Posts Tagged ‘Ang Lee’

The Warlords, the biggest winner in Hong Kong Film Awards 2008

Apr 14, 2008 Around the Word, Movie

<<The Warlords>>, the movie featuing Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro is the biggest winner in Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 by taking home 8 awards. The 8 includes Best Actor for Jet Li, Best Film, Best Director for Peter Chan, Best Cinematography for Arthur Wong Ngok Tai, Best Art Direction for Yee Chung Man, Yi Zheng Zhou and Peter Wong, Best Costume Make Up Design for Yee Chung Man, Jessie Dai and Lee Pik Kwan, Best Sound Design for Sunit Asvinikul and Nakorn Kositpaisal, and Best Visual Effects for Ng Yuen Fai, Chau Chi Shing and Tracy Kok. Basically, it took all the major awards, except for Best Actress which went to Siqin Gaowa for her performance in <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>>.

<<Mad Detective>>, another movie that was considered a strong competitor to <<The Warlords>>, only managed to bag home the Best Screenplay for Wai Ka Fai and Au Kin Yee. The <<Lust, Caution>> by Ang Lee is the Best Asian Film while Donnie Yen got the Best Action Choreography for his works in <<Flash Point>>.

The complete list:

Best Film (最佳影片) - <<The Warlords>> (<<投名状>>)

Best Director (最佳导演) - Peter Chan, <<The Warlords>> (陈可辛, <<投名状>>)

Best Screenplay (最佳编剧) - Wai Ka Fai and Au Kin Yee, <<Mad Detective>> (韦家辉 欧健儿, <<神探>>)

Best Actor (最佳男主角) - Jet Li, <<The Warlords>> (李连杰, <<投名状>>)

Best Actress (最佳女主角) - Siqin Gaowa, <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>> (斯琴高娃, <<姨妈的后现代生活>>)

Best Supporting Actor (最佳男配角) - Andy Lau, <<Protege>> (刘德华, <<门徒>>)

Best Supporting Actress (最佳女配角) - Susan Shaw, <<The Pye-Dog>> (邵音音, <<野·良犬>>)

Best New Performer (最佳新演员) - Kate Tsui, <<Eye In The Sky>> (徐子珊, <<跟踪>>)

Best Cinematography (最佳摄影) - Arthur Wong Ngok Tai, <<The Warlords>> (黄岳泰, <<投名状>>)

Best Film Editing (最佳剪接) - Eric Kong Chi Leung, <<Protege>> (邝志良, <<门徒>>)

Best Art Direction (最佳美术指导) - Yee Chung Man, Yi Zheng Zhou and Peter Wong, <<The Warlords>> (奚仲文, 易振洲, 黄炳耀, <<投名状>>)

Best Costume Make Up Design (最佳服装造型设计) - Yee Chung Man, Jessie Dai and Lee Pik Kwan, <<The Warlords>> (奚仲文, 戴美玲, 利碧君, <<投名状>>)

Best Action Choreography (最佳动作设计) - Donnie Yen, <<Flash Point>> (甄子丹, <<导火线>>)

Best Sound Design (最佳音响效果) - Sunit Asvinikul, Nakorn Kositpaisal, <<The Warlords>> (<<投名状>>)

Best Visual Effects (最佳视觉效果) - Ng Yuen Fai, Chau Chi Shing and Tracy Kok, <<The Warlords>> (吴炫辉, 邹志盛, 郭惠玲, <<投名状>>)

Best Original Film Score (最佳原创电影音乐) - Joe Hisaishi, <<The Post-modern Life Of My Aunt>> (久石让 - ‘听歌’, <<姨妈的后现代生活>>)

Best Original Film Song (最佳原创电影歌曲) - ‘逼得太緊’ (from movie <<Love Is Not All Around, 十分愛>>), Composed Dennie Wong (黃丹儀), Lyrics by Lin Xi (林夕), Sung by Kary Ng (吳雨霏)

Best New Director (新晋导演) - Yau Nai Hoi, <<Eye In The Sky>> (游乃海, <<跟踪>>)

Best Asian Film (最佳亚洲电影) - <<Lust, Caution, 色戒>>

Professional Spirit Award (专业精神奖) - Lydia Sum (沈殿霞)

Contributions of the Century Awards (世纪成就大奖) - Raymond Chow Man Wai (鄒文懷)

Hong Kong Film Awards 2008 Official Site

Note: for the last 2 awards, I am not sure about the translations.

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Lust, Caution, 色，戒 - Is It Real Sex?

Feb 28, 2008 Celebrities, Gossips, Scandals, Sexy

I am amazed that, until today there are still many people online searching for “Lust, Caution, 色，戒”. For example, from the statistics of my other blog, I saw people searching for “色戒完整版” (Lust, Caution complete/uncut version), “色戒视频” (Lust, Caution online streaming), “色戒完整版下载” (Lust, Caution complete/uncut version download), “Lust and Caution”, ect. And all this search led them to my that blog, haha. To me, this movie was so long ago!

Hehe, I was the first few who went to watch the uncut version at Shaw Orchard, and right after that I wrote about it. And that was on 8th Nov 07. Close to 4 months already.

I did a search about it also. And I saw many people, especially those PRC, are still discussing if Tony Leung and Tang Wei really had intercourse in the movie. There are 2 analysis that I still remember now. One said that, based on Tony Leung’s position on Tang Wei, it was too low for him to slot his manhood into where it should go in if there was intercourse. Tony should climb higher a bit, so that his little Willy could meet Tang Wei’s private area “face to face”. So he concluded that it is fake, no intercourse at all. Then another guy said, by showing an enlarged screencap of the screen when Tony was doing Tang Wei and back facing camera, that there is something at root of Tony’s manhood there, and it should be a condom! So, they were really having sex. I saw that enlarged picture, and I couldn’t really see anything…… Well, even if it was really a condom on Tony’s Willy, it doesn’t translate that they had sex. It could be just to prevent Tony’s Willy from touching Tang Wei’s body, right? ( I know this is lame… Tony’s lips, face, body, hands, and legs were all over Tang Wei…)

To me, I think it was just acting. Ang Lee is a great director, but I do not think he is great enough to persuade the two to really “Just Do It”, just for the movie. For what? Both of them are adults and both are/were attached, attached before. Tony has been with Carina Lau for so many years already. So they couldn’t just act/fake it out? Tang Wei was attached before that and broke off . It was even impossible to be real sex if she was/is a virgin. I just think it is impossible.

And actually, that few scenes are just peanut if you watched real porn or those home-made shows before. Or shall I say, the scenes did not even make one feel excited.

So, have you watched Lust, Cautions uncut version? What do you think then? Real? Fake?

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