No, I have not read the book.
Here are foreign movies I easily recommend over MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: Shall We Dance, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Shanghai Triad. These movies are foreign language with subtitles.
Some American movies that I recommend over MEMOIRS: Last Samurai, Empire of the Sun, Schindler's List, Chicago.
With no momentum to speak of, the tortuously slow and boring MEMOIRS takes 45 minutes to get revved up and then idles in the hangar for another two hours. Sure, the sumo wrestling match was cool. Zhang's dance on the stage was cool. But apart from that, there was no rhythm, and without help from Rob Marshall, you're at the mercy of Yo-Yo Ma's yawn-inducing cello. I do acknowledge that MEMOIRS is a classic sob story, but Zhang Ziyi was not put on this earth to beg for our sympathy. She was put on this earth to kick ass.
Before you watch MEMOIRS be sure to check out Last Samurai, from the director of Glory, starring Ken Watanabe.
JY
Jimboduck-dot-com
Here are foreign movies I easily recommend over MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: Shall We Dance, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Shanghai Triad. These movies are foreign language with subtitles.
Some American movies that I recommend over MEMOIRS: Last Samurai, Empire of the Sun, Schindler's List, Chicago.
With no momentum to speak of, the tortuously slow and boring MEMOIRS takes 45 minutes to get revved up and then idles in the hangar for another two hours. Sure, the sumo wrestling match was cool. Zhang's dance on the stage was cool. But apart from that, there was no rhythm, and without help from Rob Marshall, you're at the mercy of Yo-Yo Ma's yawn-inducing cello. I do acknowledge that MEMOIRS is a classic sob story, but Zhang Ziyi was not put on this earth to beg for our sympathy. She was put on this earth to kick ass.
Before you watch MEMOIRS be sure to check out Last Samurai, from the director of Glory, starring Ken Watanabe.
JY
Jimboduck-dot-com
