Curse

'Curse of the Golden Flower' (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia, 2006) is an Oscar nominated Chinese two hour epic by director Zhang Yimou situated in 928 A.D. during the Tang Dynasty. Chow Yun-Fat is great again and Gong Li is always great looking.
This is visually amazing cinematography and the story is OK too, about power and hatred in a Chinese court setting.

A Chinese critic wrote:
"As a Chinese, I didn't have a high expectation for this movie. Actually, director Zhang got a pretty bad reputation in China during the last few years. You can find millions of criticisms for his previous movies on Chinese forums.
However, I have to admit this time he is doing a great job. The story is excellent and the acting is almost perfect. The only 'problem' is that it's not a traditional Chinese kong fu movie so maybe it doesn't attract western people much. Anyway, I highly recommend this movie to every Chinese and anyone willing to accept a Chinese movie with non kong fu style. I hope one day China can produce a great movie like the 'Lord of the Ring'. I would like to give it 9/10."

Speaking from Amsterdam:
I have seen a few Chinese movies, I mean really Chinese - not from Hong Kong or Taiwan. Despite all their censorship, these movies are absolutely fabulous in visual effects and often have a historical, national theme. I like China is pushing her way into the world, and I don't like kung fu anyway.

CD1 comes in about 8x90MB. files;
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.001
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.002
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.003
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.004
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.005
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.006
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.007
Curse of the Golden Flower CD1 .avi.008

CD2 comes in about 8x90MB. files;
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.001
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.002
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.003
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.004
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.005
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.006
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.007
Curse of the Golden Flower CD2 .avi.008

Enjoy