Comments on: Watch: Trailer For Christian Bale & Zhang Yimou’s Oscar Contending ‘The Flowers Of War’

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

In the original story, Bale\’s character was an old priest and a very minor role. Zhang Yimou dramatically changed the script in order to have a major Hollywood star play the lead role. Now this character becomes a young mortician (for convenience I guess so he can have sex with the prostitute) and the leading character. Zhang also devloped a love story for Bale\’s character as now the main prostitute becomes his love interest (none exists in the original story).

By: Mrs. Lift

Mrs. Lift — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

StephenM,
Bale\’s character is only pretending to be a priest. It\’s been a while since I read a plot summary, so I couldn\’t tell you why.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

He\’s not really a priest. He\’s a mortician who pretended to be a priest so save the school girls and himself since the real priest is dead.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

He\’s an American priest? He sounds like he has the same cockney British accent from The Prestige.

And is this film really going to show him having sex with a prostitute? Cuz that is so like movies–we can\’t have a main character without a love story and sex, so even though he\’s an apparently devout priest who would be celibate, we\’re gonna throw in a sex scene just to spice things up.

Both Zhang Yimou and Christian Bale have made great movies in the past, but this trailer, at least, was atrocious.

By: carrie

carrie — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

i would like to see this movie in 3D because it looks impressive to see even if the trailer isn\’t good

By: idarklight

idarklight — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

This isn\’t the final trailer. The producer of this trailer has said that this is a \”trial trailer\” and that there are currently two teams competing and collaborating to make the final trailer.

For one, as obvious, the trailer chose to hide the storyplot of the \”flowers,\” keeping them secret until closer to the release date. Hopefully, those girls will add a more human perspective to this film, something that Zhang Yimou excels at.

By: Jean Vilain

Jean Vilain — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

It’s good to see Christian Bale doing more movies. We see too little of him now.

By: travis Bickle

travis Bickle — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

Terrible Trailer,but interesting movie.

By: kure

kure — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

this is one big fucking movie!!!

By: slog

slog — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:38:37 +0000

\”judging by the first international trailer\” … man, shouldn\’t we all gauge movies\’ Oscar chances be judged by their trailer?