Come Drink With Me (1965) (DVD) (US Version) DVD Region 1
Cheng Pei Pei (Actor)
| Ngok Wah
| Lo Lieh (Actor)
| Chen Hung Lieh (Actor)
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Phoenix Lin
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December 20, 2006
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Definate Swordplay Classic
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If you love swordplay, this is a definate classic to have in your collection. The characters are your idealistic Chinese romantics. Beautifully presented, recognizable classic actors like Yue Hua, Cheng Pei Pei & director King Hu. The story moves along fairly well & the action/swordplay is still impressive regardless of when this film was made. (no confusingly fast camera angles or ridiculous wire work, just good ol' fashion, traditional movie story telling) The end is somewhat anti-climactic but there is a sense of closure. Having a remastered edition makes if all the more worth while. |
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April 25, 2004
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brilliant the first half
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The movie takes a bad turn after the temple fight. It almost seems like another director took over or King Hu was rushed to finish making the movie by the Shaw brothers. Anyway, it is still a must see, great music score and picture. |
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February 24, 2004
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Come Drink With Me
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A good example of DVD publishing: the film has been restored to bright new picture quality. Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS options make it sound wonderful, with the operatic drums in the score particularly impressive. Bonus features include a few interesting interviews, with Cheng Pei Pei's 20 minutes or so quite in depth. There is the standard offering of Trailers, but a couple of the other Features are a bit spurious. Production Notes, for instance, turn out to be the blurb on the box. There's a very good commentary track with Hong Kong cinema expert Bey Logan, familiar to fans of the the UK Hong Kong Legends DVDs where he is a regular commentator. He is joined by Cheng Pei Pei and her daughter. The only weak point is that the recording levels are unbelievably misjudged. Cheng and Logan sound like they are far away from the microphone while Cheng's daughter sounds like the mike is next to her face. Turn the voulme up to hear Cheng properly and you'll be regularly deafened by her daughter's contributions. Without meaning to be unkind, this seating arrangement is precisely the opposite of what you want considering what each participant has to say. As for the film itself, it is a wonderful bit of storytelling. The action is deliberately slow and achieves a tension that more familiar fast-paced action film styles miss. Cheng Pei Pei is a very charismatic lead which, for me, gives this film the edge over Dragon Gate Inn. |
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February 8, 2003
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King Hu, the man
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I saw this movie years ago, and while it is not as good as Dragon Gate Inn, it is very good. The Dragon Gate Inn (don't where I can get the dvd?) really propelled King Hu to one of the top ranked directors in HK. I plan to purchase this movie, just one question though, is it digitally remastered from the Shaw film library? TIA |
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January 9, 2003
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Cheng Pei Pei before "Crouching Tiger ..." BRAVA !
Cheng Pei Pei before "Crouching Tiger ..." BRAVA !
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For those who only come to know about Cheng Pei Pei as that old, ugly villainess in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", here's your chance to see her in her fighting "debut"--and WHAT a fighter she was !!!! No wonder Ang Lee wanted her to play that arch villain in "Crouching Tiger.." Here's hoping Shaw/Celestial will re-release all her kung-fu movies and forget those awful modern dress musicals (like "Hongkong Nocturne")! To Madame Cheng Pei Pei---"BRAVA ! BRAVISSIMA !" for all those fast moves and poetic dance-like swings---go get the enemies and stab them with chopsticks, coins etc !!! |
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December 22, 2002
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King Hu's first swordfight film
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This film is definitely the BEST Shaw's swordfighting film in terms of artistic values, forget about Chang Cheh and Tsui Hark, they are no where to compare. Although a bit slow, still nice to watch today since King Hu has only one swordfight film in Shaw and produced the first swordswoman, Cheng Pei Pei(her best film) . After this he left Shaw and made the box-office smash hit "Dragon Gate Inn"(produced Shang Kuan Ling Fung, 2nd swordswoman, note, not the horrible Tsui Hark remake)) and the highly acclaimed Cannes winner "Touch of Zen"(Hsu Feng, 3rd swordswoman). After more than 30 years, we still cannot find a second King Hu, so how could we miss this ? |
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