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Friday 23 September 2011

The Forbidden Kingdom



THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (2008)




Director: Rob Minkoff

Writer: John Fusco

Main casts: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano



Narrative of this is Linear, voice is omniscient and second person, and pov is omniscient.


Themes in this movie is crime, legend, fighting, and revenge.


Mise-en-scene is in modern time period as well as historical. Place is held in Chinatown-in real world-, desert, forest and mountain-in fantasy world-. Usually nature-in fantasy world-place have been used. With costume, usually they wear a historical clothing of china.

Lots of flash-back montage has used to review the legend. Fast-forward technique have been used to show how the main character's martial arts skill has improved. Extreme long shot was used at the beginning, when main character just came to fantasy world.

Usually digetic sound have used to be effictive for action of fighting with martial arts. Non-digetic sound-funny music-have used with a legend's character's action.


Genre of this movie is hero/mixed world Fantasy and martial arts Action adventure.


Score of this movie;

★★★☆☆

: It was enjoyable to watch their martial action,

especially with Jackie Chan's trademark, comedy marticl action.

It kind of reminded me to watch other film of his.

But on the other hand, without this martial act, it was so basic hero-story line.








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