Really bad movie alert: Yi Yi

19 Responses to Really bad movie alert: Yi Yi

1. sigil7 says:

   31 August 2007 at 10:36 AM

   謝謝您提醒我們！
2. Irulats says:

   31 August 2007 at 10:40 AM

   “Set in Taipei, director Edward Yang’s three-hour film is a rich, funny and humane family portrait with keen observations…” from United States Catholoic Conference of Bishops

   http://www.usccb.org/movies/y/yiyiaoneandatwo.shtml

   God help us all!
3. Jeff Pinyan says:

   31 August 2007 at 10:45 AM

   “Last night I spent a week watching Yi Yi.”

   Heh. I think that says it all, really.
4. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

   31 August 2007 at 10:46 AM

   sigil: 不客气!
5. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

   31 August 2007 at 10:47 AM

   Irulats: It’s still a truly lousy film.
6. Irulats says:

   31 August 2007 at 11:12 AM

   Fr. Z: 我相信您。
7. sigil7 says:

   31 August 2007 at 11:49 AM

   Fr. Z!!! Z 神父！ 哎喲！ 你怎麽這麽用簡體字呢？？ 多麽不傳統啊！

   I saw that “气”! My goodness! The angels are weeping at the use of those communist simplified monstrosities! 氣！氣！氣！氣！!!
8. Steve says:

   31 August 2007 at 12:17 PM

   Fr. Z, I concur with your assessment of that movie. I admire your ability to stick it out to the bitter end. I lasted about 1/2 way through it before I could not take one more moment.
9. Belloc says:

   31 August 2007 at 12:26 PM

   General MacArthur, where are you when we need you?
10. NeoCarlist says:

    31 August 2007 at 12:27 PM

    Fr,
    Since you like Chinese language movies, have you seen “Raise the Red Lantern” yet? A dark and depressing movie, yet my wife and I found ourselves liking it a lot.

    NeoCarlist
11. Jeff Culbreath says:

    31 August 2007 at 12:37 PM

    Thanks, Father. It’ll be tough, but I’ll try to avoid this one. :-)
12. Jay says:

    31 August 2007 at 3:33 PM

    For Goodness sake, are you all started to talk and write Chinese after watching some Chinese film? I cannot believe it!
13. Janet says:

    31 August 2007 at 3:53 PM

    Um… Father, if it was that bad, then WHY did you continue watching til the end instead of turning it off? You could have recouped at least some of that wasted time by giving up on the movie once you realized it was a ‘dog’. :-)
14. jane says:

    31 August 2007 at 5:07 PM

    That’s the best movie review I have ever read. Short. To the point. Simple directions.

    Thanks Father Z!!!

    jane in memphis
15. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    31 August 2007 at 6:06 PM

    NeoCarlist: have you seen “Raise the Red Lantern” yet?

    
    Of course I have.   That is a necessary film.
    
16. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    31 August 2007 at 6:09 PM

    Janet: WHY did you continue watching

    Take it from someone who has heard confessions.  Sometimes people make really lousy confessions until they get their act together.  Then the important stuff comes, after alot of hemming and hawing, at the end or when you least expect it.

    I am an optimist.
    
17. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    31 August 2007 at 6:10 PM

    sigil: If you understood this round-eyed foreign devil’s Chinese at all then pipe down.
18. sigil7 says:

    31 August 2007 at 6:45 PM

    heheh, Fr. Z., it’s ok, I’m a round-eyed foreign devil too!
19. Kathy says:

    1 September 2007 at 11:11 AM

    I have never seen a movie with so many tomatoes before.

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