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, April 1, 2011
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
A wuxia directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Andy Lau and Zhang Ziyi.
A blind dancer is arrested under suspicion that she is a rebel assassin leader. The government decides to let her go so they can find the location of the gang's base. One of the cops pretends to be a lone warrior and follows her back to the gang's hideout.
Another early 2000s wuxia! If you like CTHD an hero, this is for you. Again, very pretty and lots of sword fights, but unfortunately, no flying. The style of these 3 films is great and the pacing is good. It's aesthetically so good that the plot and characters don't matter as much. I'm rating this good.
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