so i can admit when i:m wrong. and i was wrong about zhang ziyi.
the first time i really heard about this chinese actress was back in the summer just before senior year in high school. i went to see Rush Hour 2 with the guy that i liked (who didn:t at the time know that i liked him), and the whole movie he just went on and on and on about her... to the point where i just hated her simply because he was obsessing over her. that and the fact that she didnt smile the whole movie truly irked me. i find it very unattractive when people never smile. hence, i had issues finding her as "hot" as my friend did.
over the years, i:ve watched a handful of her films. she was still kind of annoying in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but then again, her role was the young naive girl.
despite seeing so many of her movies, i still disliked her. that is, until i saw House of Flying Daggers. OMG what a good movie. i was duly impressed by her acting, and would almost dare to say, started to respect her.
and then this past weekend i finally saw Memoirs of a Geisha. i:ve been torn over this movie since i first heard she was being casted in it. i LOVED the book, but totally DISLIKED who was playing the main character, if you catch my drift.
at any rate, this was the final straw. i have been defeated. she is a good actress. and damn, props to her english accent. i was extremely impressed by how well she could pronounce English words. i didn:t even really detect an underlying chinese accent. that:s talent.
what i guess i:m trying to get at is, i know a lot of the time, i tend to be stubborn, and that i stick with what i know and what i believe pretty firmly. but that:s not to say i:m never persuaded differently. i can admit when i:m wrong.
zhang ziyi, you have my seal of approval. now folks, go watch Memoirs of a Geisha.
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I refuse.
And btw, I didn't think she was that good in HoFD. She was constantly looking at the dude. I was like, you're a terrible "blind person" actress.
And again, I still have no need to see MoG.
like my use of acronyms?! They're awesome.
ummm she definitely DOES have a chinese accent.
and house of flying daggers was a disappointing movie!! i kept waiting for a huge battle but then everybody just died in this messy love triangle.
i didn't think she was that good in memoirs of a geisha. she's pretty good in the banquet but that's because she's playing the type of character she's best at -- screaming angry evil person
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