Confucius

Confucius

Synopsis

“Confucius” tells about Confucius’ transformation from an ordinary bookkeeper to a philosopher and a sage. It follows his long journey around small kingdoms in northern China preaching his beliefs, and his 72 disciples.

Official Site: kongzi.sina.com.cn

Singapore Release Date: 18th March 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 118 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Biography | Drama

Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Zhou Xun

Crew: Director (Hu Mei), Producer (Hu Mei, Han Sanping), Music (Su Cong), Cinematography (Peter Pau)

The Trailer

The Review

Chow Yun Fat playing Confucius was fantastic in this movie, but being nearly two hours long, there were some repetative boring scenes.

The plot could be better, as it strayed into confusion latter in the film, and the meaningless sub-plots didn’t helped either.

Don’t get me started on the CGI, they could have done better. It is as if some amateur CGI intern was on the job.

I noticed Confucius the movie was better in the first half of the screening, the second half was just a drag.

The Good

• Excellent acting by Chow Yun Fat

The Bad

• Annoying characters
• Too much sentimentality

Editor’s Ratings