But what really touches me the most in this movie is, being an Asian man, is when the aging mother recalls her youth and her stubborness in old age which reminds me so much of my own mother that i cried. The scene of the long, funeral march in the snowstorm is sad, haunting and touching, and it is these very kind of funeral marches that I had personally performed for my late father as well as my late mother. The only difference is I am on foot, following the hearse.
Musical score is so ethereal, with its stunning depiction and scenarios is what breaks me up . BEAUTIFUL.
First I must say that DATING: traditional Asian Style , in the eyes of Westerners can range from romantic, sentimental, curiosity to right down boring, and vice versa, as in western datings to the eyes of Asians . So it all really depends on individuals.
The road Home and Xiu Xiu, the sent down girl, are the 2 movies that manage to make me cry. Being a fan of Chinese and Japanese cinema, The road home is another masterpiece collection from Zhang yimou. Its a basic story about relationship, parent, love, stubborness, tradition and belief. The movie is in both black and white during the present and in colour during the flashback , where the bulk of the main story is. The cinematography is visually stunning depicting the forest and the steppes of northern China. The casts are superb and admirable. Zhang Yimou always have the knack of bringing the best out of his cast no matter how small their role is.
The love story is touching, and the only people who didnt like it are the solid , stone cold of hearts. A movie like The Road Home is unique that it is also a kind of movie which will tell us the personality of the viewers themselves based of their comments and reviews .
But what really touches me the most in this movie is, being an Asian man, is when the aging mother recalls her youth and her stubborness in old age which reminds me so much of my own mother that i cried. The scene of the long, funeral march in the snowstorm is sad, haunting and touching, and it is these very kind of funeral marches that I had personally performed for my late father as well as my late mother. The only difference is I am on foot, following the hearse.
Musical score is so ethereal, with its stunning depiction and scenarios is what breaks me up . BEAUTIFUL.
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