The colors and drama are formulated as arduously as you would expect in a film by Zhang Yimou, and it pays off. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung are, as always, beacons of emotional subtlety and masterful believability. Also, the CGI scenes worked: while highly (some might say preposterously) stylized, i found them tasteful and well-incorporated [as opposed to some of the tacky scenery in "Curse of the Golden Flower"]. Overall, an absolutely beautiful epic, a legendarily romanticized historical fiction that can hold the viewer's attention with spectacle alone, but that doesn't forget to tell a moving and somewhat didactic story.
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