Hero

Hero is a very deep and meaningful film.  There are so many colors in this film and many of them correspond with the mood of the story that is being told at the time. There is a bit of confusion because it is hard to tell what is real and what is fake. However, Nameless tells a false story to the King of Qin and the King recognizes that it is not the truth. The King and Nameless bounce back and forth telling what they think, through this the viewer learns the truth.

 

This film has so many meanings and so many local, national, and global issues through out it. The main global issue is about war. There is use of very old war tactics however the war is for unity. The King of Qin wishes to unite all four kingdoms of China. My favorite part of the film was when King of Qin said that it was too confusing to have so many characters for one word; there is no way everyone can communicate like that. I thought this was very important and very relevant to today’s world. Are wars happening just because of miscommunication? I think that it was a great thing that King of Qin united the Middle Kingdom and helped to unify the Chinese language. Another local, national, and global issue is love. The love story in this particular film is sort of hidden until the end. There is a saying that goes something along the lines of, “you never know what you’re missing until its gone.” This must have been exactly the way Snow felt at the end of this film and helped to lead to her death.

 

All in all this turned out to be a very deep and interesting film that I really enjoyed. I wasn’t too sure if I would enjoy it after the first few scenes, but it definitely picked up and turned out to be very pleasurable.