The movie was thought-provoking on a few levels. First, if Woo had really meant to say that nobody wins in wars, why not kill off Zhou Yu's wife instead of making him utter an apologetic "Everyone loses" refrain. Maybe it's because I don't view Caox2 so much as villian than an over-ambitious statesman with a weakness for women. He doesn't deserve having to lose his entire army while the wussy Liu/Sun alliance loses a minor character and suffers the humility of Zhou's wife serving tea for the enemy. Oh well, life's not fair and Caox2 should be grateful he's still alive for going up against the almighty poster boys Misters Zhuge and Zhou. (Takeshi Kaneshiro is defintely more convincing as a suave and sagacious military advisor than as Andy Lau's idiot kid brother in that other movie where he keeps saying: "大哥永远是对的。") Ok, let me continue word-vomitting, second, I've become so de-sensitized to these epic war movies that the extended battle scenes at the end don't really shock nor excite me anymore. Oh, there goes another dead man. Oh, he's got three arrows through his chest and he's still going at it. The hint of Band of Brothers in the explosion scenes actually made me consider buying the DVD set from HMV. Lastly, this movie made me think about how I am closer to the current conflict than many people than I actually care to admit. And it will stay that way until a) I find a new job or b) people learn to go past deep-seated ideological differences and live with one another in harmony. Back to the movie. I like it that Woo provided a glimpse of the profiles of the lowest soldiers on both sides. They fight the war to give their families peace.
Here's a cool Dragon Ash vid to shake off the blues.\
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