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04Sep2009

Chow Yun-Fat in Breathtaking 'Confucius' Trailer

DateFriday, September 4, 2009 at 12:24AM
I think Chow Yun-Fat is really underrated, though his decision to take a part in Dragonball can't really be defended. But on the whole, I think he's put together a pretty impressive body of work, and has managed to always be one cool dude.

He's playing the legendary philosopher Confucius in a new film of the same name. And when you watch this trailer, please keep in mind that it cost about 1/8th what they spent on G.I. Joe. And then tell me which movie you think got more for its money.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the trailer for Confucius is pretty meditative. It's also incredibly colorful, epic, and wordless. And worth your immediate attention.


Trailer courtesy of Trailer Addict

Sometimes trailers use previously recorded music, but I really hope that's the original scrore for the movie. That's a beautiful piece of music. There's no American release date yet, but you have to figure some studio is going to see what we just watched and gobble this up.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment6 Comments |

Reader Comments (6)

i love the vid thx for it mayne

Friday, September 4, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdebt help

Pffft! Clearly G.I. Joe benefited the most hands down. How many falling Eiffel Towers do you see in this trailer I ask you? Hmmm? That's right count 'em up, zero! For that matter, where's Confucius' Delta 6 accelerator suit? That's right couldn't afford one on such a measly budget. Though it's funny that the original title Confucius: Wise of The K'ung-Fu-Tzu was changed to simply Confucius, I doubt this will do enough box office to warrant a Confucius 2.

Which if you think about it is a shame really as sequels introduce a myriad of possibilities. As proof of that one need look no further than G.I. Joe 2 where Cobra learns the first Eiffel Tower thing was all fake and done with computers! Cobra commander gets really cheesed off by that and promptly inserts his foot up Destro's [insert places the sun don't shine] and proceeds to take down that "damn fu-fu tower" [actual dialogue snip] once and for all.

Oh yeh, fire up the jiffy pop popcorn kids... it's on!

Friday, September 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAsana

Best. Comment. Ever.

Friday, September 4, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

Wow, didn't know G.I. Joe had such colorful and intelligent fans.

Friday, September 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBrandon

Great Crew behind this movie:
Cinematography:
Oscar Winner (Best Cinematography; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) ,Peter Pau
Production Design/Costume:
Oscar Nominee(Costume Design,Curse of the Golden Flower) Yee Chung Man
Music :
Oscar Winner (Best Music, Original Score; The Last Emperor), Cong Su +
Zhao Jiping (Farewell my Concubine, Raise the Red Lantern)

Saturday, September 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterConfucius

I'm sorry, but I would be SO asleep after ten minutes of of all that contemplativeness. And I don't go to the theater for that...PEACE.

Monday, September 14, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBigBlackRod

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