CNN has just hailed Bernal's Himala as the best Asia Pacific film of all time, beating Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai" and Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

I love all three films (and their directors), but "Himala" winning over Kurosawa's masterpiece REALLY boggled me at first.

I then found out that the votation was done online. No wonder ( Read more... )