L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties (2016)

You won't be disappointed!

Simply Perfect

I wanted to but couldn't!

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Jue Ji is having low rating because some people are arguing whether they won or not. Firstly, some might think like me that the film cut off in the middle. I also found annoying at first because I felt the movie wasn't finished yet and it's cut off in the middle until I read the book. The book itself was just like that. In the book version, it has three books. Even in the book version, it cut off in the middle. The first book doesn't have the finished point and it continues to the next one. And also it's the same with second and third books. The author Guo Jingming haven't released the fourth book yet, so, we still are cut off in the middle, stranded. Secondly, the movie is so different from the book. Guo Jingming wrote a little bit different screenplay for the film. Some scenes are entirely opposites from the ones in the book. The ability to write such two versions on the same story is quite amazing, but I'd say the book version is better. A better story which makes sense. But the movie version is also good too. But I think some didn't get the contents of this film because they haven't read the book. But for me, even I did it in reverse, I can still get what this film is all about. But I'd advise that to read the book before watching it. Finally, Jue Ji is a little bit different from the other fantasies, it has interesting stories inside. But the sad thing is that they aren't in the film. So, people are feeling this isn't a good film. But as for me, Jue Ji makes one of the best stories.

I watched this movie, because of the cast and I've found that it is extremely confusing to follow. I love the concept and ideas, however L.O.R.D should've been made into a trilogy. I wish there was more time for the story to develop. I didn't care about the characters. I was more interested in wrapping my head around this confusing narrative.This film had such a large budget, but sadly -- it went to waste, with the pointless details. The director should've reduced this movie, into a basic plot. We have seen the repetitive good verses evil story-line, and it's becoming quite tedious to watch. If a child can't understand it, there's clearly issues with the writing. It would appeal to Western audiences, because this movie looks visually stunning. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. China, you can do better than this.

A lot of people give this movie a very low rating despite its appeal. Honestly, I've seen worse movies. Just to be clear, I found it pretty awkward at first to watch because of the attempt to use realistic CGI which does look real enough at first glance but then also looks animated enough which causes the movements to be a bit stunted. You do get used to it, and I think that in the end, it worked well. The acting could definitely have been better, but I think that's just the actors themselves finding the new medium difficult to adjust to. I know multiple actors that were cast in the movie, and it's not their acting skills that fail. I do believe it's just that in the transfer of the motion capture into the final CGI product, that that's where most of the little nuances of acting were lost. The movie moves through its story really quickly, so you need to be able to keep track of many characters and many different plot directions at the same time to enjoy this movie. The plot itself was intriguing to me, but I found that the last fifteen minutes of this almost two- hour long movie is where most of the background information is explained. I've heard that there is a book to go along with this that helps to explain a lot. I did not read it, yet I understood what was going on in the movie okay. People are just used to a more straightforward plot line. I've also heard that it resembles other previous movies. I have no knowledge of these, so I don't know how much it resembles them or if it's truly plagiarism like this movie has been accused of. The ending definitely leaves off as a cliffhanger, but I don't know if there are any plans for a sequel. As of this time, I have watched this movie twice; once in Chinese with English subs, and once in English. I personally liked it better in Chinese because the dialogue matched with how the mouth moved, but if it's easier for you, the English dub isn't bad. And after watching it twice, I do appreciate it more the second time. If this movie was American, I don't think it would've gotten as much hate as it did. That being said, I am only going to give it a seven out of ten because of what I mentioned earlier in my review. I do think it's worth at least one watch, and after that then you can decide for yourself whether or not you liked it.

I kept checking IMDb for reviews for this but lo and behold, none. So that makes mine the first review. Which also makes me the first sucker to review this on IMDb, despite advance negative press for this film. Firstly I'd like to let you know that I didn't spend good money on this film but my god what a turdcrap it was. Where to begin? As can be seen from the trailers, it's overpaid and underwhelming Chinese super-stars dressed up from head to toe in CGI. I wasn't sure whether I was watching the next Final Fantasy installment, or why i was watching Final Fantasy on the big screen in 3D.The 3D ( surprise surprise) added nothing to the lack of story, and because the effects were so cheaply done ( see my final fantasy metaphor), And the acting? What from these lame-o characterless, dull, Chinese stars who are too busy looking expressionless, and assuming Japanese manga-style poses? Let's just say that the CGI made it even worse ( if that's even possible ) I have absolutely no idea, how this film got made, but from one Chinese movie fan, to another, please, don't waste your time.