The Great Wall

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Starring global superstar Matt Damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), The Great Wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure. Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe and Andy Lau also star in this sweeping epic.

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Ignore the Critics and Enjoy the Ride!

First of all this is a movie about fighting monsters - not a fact based historical epic. Don’t take it that seriously and you’ll have a good time.The Great Wall tells the story of a group of Western mercenaries, searching for a powerful substance known as black powder, in China. Soon, they get involved in protecting the Great Wall of China against an army of monsters, known as the Taotie.Overall, there is a good balance between East and West. A Western screenplay by Max Brooks keeps things going quickly without the irritating self sacrifice and slow dialog of the recent Dragon Blade movie (Jackie Chan, Adrien Brody). Director Zhang Yimou is known for extravaganzas and sometimes the action does look acrobatic but it’s not too bad. The excessive slow motion deaths and explosions that plague some Chinese movies isn’t such a problem here.This was an all-out action movie that explored the themes of greed and sacrifice, nobility and savagery. Yimou’s masterful direction elevates the movie above standard action fare, giving moments of truly astounding visuals. His use of color not only adds to the visual flair, but also helps to add coherence to the movie while the editing is never confusing.With a running time of less than 2 hours, viewers expecting in-depth characterization along the lines of “Hero” and “Curse of the Golden Flower” will be disappointed. The quiet scenes were a bit lacking, leaving the audience emotionally cold.Nevertheless, it’s not a bad movie and certainly not ambitious enough to deserve any of the vitriol people read into the story without ever watching the movie. I was entertained but not awestruck.

An artist’s rendition …

… of an alien invasion. This movie isn’t super deep on the storytelling (I mean, it’s an alien invasion, after all), but it really is a work of art. It follows some familiar tropes, but the story is told with such a unique backdrop (medieval Europeans stumbling across an advanced and militaristically superior Great Wall? Awesome!) and with such beautiful visuals, it makes for a really cool movie. I really liked it. If any of that sounds your speed, give it a go.

Great movie

Love the movie and worth the wait to get it

Not a boring moment

Excellent entertaining movie.

I absolutely loved this movie

I absolutely loved this movie! It made me laugh as well which is always nice when the movie itself is serious. Matt Damon is awesome in this.

4-K is the way!

Great movie, couldn’t wait for Netflix, don’t go to theaters so this was the best way to go for us. Great picture in 4-K.

The sheer beauty of the scenery and special effects are terrific.

Pleasantly surprised. Underrated by critics. We’ve watched this movie with our boys several times. The sheer beauty of the scenery and special effects are terrific.

good flick

really enjoyed this movie - good different story, engrossing. Good characters including female warrior heros

I saw it in 3D, and enjoyed it. I think 4K looked spectacular too, but I like the 3-D better

I saw this in 3D on a copy I bought from Amazon in the UK. It is not a stellar movie. On the other hand, the fantasy elements and time period actually made more sense than the…