Red Cliff - A John Woo movie

I've just caught the Red Cliff Part 1 movie. It leaves me some afterthoughts.
Above is the trailer of Red Cliff, I guess it includes some of the Part 2 elements.

I wasn't really that interested in the Three Kingdoms initially, and I couldn't understand why Junming loves the story so much. He'd tell me some famous phrases that illustrate the happenings of the story and etc. I shall not elaborate more because I really can't remember much of the phrases now. haha!

But after this movie, I'm setting my heart to comprehending the "chim-inology" of the Three Kingdoms. The reason for my urge to watch this really bloody and manly show is because of Tony Leung, my idol. haha! Not that I'm superficial but his charm is irresistable. Moreover, it's a John Woo movie and there are so many good actors, I just can't believe how bad it'll get. So, I'm for the good actors, especially Tony Leung! haha!

Things that I like about the movie:
1. Tony Leung as Zhou Yu, someone who has courage & wit. I mean I like the way he protrays Zhou Yu. A man of charm and humour. Well, supposedly, it was Chow Yun-Fat to take the role but since it's my idol now, it's even better.
2. I like their war scenes. Finally for one show I know who is fighting who! Their moves were nicely planned. And they had brilliant tactics thought by the infamous Zhu Ge Liang!
3. I like it when Guan Yu emerged and randomly threw his spear, which hit one soldier. After which, he grabbed hold of another soldier's spear and poke the soldier behind him. Then he took the poor victim's spear and poke yet another man, and then grab another soldier's spear and poke another, and...
He's like playing a snatch-and-poke game.


An amusing thing happen halfway through I watch the movie.
Suddenly, when it comes to Zhou Yu and others meeting Liu Bei, the screen was suddenly blank and a soft background music sounded. Everybody was shocked. I thought that was the end of my $10 movie! haha!
So there was an error made by the control people. But when the screen is up again, it wasn't any better. There was no audio from the movie and the soft music was still playing. When a dancer was shown dancing in front of Cao Cao, the music of "Beauty and the Beast" started to play and haha! the whole cinema broke into laughter!
But not too bad, I've got a complimentary pass now. haha!