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David & flicks

Some cutesy pixs of David taken during recent interview in HK *big thank you to Woodstock @ DT HK Fansite* Unfortunately small white text on black bg made it difficult to read >"< He looked really awkward, but in a sweet way ^__^ Vry gorgeous flash of Beautiful promo in HK also thanks to DT HK Fansite. Some vry silly rumors published abt David *sigh* Let just ignore & it will all go away pretty soon. David is not the sort who hogs the headline heehee (Pixs reposted from Yahoo Hong Kong)
Seems China putting all her eggs in 1 basket & sending to the Oscars not 1 but 2 costumed epics with Curse of the golden flower representing mainland & The Banquet representing HK. Not interested in watching either of them cos they have pretty similar storyline: ambitious empress plotting to overthrow corrupted emperor. The Banquet is adapted from Hamlet & looks gorgeous in the trailer but even from the few shots, I can already see Zhang Ziyi channeling her usual feisty oriental girl persona for the nth time *yawn*
Curse is adapted from classic Chinese play Thunderstorm & was said to have received amazingly good reviews. But I honestly do not want to see Chow Yun Fat as an old corrupted emperor. I yearned to see him sleek & handsome again holding 2 guns in his hands. Yes I hopeless romantic *__* As for Gongli, we all know she can act the drama queen out of a paperbag so no surprises. She does look supremely beautiful even with her breasts popping all over the place which I think is not historically correct. In fact both movies supposedly from the same era look vry different. Jay Chou did not look good in his golden armour sorry to say. He looks more like a baddie than the filial son he is portraying. While Liu Ye who, if the story follows Thunderstorm faithfully, is the weak, philandering elder son but looks much too macho & heroic.
Actually Liu Ye is a really fine actor who strangely enough has not caught much attention despite his extremely good looks & physique -- he is 186m. I noticed him first in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. He will be appearing in a english movie called Dark Matter with Meryl Streep which may turn him into a well-known international star.

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