Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR”

Re:Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR” by nicolas_t on Sunday September 11, 2022 @07:38AM (#32798784)

China's movies have peaked in the 90s. Take a director like Zhang Yimou, he hasn't made any decent movies in the las 15 years because of state censorship. None of his best movies could be directed today: To live, Ju Dou, The Story of Qiu Ju or Raise the Red Lantern. The same with Chen Kaige or any of the great directors in Mainland China. Even a relatively recent movie like Beijing bicycle would not be possible today.

Even if a lot of those movies were banned in China on release, there were much less consequences for a director of a banned movie than nowadays.

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Re:Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR” by echelon on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:29PM (#32813692)

I miss the Zhang Yimou that directed Hero and House of Flying Daggers. Those were some of my favorite films of that time.

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Re:Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR” by rurban on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:17PM (#32828224)

Yes, these were his sellouts, the real bad ones.

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Re:Visual effects for the Indian blockbuster “RRR” by nicolas_t on Thursday September 15, 2022 @02:10AM (#32847767)

Lol yes, I'd say the release of Heroes is precisely when I date Zhang Yimou's fall. The photography and use of colours is great for sure but it's his first movie with a mostly empty story that tries not to ruffle anyone.

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