The Myth (2007)

The Myth is one of the best Chinese Movies as well as it is also a remarkable movie in the world wide film industries. This movie brings Chines Mythology which is also one of the oldest in the world. Through this movie we easily can have a view point of Chines Mythology, their war art, martial art, painting art, social structure, social value every come in good shape in this movie. It is not only a Chinese movie rather we may say it a continental movie. A part of the plot based on Indian background. The hero Jackie Chan shows a great acting along with the heroine Kim Hee‑sun. Her beauty, her smile, her suffering, frustration, long patience everything is so transparent and vivid. Cinemaholic people mush see it. It is enjoyable and also potential in consideration of knowledge.

San wa (or the Myth) is a film that tries to be a lot of things but fails in all of them. It variously attempts to be a romance movie, an action-comedy in the vein of Jackie Chan's usual fare, a historical epic, and a sci-fi/fantasy movie. Though the script attempts to tie all of these elements together in a high-brow epic that spans history, it ends up being a completely incoherent piece of crap. Luckily, the story is bare enough for anyone with minimal logical skills to understand, so the movie's attempts at complexity fail as well.Story besides, the acting is hammy and misbegotten, and for the action/martial arts scenes you would do better to look to Jackie's earlier movies (for example Drunken Master II). Nevertheless, there are a few amusing fight scenes (which also have no real point or basis on the plot).On the plus side, there is the cinematography. The vistas and settings are impressive, and the film is crisp so you can really appreciate the vast deserts and luscious waterfalls. The ending battle takes place in a surreal yet picturesque CG world, which was interestingly enjoyable.In the end, however, you would do better to avoid this ridiculous mishmash and watch Drunken Master for the action, and the Discovery Channel for the vistas.

Jackie Chan's "The Myth" is a partial return to form. As you probably already know, the movie is for the most part split into two concurrent stories—a costume drama in ancient China and an action/comedy in the modern day, with JC playing the main role in both. I enjoyed the lighter modern day story, the action scenes in which reminded me a lot of those in "The Accidental Spy." The attempt at heavier drama in the ancient China segments, however, left me cold. I have nothing against costume action drama as a rule—but I like it not to be so dang leaden and dull. And "Crouching Tiger" this isn't. Apart from the opening scene with the runaway wagon and some brief snippets of swordplay, the costume drama fell flat. In fact, most of the time that Jackie is in that general's helmet, the movie is plain dead. But the action set pieces in the modern day segments are about as close to vintage Jackie as I think we can expect from the 50+ star (and I'd venture to say that the "glue" bit is just as good as any of his previous action/comedy pieces). I know this is heresy to say, but if "The Myth" gets an American release I hope whoever distributes it cuts out at least half of the costume drama's screen time. That part of the film should be made to strictly serve the modern story.

Great cinematography and soundtrack. The acting is superb too, and I thought the out-takes at the end were a nice touch. There were parts of the movie that resembled a David Lean production. Five languages spoken in this movie - English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and (I think) Tamil! The costume design is reminiscent of Roman Army epics which make the columns of soldiers look very majestic - but their Chinese character is also retained.The movie takes part in two time periods - the Qin Dynasty and today. We are transported from one to the other through Jackie Chan's dreams. In the Qin Dynasty he plays the part of a general whose main responsibility is to protect a Korean princess who has been sent to serve as a concubine in the Imperial Chinese Court. Things get in the way of course, and the two time periods are brought together by a weaving of mythology which involves Indian temples and underground tombs at Xian. Well worth watching - but if you are not used to the genre you may find some aspects a little far fetched.