Tuesday, January 13, 2009
万事具备只欠东风 | 9:59 PM
Red cliff 2, what a brilliant show.
The 1st installment which I watched it with alvin and yuhao kept me questioning about the plot, characters and the many "how come liddat" and "who is that". Shame to say, partly because I didnt really watch the novel or the drama. All I remembered was the 三国演义 and 三国志 game that I have played when I was young.
Now, with the 1st installment explaining what about and who is what, red cliff 2 brought more action , strategy , depth, twist and battle of the wits / guts in the movie. And after watching the show, probably one will get a better idea the idioms 万事具备只欠东风.
How about the term 左青龙 右白虎 and apparently, 周瑜（tony leung) is the 青龙 and 诸葛亮 (Takashi Kaneshiro) is the 白虎.
As you all know this term as well, 36 计 ， 走为上计 , out of these 36 tactics, probably you might see some of it in the show.
美人计 ，离间计， 苦肉计 ， 连环计 ，火攻计......
Though I can't help not to wonder who are the 臭皮囊 , to better help me to comprehend the meaning of 3个臭皮囊，胜过一个诸葛亮. It seems that in the show , 诸葛亮 is always winning in terms of his role as an advisor.
at the end of the 2 1/2 hours, I just wish it can be longer because I am just enjoying the war and brutal scenes...haha, saddist I am. But what's impressive is to see the director John Woo being able to put together all the whole production for such a brilliant show. Look at the amount of calefare(s) as the soldiers , horses , ships, explosives........though some part is a bit "computer-graphical" , it's still commendable to be able to pull out such an awesome delivery.
I just wish for a 赤壁3. Then we can see how 诸葛亮 fight against 周瑜.
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