The Year In Movies: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

By Prairie Miller

It’s not that I’m someone who has a tough time making up my mind – which I am – but when it comes to figuring out the Top Ten and Bottom Ten Movies of the year, there are all sorts of annoying gray areas. So if you’ve been mulling going into the field of movie criticism – which by the way doesn’t require a license, but maybe should – beware the pitfalls, between those handfuls of popcorn.

Because there are so many reasons for liking or hating a movie. One big mental roadblock is being knocked out by the acting performances, but evaluating the story as a stinker. Like why blame the actors, just because the movie sucks. Would you heap insults on those fast food workers for dishing up your future coronary of super-sized fries?

So in order to best cover all bases, I’m going to go with three categories, instead of two, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The first two are self-explanatory. And the third category is reserved for movies that may have been impressively put together, but there’s just something offensive about them, I dunno. I may also get really picky, and add a few boutique sub-categories. So here goes, in no particular order…

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As your point about “pure love story”, I never say this is a pure love story. Love can be pure, at the same time, it can also has the lust part. It’s human instinct. Right? Emotion and Sexual, Zhang might just wanna describe how sexual relationship influences a woman’s perspective about a man. She once said,” The way to a woman’s heart is through her vagina. I guess this can explain why she put the word “lust” in the name of this story.

Don’t just see things through the historical points. After all, this film isn’t all about the history. I really appreciate your points of view. They make me reflect on my perspectives about this movie.

P.S. I am a woman. What’s worng with that? btw, I also see movies of genres other than romance. Therefore, can’t say that I am the kind of women who has “special interest section in a video store.”

To Fiona, first, let’s talk about the story. Is it just a love story? What kind of “love story” must be named “lust”? I believe you are a woman, and a woman on the special interest section in a video store. When “patriotism is just to relieve the conflicts in the distorted relationship between Wong Chia Chi and Mr. Yee” whom is a traitor of China in the film, it is no longer a simple love story. It is not very smart for a pure love story toying patriotism. Or, must it? Don’t you agree?

Her (Zhang Ailing, the author of the Original Fiction) romance was with a well known collaborator (aka HanJian in Chinese) of Japanese invasion of China, i.e., a traitor of China. Not surprisingly, Zhang Ailing, the lover of the traitor (Mr. Hu or Mr. Yee in the film) fled China after Japanese was defeated.