I bought 3 more the flowers of war movies to give my friends. Jinjohn millerrobert duvallchristopher reevethe exorcistrotten tomatoes about time movieex girlfriendsjennifer lawrence. The movie informs viewers that more than 200,000 people were killed in nanking. The dangerous streets of nanjing throw together a group of opposites a flock of shellshocked school children, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade american academy award winner christian bale, the fighter, the dark knight posing as a.
Top movies of 2019 nov 08, 2018 for every acclaimed action movie, there are a dozen more that were shredded by critics. The movie was inspired by the diary of one of the school girls. The move takes place in 1937 and follows a mortician named. And the easiest foreign film to watch and read subtitles at the same time. The flowers of war was released in china just days after the 74th anniversary of the nanking massacre. The 2015 film battle for sevastopol is the true story of how lyudmila pavlichenko, a female soviet sniper who killed more than 300 axis soldiers during world war ii, became a galpal of the first lady of the united states thats a topic so compelling in and of itself. Starring christian bale, the flowers of war is about the horrors witnessed during the.
Zhang yimous stylistic flair is in full bloom during the flowers of war, but his. It is the first feature film having been produced by unity studios. Dec 21, 2011 in the flowers of war, the director zhang yimou revisits the 1937 nanjing massacre in a story narrated by a convent student taking refuge in a church. He also left his family behind so that he could lead the confederacy against the union. Dec 28, 2011 the flowers of war is a big movie in every sense of the word, from its kinetic battle scenes to the beautiful photography and impressive performances from a mostly young and inexperienced cast. But while there was plenty to choose from, not everything was palatable. Zhang yimous war epic heralds new cooperation, but at times the stylistic gap between east and west is just too deep. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including underworld. Critics predictably slammed the film, calling it religious propagandizing, churchy, and an extended sermon. Zhang yimous stylistic flair is in full bloom during the flowers of war, but his colorful treatment of a historical genocide ultimately does a disservice to. Critics loved the actors films like the dark knight and american hustle, but hated some of his disney musicals, like newsies. From internationally celebrated director zhang yimou ju dou, raise the red lantern, hero, house of flying daggers comes a story of love and war. Dec 11, 2011 based on yan gelings novel flowers of nanjing, the nanjing massacre plays front and center in director zhang yimous tale.
Jan 18, 2012 one of the ancient ploys of the film industry is to make a film about nonwhite people and find a way, however convoluted, to tell it from the point of view of a white character. In 1937 china, during the second sinojapanese war, a mortician, john christian bale arrives at a catholic church in nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. With christian bale, ni ni, xinyi zhang, tianyuan huang. Rotten tomatoes reported a 42% critical approval rating with an average of 5. The best and worst christian bale movies, ranked by critics insider. Welcome to rotten tomatoes, where weve got bale by the barrel. Theres skinny bale the machinist and big bale american hustle, edgy bale the fighter and business bale american psycho.
Christian bale in the flowers of war jin ling shi san chai jin, john. The flowers of war was released in 2012 on friday, january 20, 2012 in 30 theaters. The film is based on a novella by geling yan, flowers of nanjing, inspired by the diary of minnie. China december 16, 2011 united states january 20, 2012 limited canada january 20, 2012. The flowers of war is a big movie in every sense of the word, from its kinetic battle scenes to the beautiful photography and impressive performances from a mostly young and inexperienced cast. Battle for sevastopol capture battle for sevastopol is less impressive than its subject.
Weve got cowl bale the dark knight if thats your fever, along with cool bale. The flowers of war year 2011 genre drama romance war history type movies idmb rating 7. With christina ricci, jason gedrick, gabrielle popa, tom berenger. With over 50 war movies made that specific year alone, there was a buffet of hollywood productions about people on the battlefield. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch. Everything you need to know about the flowers of war movie 2012. In 1937, nanking stands at the forefront of a war between china and. Rotten tomatoes 2019 rotten movies we love the 49 most anticipated movies of 2021. After being housebound for nearly his entire life, bobby bale flees to the countryside following an explosive fight with his abusive stepfather. The 10 best war movies of 2011, according to imdb screenrant. The film is essentially about how poor, hardworking black maids in mississippi empowered a young white woman to write a bestseller about them.
War flowers is a 2012 american war film written and directed by serge rodnunsky and starring jason gedrick, christina ricci, and tom berenger. From fleabag to the thorn birds, here are a bunch of hot tv and movie priests. Sniper lyudmila pavlichenko killed 300 men war is boring. The flowers of war is about the horrors witnessed during the sinojapanese war. Flowers seasons 1 and 2 are now streaming on netflix decider.
The flowers of war where to stream and watch decider. Director zhang yimou raise the red lantern, ju dou, hero, house of the flying daggers tells an epic story of love and sacrifice in the flowers of war, starring christian bale and introducing ni ni. Its something youd think only the crassest of hollywood producers. But the flowers of war tells such an emotionally manipulative story thats so lacking in subtlety and heavy on caricature that it falls well short of. The war of the roses is a black comedy made even funnier by hanging onto its caustic convictions and further distinguished by danny devitos stylish direction.
The film has an 85% fresh score on rotten tomatoes. In order to survive, the women decide to be nice to the german soldiers. The flowers of war is the flowers of war on netflix flixlist. The flowers of war 2012 an american christian bale tries to protect a group of chinese students and prostitutes from japanese soldiers in 1937 nanjing. While hes on the run, he makes friends with a fellow hermit john hurt who teaches him about the wonders of nature until his stepfather catches up with him. In fairness, a lot of those films probably deserve their lousy rotten tomatoes scores. Bale played john miller in the flowers of war 2011. Rated r for strong violence, including a sexual assault, disturbing images and brief strong language. It seems clear that the filmmakers were trying to convey how devastating an atrocity this episode in history was. If there were more than 5 rating stars, i defiantly would give the movie, the flowers of war, more rating stars. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. A glimpse of wwii in china through one fallen city, nanking. Christian bale ni ni huang tianyuan 2011 an american.
The musicals on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. In this inspired story of tragedy and love we follow the lives of melody, a precocious sevenyear old, and her young mother sarabeth as they struggle on their farm to survive the war. An american finds refuge during the 1937 japanese invasion of nanking in a church with a group of women. All the actors portrayed their roles with perfection. It won the genie award for costumes and prix jutra for sound, cinematography, art direction and costumes. In the midst of despair, an unlikely bond is forged over time. Find out where the flowers of war is streaming, if the flowers of war is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Jinling shisan chai is a 2011 historical drama war film directed by zhang yimou, starring christian bale, ni ni, zhang xinyi, tong dawei, atsuro watabe, shigeo kobayashi and cao kefan. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. Wikipedia more info at imdb, wikipedia, rotten tomatoes, metacritic, netflix, wikidata. Top movies of all time as voted by users of the internet movie database. A certain general thomas jackson quit working at the virginia military institute to go to war. Aug 10, 2018 the movie was inspired by the diary of one of the school girls. An american tries to protect a group of chinese students and courtesans from japanese soldiers.
The background is nanking massacre, at that cruel and. Rated r for strong violence, including a sexual assault, disturbing images. The film, set during japans 1937 invasion of china, is told from a young girls point of view, not as a history lesson, but as an intimate, elemental and paradoxically universal celebration of. The flowers of war 2011, r in 1937, as the japanese army brutally invades nanking, an american trapped inside a cathedral vows to help schoolgirls and courtesans seeking refuge.
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