Monday, March 19, 2007

ABC's of Chinese Cinema vs. American Cinema

Aspiring/Assonite
Beauty/Big Bang
Close-Ups/Carefulness
Delicacy/Daring
Effects=colouration/graphics
Fast paced=action/sex
Graphics are numerous in both forms of Cinema, and extremely beautiful:
-fake blood
-computer graphics
Horrible translationsinto English/Horrible plots
Indirectly, both are completely involved with each other, it's Just that it sometimes, as horrible as most American films are now, some of the Cinese films made are just as bad, or almost there. But, it's OK in a sense, because of their use of cinematographic eLements.
Many differences:
Newer ideas/No change in pace, usually the same stuff.
Old themes, old tales to be told/Only for entertainment(mostly)
Payment to the actors is very different, Queerly though, or maybe not so much, Replicas in cinema are used so much, and so well, that it is possible to actually by many on the internet now. However, most of the replicas used in chinese cinema are from a Story, or a Tale from centuries ago, in which a great legend is known about the artifact. There are American films however, that are based on lengends, and stories, in which the plot revolves around. However, most of the time, in American Cinema, films seem to follow the same plot/story line over and over again, and the true plot gets lost or has gotten lost over the years and times it has been repeated. Thus, many people cannot Understand why tradition is Virtuously being brought into American Cinema.
Why is it though, that Americans don't seem to apperciate films that are worthy of praise when they put those same films down?
But yet, X rated films don't seem to be put down. Then again, that is another conversation for another day....
You can fill out your own alphabet if you want, because I believe that I am done here. Although, I may be falling asle....ZZZZZZZZZZZZ....
Sorry about that.... long day. As I was saying:
Cinema in general just doesn't get appreciated that way it should anymore, so please take out the time and try to.


     So, until next time--

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