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Yet another epic Chinese action-soap with stunning visuals, like Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Only this one actually has a plot that interests me. Plus, Gong Li. The woman is hot.
Kind of like...visually stunning (duh) and not dialogue-centered A Lion in Winter. Family drama, but when you're the Imperial Family, your drama affects a lot more than you. I love it.
So you get Chow Yun Fat *lovelovelove* playing wicked and yet awesome Emperor, slowly poisoning his Empress (Gong Li)with a drug that will slowly drive her insane and take away all her mental faculties. And she knows it, but takes her poison anyway, feigning ignorance while she plots revenge.
Awesome. Epic. (Only, you know, Chinese action-soap, so no happy ending). *And* I am totally crushing on Prince Jai even if he did do something kinda pointless at the end there. He's badass in a cutesy way. Wonder who he could be in the Saga, Pooky.
Anyway...
Kind of like...visually stunning (duh) and not dialogue-centered A Lion in Winter. Family drama, but when you're the Imperial Family, your drama affects a lot more than you. I love it.
So you get Chow Yun Fat *lovelovelove* playing wicked and yet awesome Emperor, slowly poisoning his Empress (Gong Li)with a drug that will slowly drive her insane and take away all her mental faculties. And she knows it, but takes her poison anyway, feigning ignorance while she plots revenge.
Awesome. Epic. (Only, you know, Chinese action-soap, so no happy ending). *And* I am totally crushing on Prince Jai even if he did do something kinda pointless at the end there. He's badass in a cutesy way. Wonder who he could be in the Saga, Pooky.
Anyway...