1.17.2007

At the movies : Fearless

Since the dojo was closed due to weather:

Jet Li's Fearless: 3

The movie starts out trying to make the protagonist to be fairly shallow. It becomes apparent he's going to have to go through some sort of transformation in order to be a likable character. That happens when his family gets killed.

The film does not really cover any of the training that Huo Yuanjia (historically, at least) gets from his dad.

It does cover some of his more famous combats, but seems to take a little license with his famous last battle. It does not mention his battle with TB or the fact that some of the treatments for TB back then could likely have poisoned him.

All in all, not a bad flick.

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