Fabulous choice of leading men. Really. The contrast between them was perfect. I personally wish for them to both have long successful careers.
The supporting actors were wonderful. The humor in this movie is great, and mostly carried by the supporting actors.
You MUST like gears to enjoy this movie. They are everywhere. Along with chains.
You must also not really care about which time period the movie is set in, as laptops & abacuses, Gattling guns & drones, digital cameras & puttees co-exist.
My favorite thing in this movie was a coffin that unfolded into a desk/office suite, along with a book case that I will lust after for the rest of my life.
Will I re-watch this? Absolutely. I am sure there are things I missed.
I strongly feel there will be a video game.
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The CGI (imo) is actually bearable for a Chinese production. I've seen a lot worse. The thrill is really good. It's the kind of thrill where you think, "Oh, thank the heavens they're fine." But no, there's another freaking obstacle. Character development is weak tho because I think they were really focusing on the execution of the storyline. (I mean how do you expect 9(?) novels to be squeezed into the movie?) For the storyline, it's confusing at first. However, it all made sense at the ending if you connect it with all the flashbacks and the introduction. The moment you understand it, it's gonna flip you over.
Also recommended to people who loves shipping otps.
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Well for someone like me who loves The Lost tomb dramas & the novel this movie isn't it.Poor acting skills. The English speaking girl got me cringing. She was the most annoying part in this movie. Well the other actors where OK nothing special.
CGI was bad too. I don't know why you want to make a remake from a good drama when you know you don't have the money to do a good remake.
The story wasn't even close to the original. Again if you are trying to do a remake do it probably... Well at the end it wasn't that good but that's just from a person who loves the original dramas xd
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Okey there were scenes that were really cliche and made to look very unrealistic, to the point where I laughed at its stupidy BUT those scenes were few and lasted only a few seconds.
Going into this movie I was already prepared for these cliche scene as are everyone who has watched chinese fantasy/action movies.
Meaning there were a lot of jumps that no human could do XD
But I LOVED the characters personalities and their little quirks.
The music wasn't over the top or played too loudly, which was a nice change. Gave a good mood to the film.
The story was similar to other tomb/mummy movies though this was a lot lighter and easier to watch ....Minus the disgusting creatures -_-'
It was a nice change that they weren't forcefully locked inside the tomb but walked in themselves which gave a feeling of the characters having a little control over the sh*t that was happening around them.
There was also a nice hint of bromance ?•?
And I LOVED how they tied up the ending but still left a lot for the audience to imagine.
Overall enjoyed this and I'll definitely watch this again.
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I am not the only one who says that the movie is a blockbuster success because its gross income is saying the same thing. One factor why this movie is a hit is because of its casts, special mention the two main cast... Lu Han and Jing Bo Ran. They gave justice to the movie because of their acting skills. Its worth my time...and if you would like to know if I would recommend it to somebody else? Well yes of course....!!!
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Both leads are gorgeous and as always the franchise brings mystery and tons of action and emotions.
This starts as an origin story and then gets pretty complicated but I feel like it does justice to the books. And if you want to watch Lost Tomb 2 current season, then at least watch this or the last season with Yang yang and Yi Feng. Otherwise, you might be clueless about the characters.
Luhan played Wu Xie more nerdy than Yi Feng and Jing Bo Ran played Qi Ling more angsty and emotional than Yang yang but that's because Qi Ling is more a mysterious character in LT 1 whose motivations are entirely unknown but Time Raiders Qi Ling is a full fledged protagonist.
Anyway I thought the graphics though nothing extraordinary were done well.
And a truly engaging plot as always.
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