Shanghaiist: What are the best Chinese movies and movie lines?

senthil

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:16:33 +0800

ange

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:53:48 +0800

what about "To Live"(活着) by Zhang Yimou. I think that's got to be up there with "Farewell My Concubine" and much much better than "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "House of Flying Daggers".

Jeff

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:07:06 +0800

Not that anybody asked me, but I'll put "Days of Being Wild," "Needing You," "PTU," "Chungking Express," "Master Killer (the 36th Chamber of Shaolin)," "Fist of Legend," "God of Cooking," "Eat Drink Man Woman," "Hard Boiled," "Flowers of Shanghai," "Farewell My Concubine," and "Comrades, Almost a Love Story" as tops of the pops. Days of Being Wild is the best ever. The best line ever is something from Stephen Chow. Zhang Yimou sucks and sucks hard.

nanheyangrouchuan

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:39:54 +0800

"schmaltz"? Channeling Jackie Mason are we? What about movies like "cell phone"?

Sinodrom: Chiny

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:17:49 +0800

Yeah, and I just don't get who's pre-selected the 'cult quotes' - besides 顶你个肺！ they all seem dull... I know that context is importaint, but even placed within context, most of them are just lines... Plain lines...

peijin

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:35:13 +0800

Yeah, and the other thing was that it was all movies made in the last 15 years or so...what's up with that? I mean those are all decent movies, more in line with "art cinema" standards around the world, but it still seems they discounted any films from before that. What about "Yellow Earth" by Chen Kaige? Surely better than some of the others on the list.

Jeff

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:02:46 +0800

Definitely the best line from that movie was when Carina Lau snaps "don't fall in love with me!" I guess it doesn't make any sense out of context, though... Crazy list of best movies. Really of the wall. "Days of Being Wild" is off the list, but "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "House of Flying Daggers" is on it? At least they left off "The Promise." I think the selection of movies was rigged to make "Farewell My Concubine" the only movie on there with a chance of winning. Maybe Chen Kaige paid them off.