In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Ashes of Time (1994)
A drama by Wong Kar-Wai.
An agent who hires assassins goes about his work, while his customers come and go.
When this film began, I thought "Yay! Wuxia action!". I was utterly disappointed. Most of the film was focused on who loves who and why isn't that emotion reciprocated. The fight scenes were fast and didn't show much fighting at all. The camera went behind people's backs, to the floor or into the sky when swords crossed and none of the action ended up on-screen. It was, however, what I call a "pretty waste of time". I'm rating this bad for getting my hopes up and then smashing them to bits.
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