A Guide to Fantasy - Part 3

[espanolbot]

Just how I see them, so you're free to disagree.







More here, along with some additional notes to them.
http://espanolbot.deviantart.com/gallery/41814894

Feel like taking a break from fantasy now, on to Horror and its associated genres!

Comments

[turtlefu]

I find it to be a loving parody, but the dressing is all Chinese culture and wuxia-inspired, but the actual plot/character development is very Western in concept. I enjoyed the movie immensely but I would never consider it wuxia above so many other wuxia films that could have be chosen to be listed.

Also, being popular in China /=/ wuxia. I'm not saying it's mean-spirited, I'm saying it's impossible for anything Western to be truly "wuxia" because wuxia deals very specifically with Chinese history, themes, and storytelling. I would even consider a form of folk tale. It's like Westerners can make films based on kabuki, or Filipino ghost stories, or etc. but it won't actually BE those things, just inspired by those things.

(I like Lu Chuan but he has never made a wuxia film and can hardly be considered an expert)