Sunday, May 13, 2007

赤壁

Woohoo! They finally announced the cast for <赤壁> liao. Wah, a rather star-studded cast, though most of them hail from China. Oh my goodness. The choice was good for most of the characters but i don't understand the choice for 周瑜 and 诸葛亮. They should switch them la, seriously. 金城武 is far better being 周瑜 than 诸葛亮 and the same goes for 梁朝伟. In the novel, 周瑜 was described as a 美男子 and games based on 三国 never fail to emphasize that point. In the cast, 金城武 was clearly the 美男子 the novel described, so why gave him the role of 诸葛亮? Hmmm...



Anyway, you may ask why am i so concerned over the cast for <赤壁>? Coz they are making a film touches on my favourite period in China's history. To me, 三国 is simply the most interesting period throughout China's history as there are so many characters, so many stories of heroic deeds or evil acts that it never fail to amaze me despite reading the story over and over again.

Hope they do a good job with <赤壁> and not let it become a major blockbuster that is so promising yet disappointing like the one not too long ago. And ya, hope they switch the actors for 周瑜 and 诸葛亮 too.