Review of The Grandmaster (2013) by Adhamhany — 06 Apr 2014
The fight scenes are good, as well as the directing in these particular scenes. I also enjoyed the soundtrack. The acting by the main cast is good enough.
However, the directing in the rest of the scenes is a little annoying. Kar Wai Wong did the same thing in another movie I saw by him: My Blueberry Nights. Never understood it really.
The story is a complete mess. I don't know who's story this is. It's also too slow-paced, stretched over 2 hours. So I was extremely bored. And I had a very hard time understanding what was happening. The movie is in Chinese; and since they talk really fast, the English subtitles disappear very quickly.
So aside from the action sequences, and maybe the last few somewhat emotional scenes, where the two leads meet one last time, I didn't enjoy this film at all.
This review of The Grandmaster (2013) was written by Adhamhany on 06 Apr 2014.
The Grandmaster has generally received positive reviews.
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