The Myth (2005)
5/10
REALLY lots of mistakes in history field....
24 October 2005
Firstly I should say that the costume is really ridiculous. What the soldiers wore in Chin Dynasty has nothing to do with what we saw in the film. The armors and helmets looks rather ancient Roman than Chinese.(especially the helmet and the god damn feather on it.As I know,none of the dynasties in China's history ever developed a taste like the feather-on-the-helmet thing) Then comes the Korean princess.The nation of Korea came into being years after the perish of Chin,so what's the princess doing in a time long before her born.

I don't know if any of you noticed that at the Korean troops at the beginning of the movie is wield katanas, which are typical Japanese weapons came into being around the time of Tang Dynasty of China(that's a whole lot of years after Chin) At a scene Jacky told the Korean princess that Xianyang (the capital of Chin) is right past the Greatwall. Truth is that the Greatwall is near Beijing,and Xianyang is right by the side of Xi'an(where I'm living at the moment).Man that's thousands of miles away! And such mistakes run all through the movie.I know as a movie it is entertaining, but as a history-based movie it sucks a little...
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