Last Emperor

Pros: A spectacular film and a riveting story

Cons: none for me

The Bottom Line: I'm in an Asian frame of mind!

Review: The 1987 movie, The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, contains the moving history of Pu Yi. It tells of his life and brief reign in the Forbidden City where he was the object of worship by half a million people. It won Oscars for Best ...

Pros: Bertolucci's Direction, Script, Storaro's Cinematography, Look, Sakamoto/Byrne's Score, & Cast.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor is a Grand, Enchanting Masterpiece with Great Technical Work & a Superb Cast.

Review: ***Note: The following is a review of the Director's Cut version of The Last Emperor*** After the 1976 epic film 1900, despite some acclaim, Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci was being hailed as a great, artistic director but ...

Pros: Finely told story, good acting, surprise ending

Cons: It's long and very quiet

The Bottom Line: If you are a patient viewer and like historical dramas, this is a good one.

Review: This film tells the story of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China. It is a long, quiet, detailed film, that focuses on how Pu Yi was molded to completely not fit in with the times and the needs of China. He is a virtual bank-vault of contradictions. What if ...

Pros: Stunningly beautiful film based on a true story.

Cons: May be too long for some.

The Bottom Line: This is a very, very good movie which should be seen. It is a Best Picture Winner with very good visuals and very good performances.

Review: The Last Emperor The winner of nine academy awards including best picture (1987), this is a huge beautiful colorful production filmed on location that shows the last gasp of China's royal family before the boxer rebellion and communist revolutions ...

Pros: Rich, dense, intense, utterly human

Cons: Not long enough even at 2 hours 45 minutes

Review: The Last Emperor deals with the human element of power. The focus on the main character is so total that the backdrop of historical developments, some of the more significant in the 20th century, fail to drown out the theme of the movie. The cultural...

Pros: The scenery.

Cons: The length.

Review: This movie was excellent. It is a bit slow, but worth every minute. The historical context is amazingly well done, if slightly inaccurate. The cinematography is awesome. In fact, it won many Academy Awards (back when Academy Awards meant something), in...

Pros: Costuming, attention to fact and detail.

Cons: very long, but well worth it

Review: This epic movie is an excellent library choice. With careful attention to fact and a little Hollywood glamour hand in hand with breathtaking views of the Imperial City...this film is a long watch but well worth every minute.

I found it sad...

Pros: Visually magnificent, filmed on location in China, beautiful costumes and cinematography, intriguing plot premise

Cons: Lacks only exceptional dramatic punch

The Bottom Line: This film earned an Academy Award for "Best Film" and "Best Director." Though relatively weak by such lofty standards, it is a very good film.

Review: When you're born on top, there's no place to go but down. The story of Pu Yi, told in The Last Emperor, reminds me a bit of the fate of child protégés or actors who wow the public when they're still children or adolescents. When that ...

Pros: China, 20th century. How they managed to get too much, too soon?

Cons: Western liberal view, no space for Chinese themselves to tell the story

The Bottom Line: China's wild ride through 20th century. A souless man incarnating the fate of a nation in late Modernity. What about women? Whose "China" is this, by the way?

Review: BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI's Last Emperor is a revelatory narrative on the bumpy road of China during the 20th century - from decadent empire to Japanese colony, then Communist state following the liberation and a bloody civil war. When USSR ceased to be ...

Pros: a well told story which envelops the viewer

Cons: very long with a slow plot that will lose the short attention spans.

Review: This movie based on the Hollywood version of the true story of
China's last emperor is a great movie. Great acting wraps you into
the life of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China. The movie shows you
many cultural differences between...