Right so I'm going to skip the totalitarian critique as well redundant and silly. I thought this film was a complete Rashoman inspired trip. I sort of want to describe it as Color fused Ten Commandments meets Rashoman in a Crouching Tiger style epic. Seriously, the colors and history of the Hero are spectacular. To be clear, the story telling style with it's many flashbacks and outright lies made for a very engaging story. Hero also breaks with my predisposition that it is generally a bad idea to make calligraphy a central theme within in a movie. Calligraphy is such a subtle medium that it does not translate well to film. I was slightly confused as to whether the character of Zhang Xi Yi was necessary to the plot. I land on that she was not. But, I did like her performance and her double-sword fight sequences.
Ratings
Men of Zhao: Skip it
Jackie Chan: Skip it
Samurai sword purists: Skip it
Acrobats: See it
History Purists: Skip it
On a rating of HOT hot pot to hot pot, I give Hero 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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