Promise, United 93, Bandidas, Stoned, Inside Man

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The Promise - Wu ji     HQ 15MB    HD480p 30MB    HD720p 74MB
A completely different US trailer for Chen Kaige's latest movie (The Emperor and the Assassin, Farewell My Concubine), a romantic tale of love, loyalty, ambition and destiny, that truly looks epic. The movie tells the fantastic story of a beautiful princess who becomes the object of

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[swordofthejedi]

i'll be interested to see how united 93 is handled. watching the trailer brought back some memories of where i was that morning, that entire day, and of a couple of friends who had family members working at the pentagon (the father of one survived, the other did not).

[swordofthejedi]

oh i forgot the promise....beautiful cinematography, as expected. will be interesting to see if i enjoy it as well...i know i watched another film a while back that was beautiful to watch but didn't exactly dazzle me in other ways....*scratches head* what was it.

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I had seen some other trailers from Asia and I believe France for 'the Promise', but this is another excellent example for how the technical quality of a trailer influences the perception of the movie.
Originally I didn't want to watch it because it didn't look too good and the reviews weren't very favourable. But after this trailer I'm at least thinking about it again.

Other Asian movies that 'looked good' were 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers'. Although you didn't explicitly mention that the one you've seen was from Asia.

[swordofthejedi]

those were the exact 2 movies i was trying to decide between. i think it'll take a visit to imdb to determine which it was...i saw hero.

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My favourite movie of 2003. I saw it twice at the theatre. I like colours and people in motion. :)

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Sorry to hear that.
But that's the thing, why would I want to watch a movie that brings back memories for everyone, either because the person is affected directly of indirectly because everybody watched it in the news.

Maybe it starts a discussion, which is always a good thing. But then again, I can watch the news from Iraq right now since what's happening there is a direct result of the US reaction after 9/11 and I still don't have to watch this movie at the theatre.