Hero

[Fellfrosch]

Most giant epics give you the same feel: Braveheart, The Patriot--Independence Day and Air Force One even had US Presidents as main action heroes. (Though Air Force One could not, admittedly, be considered a giant epic.)

[EUOL]

I enjoyed it a lot, though I kind of felt like I had just watched two hours of Chinese propaganda.

Agreed.  That whole "the suffering of one doesn't outweigh the good of the country" line was part of it, and I'll admit that the entire movie made me a little uncomfortable.  If it's noble to conquer everyone else so you can force them not to fight, then what's to keep China from deciding to conquer the world in a few decades....

Regardless, the movie was beautiful and interesting.

[Fellfrosch]

I find that very interesting, because Dawn and I got a completely different message from it. This isn't a spoiler thread, so I won't go into it too much, but for us the movie focused on putting down your sword far more than on taking it up. I'm very surprised that any of it made you uncomfortable.