Andy Lau and Maggie Q arrived at Incheon International Airport this afternoon looking less than fresh-faced. Andy Lau seems to know what to do by hiding behind super dark sunglasses, but poor Maggie could also use a pair of dark shades and a bigger (and less flowery) hat.
The Hong Kong stars are in Seoul to promote their new martial arts epic, “Three Kingdoms: Ressurection of the Dragon,” (2008) directed by Daniel Lee. The movie premiere will be held at Yongsan CGV theater on March 24th, 2008.
The film, Three Kingdoms: Ressurection of the Dragon, is based on “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” a 600-year-old novel by Luo Guangzhong is considered as one of China’s most important pieces of literature.
Three Kingdoms: Ressurection of the Dragon will be released in theaters across Asia (Korea, Singapore, China) on April 3rd, 2008.
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Andy Lau is ‘ancient’?! He’s in his 40s but still super handsome. Maggie Q doesnt look that much younger next to him. He’s arguably still one of the biggest star in Asia.
Yeah there was a HK wave in Korea in the 80s and early 90s. And Andy Lau is just THAT huge. In many Chinese speaking places, he’s way bigger and more respected than Jackie Chan.
FYI, Jang Dong Gun has a nick of the Korean Andy Lau.
andy lau =D nice actor.
maggie Q =( Just can’t act. >.<
and they’re acutally really famous in the western world, so for those who haven’t heard of them, SHAME ON YOU.
Andy’s been in house of flying daggers, infernal affairs etc
and maggie was in mission impossible 3, all of which are world renowned films.
that’s neat, lau=yoo? if you speak cantonese it’s “lau”. in mandarin it’s “liu” – sounds close to yoo indeed!
actually, it is the same chinese character they use for surname of yu ji-tae.
more on “how big is andy?”
the biggest korean senior actor ahn sung-ki, played supporting role to andy in Battle of Wits!
it flopped in korea tho
maggie luks kewl, but i can’t beliv that the dude in that movie was andy. WTF. and andy omg… WRINKLES… so old ToT… my former fandom *aside from dbsk* wtf. T_T!! wah. the movie luks ok. i didn’t know vanness is in it 8D (doesn’t make me anticipate much tho lol)
@ HATEJJH
Have you actually read the entire novel in Chinese? If you did and still enjoyed it, I must applaud you. It’s only my own and most of my peer’s impression of it and we’re certainly not denying that it’s an influential work on Chinese culture and a lot of literary device and proverbs derived from it. If it’s done to its full epic length which I believe has been attempted with the 84 episodes TV series, and they want to compact it in a three movie installment like LOTR, the Chinese audience will drop like flies. There’s a reason why it hasn’t been made into a movie before. But I assume you agree with me about that the remakes are often poorly executed. Let’s ask Peter Jackson to give it a try
You can feel free to disagree with me about its entertainment value, whether my opinion is right or wrong is subjective, although it does lie with the public opinion.
Love him, he’s a Multitalented actor.
For some reason I just don’t like Maggie Q. She’s cute and everything, but I just can’t come to peace with her.
Meru, I did read the whole thing, quite few times, and many ppl I know did too (we certainly know diff ppl
) I’m guessing you can’t finish the whole thing. If that’s the case, then you really cant judge its merits, can you?
For ppl growing up playing PC games based on this great great work and got hooked BIG TIME and as a gamer, you’ll be amazed how revered this work is to us if you put in the time to read it (for stupid gaming reason or what nots). FYI, there are VERY good versions of it in strip comics style. Those are super enjoyable.
For gamers fluent in Chinese, this may be the only old traditional Chinese literature they ever read, and go nuts loving it.
That’s good for them and for you as well
Congratulations for being such an appreciative fan of the story. It’s not that I can’t read the entire novel, it’s more like I’m not interested and honestly, if it wasn’t for class studies, I wouldn’t even read it. I wouldn’t deter anyone from reading it if they wish, so no worries. Speaking of judging, are you going to judge my peers and me for having our own difference in opinions and taste? I hope your ability to respect someone else’s opinion is as good as your ability to read lengthy historical novels.
I know you and your pals can read, of course, and you just choose to pass on this one since you think it’s ‘boring’or not ‘entertaining’. I do respect a diff in opinions if it has basis. But if you havent read it through once, and knowing its length, it’s a very unjust and unfair judgement, that’s what I am judging on. How do you know if just the next page you missed is the best yet to come? If you’ve read it thro and thro and still think it’s most boring, I would take it st up. I do understand epics are not appealing to everybody.
But then, this is an epic based on EVERYTHING that is the human condition. If you want to understand more about leadership, strategies and tactics in war which can be applied in daily living (Art of War stems fr this), loyalty and betrayal, bravery and heroism, faith (some characters are worshipped still in Chinese temples AND homes/businesses), fate and even romance…or just the art of prose and poems in a literary standpoint it’s all there, with a whole spectrum of characters galore to keep you WIDE awake.
and again, sorry to point it out, many Chinese have read at least parts of it before 10 years old, it’s their very first book, whatever versions, it’s extremely rare to read it just for class studies.
I agree with you there, don’t know what I’m missing out that I’m not getting from other literatures. Not that curious to find out.
“But if you havent read it through once, and knowing its length, it’s a very unjust and unfair judgement, that’s what I am judging on.”
However and again, it’s not so much a judgment, but the impression I got from the portion that I’ve read. I’m not giving it a review, nor am I telling everyone not to read it because it was dry for me. It just sounds like you’re using that as an excuse to change my opinion by reiterating what a good read it was to you.
“and again, sorry to point it out, many Chinese have read at least parts of it before 10 years old, it’s their very first book, whatever versions, it’s extremely rare to read it just for class studies.”
Stories pulled from it, yes, much like Bible stories pulled and made into Sunday school stories for children. Your point?
And I didn’t know you were familiar with the education in HK in the 90’s. I had to studied parts of it when I was studying regarding the difference in myths and actual history. So perhaps it’s too bad that it got introduced to me in the academics and not a personal interest I took on because I was playing Dynasty Warrior
the movie looks good. Maggie Q…hmmm she’s half viet but i think she never considers herself having vietnamese blood in her
Interesting ” conversation” between Meru and HateJJH. Are you both Chinese by any chance?
I remember being asked to read it in school as extra curricular reading because it is a piece of chinese literary classic but I never made it past the one quarter mark
I would like to give u a pat on the back if you did ; )
It was then uncool to be well versed in chinese but strangely as I get older, I don’ mind reading it.
Hell if time permits, I’d like to pick it up to read again.
@ hatejjh :
the “jjh” does not by any chance refer to Jung Ji-hoon does it? hahaha.
” It was then considered uncool ….”
gotta say that chinese fashion is the worst ever
bottom line is that chinese actors and actresses are usually not as pretty or as fashionable as their korean (or often japanese) counterparts. it’s just a fact.
also anyone who says maggie q is pretty has got issues. in china, this half asian/half white look is exotic and revered in actresses. maggie is not the first one to strike it big because of this. even though she is not that pretty, this still get’s her points.
in korea, in contrast, any halfy has to look more korean than white – case in point: daniel henney.
i have yet to see a drop dead gorgeous chinese actress on par with koreas top hotties. even gong-li at her height was not as fine as the pop seoul korean hotties.
in fact, i have seen prettier chinese girls on facebook than in any chinese movie.
andy lau? he looks very very chinese. he’s good looking, but he is old. and his songs suck. they have a distinct 1970s chinese ballad feel to them. don’t sound modern at all. but anyway, anytime chinese is put to song is sounds funny because the language is just not a pretty language… period. mandarin is bearable, but cantonese? it’s right up there with vietnamese.
“anytime chinese is put to song is sounds funny because the language is just not a pretty language… period. mandarin is bearable, but cantonese?”
Indeed and I speak Cantonese, haha. Wouldn’t compare vietmanese with cantonese, though. Cantonese has a more dynamic stress but the intonation is clip less vowel sounds, so it sounds loud. Whereas Korean and Vietnamese are more similar in quantitative accent, they drawl out syllables, the intonation is more pronounced. To me, it sounds like whingy, but only because I don’t speak the language and I’m merely observing.
Whether or not Chinese actors/actress are as ‘pretty and fashionable’ as their Asian counterparts, well that’s a bit unfair and shallow to say, what’s your basis? That Japanese and Koreans look and dress more European? Wear all the European designer dresses and get more plastic surgeries? Case in point, look at the post and comments on PS. Just saying.
Who said Maggie never admit having Vietnamse blood? IF you read her interviews and TV talk show, you will see. She also said that she came to visit VN every now and then and she also mentioned having a lot of relatives there.
tewkewl, that is a very bigoted post. You must have been out of touch and discriminatory of anything Chinese lately or have a very shallow and limited knowledge of it. Chinese entertainment industry is still at an early stage compared to other Asian countries. And in general it’s not as anal or scrutinizing as say Korean/Jap industries on specific looks. PS is not as prevalent yet.
And your statement of anybody having this Eurasian look is more revered is such a joke. Yeah on the surface they may get more opportunities, but seldom do they acquire any critical acclaim and they have a harder time getting the respect of the industry. They may fare better in Hollywood, like Maggie, but if you are talking about Chinese industry alone. You cant be more wrong.
Also, about how a language sounds as lyrics and what is considered a ‘pretty’ language… it’s been long considered that certain dialects of Chinese are very very very easy on the ears and almost sound like music alone. eg Shanghainese so if you dont know enough about anything, shut up.
And just for argument sake, what has having a pretty pic on facebook has anything to do with being a good actress? Gong Li may not be your cup of tea, but that’s just because of your lack of taste. She’s a terrific actress highly regarded worldwide. She’s been on the judging panel on many film festival.
I dont think Jeon Do Yeon is considered classical/anatomically ‘pretty’ but she’s the best breathing Korean actress. You go worship your plastic fantastic and leave discussions of any substance alone.
How did Maggie trick the world into thinking she’s pretty?
I’m cuter than her, maybe I should go to HK and star in movies. I can have ppl dub Chinese over my speaking parts just like Maggie does.