An empress and warriors

An empress and the warriors

This action movie was release in 2008AS an R rated movie, with duration of 1 hour and 39 minutes. The director was Ching Siu Tung and the main stars were Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen,and  Leon Lai. The movie was produced in Hong Kong under an emerging warring period or era.

How people interact with one another?
The Asian society interacts with one another with respect. The people in Asia respect each other to the point that respect is a normal way of life and a powerful sign showing the relationship as a loyal member, within a rank, among family members, within a friendship, or within the government. The respect in Asia is the equivalent of respect within a well organized Army.

Similarities between the Asian and my own culture.The similarities between the Asian and the American society are very few. In fact what I did find was much dissimilarity between both of our cultures; we have different language, customs, way of dressing, currency, food, religion and government to name a few. However, in the movie, there are some similarities between the Chinese society and the European society of that time. You could see that the folklore or legend from the warriors’ time in China is similar to the medieval time in Europe. Some of the similarities are: the princess and the man in the woods in china with the princess and Robin Hood in Europe, the bows, the arrows, the ambushes, the fight atop floating logs.etc. The level of violence is much higher in the movie that in the Robin Hood movies.

What did you learn about the culture by watching the movie?The movie is giving the false representation that the Asian culture is a violent culture. However, the movie also presents that fact that our cultures are totally different and that we have to learn a lot from them.  The Asian society is an ancient civilization in where their history and culture is rich. I mainly learned that we are totally different and that we do not know how they are. Their wisdom within their society is immense.

Would you like to visit their country or meet their people?I do know that I don’t know much about the Asian culture. I do know it is a rich culture that has a lot to show. If I have the money, I would love to travel to the Asian countries, mainly to mainland China and Taiwan to meet their people and learn their culture. However, I do know that I would not be able to learn their language.