muyongshi Posted July 24, 2008 at 04:31 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 04:31 AM (edited) This is a fairly recent movie and was curious if anyone has seen it yet. Plot Summary Inspired by true events, THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI is a portrayal both sweeping and intimate of people who, thrown into an unexpected and desperate situation, discover their capacity for love and responsibility. It tells how a young Englishman, George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) came to lead sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand perilous miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. And of how, in doing so, he came to understand the true meaning of courage. During his journey, Hogg learns to rely on the support of Chen (Chow Yun Fat), the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love with Lee (Radha Mitchell), a recklessly brave Australian adventurer whom war has turned into an unsentimental nurse on horseback. Along the way Hogg befriends Madame Wang (Michelle Yeoh), an aristocratic survivor who has also been displaced by war, who helps the young Englishman, his friends and their sixty war orphans make their way across awesome (and rarely filmed) mountain and desert regions to a place of safety near the western end of the Great Wall of China I liked it and thought it was very well done (except for when the foreigners spoke Chinese- there accents were horrendous and it was very difficult to understand what they were saying most of the time). It was a very good portrayal of the time period and had some very touching themes as well as very subtle tones that gave a good historical perspective on the time period. I would recommend it however don't hold too much hope for the Chinese spoken There is enough Chinese in it that you can say you were working on your Chinese (well maybe). Edited July 24, 2008 at 05:39 AM by muyongshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 24, 2008 at 05:04 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 05:04 AM I've seen it. Saw it because I like the actor. Not a great film, but it won't hurt to see it if you have time to kill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted July 24, 2008 at 08:31 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 08:31 AM Does that have anything to do with this which never seems to have happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luobot Posted July 24, 2008 at 09:42 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 09:42 AM never seems to have happened Apart from normal movie exaggeration, why do you think it never happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted July 24, 2008 at 09:48 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 09:48 AM why do you think it never happened? Because the movie was never made. Next question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luobot Posted July 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 10:21 AM Next question? Why do you think there's a next question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted July 24, 2008 at 12:41 PM Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 at 12:41 PM There is always a next question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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