Three stills for the upcoming biopic Confucius starring Chow Yun-Fat as the great ancient philosopher has been released at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. After the walking train wreck that is Dragonball: Evolution, Chow is in dire need of a substantial role to raise his low approval ratings but will this be it?
The film is due out in October.
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a don't now about this movie a have a bad feeling
He just need to stop using his wife as his manager.
for these historical personae i prefer zhao dan's li shizen, lin zexu performances: sink into character without starry glow, just plain living the guy. alas, he's dead.
Agreed with the bad feeling. Pity, I miss him so much.
yeah i think his wife is killing his career... he has been taking bad roles one after another... i mean how could he passed Red Cliff..
At this point, I just want Chow to do a low budget, older-skewing romantic comedy where he's putting the moves on an age-appropriate costar. In Cantonese.
Confucius could be the ruturn of Chow Yun Fat.
Sorry, won't win any awards for costume design.
We all wish Chow will somehow make a comeback, don't know if this movie is it but he deserved better than Dragonball!
Costume design looks realistic to me, that's how I imagine people 2 thousand years ago. I just hope it's not loaded with wire-fu.
Since it's a mainland China production, I think, unfortunatelly, cantonese won't happen.
I agree with Cuttermaran... the costumes look realistic - nothing too ornate or lavish. I think it fits the story though you could argue it is a bit plain. Then again, theres only 3 stills so we'll have to wait and see some more stuff before judging.
Its getting to the point where if I see he's in a movie I expect it to be meh. C'mon, Chow, don't be like Jackie Chan. To start your comeback, do something easy, something with guns. Its not like China/Hong Kong/Taiwan are lacking in action films these days. Call up Johnnie To and beg him for a role.
I still don't understand why he passed on Red Cliff. No matter what you think of it, most people could sense that sucker was going to be a smash hit the moment they read the synopsis and the talent involved.