Tuesday April 8, 2008 China "The Children of Huang Shi," has already proven to be a box office hit since its debut in Chinese theaters on April 3. However, the role of the Chinese commander played by Veteran Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat has aroused controversies, the Beijing-based newspaper, "The First" reported. The audience said the commander, one of the main characters, is different from a typical soldier during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s for he has stylish hair, a romance with a nurse and speaks fluent English in this movie, although Chow's performance is great. Roger Spottiswoode, director of this epic war film based on a true story, explained that he tried to create a soldier in that period in his own eyes. This movie is not a traditional Hollywood production, not a movie with cruel war settings and a happy ending. The director's ambition is to explore humanity in the war and to promote humanitarianism, according to the company that is in charge of the movie's distribution. The movie tells a story of a young British journalist who saves a group of orphaned Chinese children with the help of an Australian nurse in late 1930s. credits: china.org.cn.
now it depends on which side he's fighting for lol if he fighting for china and he's one of their soldiers it would be weird for him to speak fluent english. but if he was an american/english soldier that would be diffrent, although i dunno if chow yun fat has a british accent haha...
lol it looks like a 'serious ' movie , prob not right for us teens unless we're like Lo Hung lol, but its good to stilll see Chow Yun Fat still acting
Guess there will always be critics, he played the character as he had interpreted him, guess pple are allowed to interpret his character a different way to, but its not true critics cos they to agree his acting and the film is good.
i want to watch this now..... i love chow yun fat movies. this being an epic war film but not your typical one should make it interesting.
hehe Love that mustache and goatee on him. Chow Yun Fat is in style! The storyline looks pretty good though. Just hope there won't be too much romance and sex and such. That always ruin movies when it's just out of nowhere.
