I am actually shocked, nearly 10 years after this was released, I am just now reading reviews and this movie rated really low on Rotten Tomatoes.
Of all the crappy films I have seen...seriously?
This movie was beautifully crafted and it moved me.
I seriously have lost faith in humanity...
I never read reviews. I make up my own mind. :)
Dennis Alexis
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Such a dissapointing movie. Apart from the terrible accents and the chinese actors the story just never ever gripped me. In the book they talked about the most beautiful women in all of Gion, so seeing these actresses looked like terrible casting to me.
shareEverything is 'considered' bad these days, because nobody can be seen to like anything anymore, people think it makes them look unintelligent.
Do ponies make you angry?
Well, I hadn't lost faith in critics (or humanity!) with this film, but for whatever reason, I thought they were dead wrong about it. I had read the book, and because of the not-so-great reviews, I was ready to be disappointed. But I guess the reason why I liked the film so much is because I thought it was very faithful to the book. Of course, it doesn't have the time to show all the detail found in the book, but what it showed I thought was very faithful.
Off the top of my head, the negative critical reaction of this movie reminds me of when I saw Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" a few years ago with Angelina Jolie. American critics didn't think highly of it, but I thought it was one of the best films of the year. Changeling also received lots of BAFTA nominations, even though it didn't win anything. So while I do rely on critical reviews to help guide me on what's out there, many times they're not right.