🎥 Movies of 2021, 47: Legend of the Mountain. An easy movie to glibly dismiss. It’s 3 hours long. The main character is bafflingly dumb. A huge battle is interrupted by a 10 minute musical interlude that mostly focuses on frogs and seagulls.
But if you’re on King Hu’s wavelength (especially his Touch of Zen wavelength), then there’s a lot here to chew on. In this time of people disbelieving what is right in front of their eyes, it’s easy to see a parallel with protagonist Ho Qingyun and his inablility to see the reality of his situation.
Also, it’s beautiful!
