THE FIFTH GENERATION PUNKS OUT

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are the two best known directors from China's so called Fifth Generation of filmmakers (I like that "so called", don't you?) and they both have movies out right now. For Zhang it's his Ken Takakura flick, RIDING ALONE FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES. For Chen it's THE PROMISE. What do these two movies have in common? The Chinese media (blogosphere included) is not impressed.

THE PROMISE has apparently become the most-loathed movie on Chinese blogs and here's an English translation of the most linked blog post taking its pants down and giving it a public whipping.

Dou Jiangming, the entertainment editor of Southern Metropolis Daily, has a blog post up about Zhang's RIDING ALONE that starts with his lunch and ends with another critic chiming in with a "Fuck it, word up!" Check out the English translation.

Word.

(Super Thanks to the Tireless and Never Ceasing Miracle of East South West North)