The great white hope, matt damon, saves china in the bizarre fantasyaction film the great wall. The real reason matt damon agreed to star in the great wall by sarah szabo march 1, 2017 3. Matt damon said tuesday that his role in the new chinahollywood production the great wall was always intended to be european, responding to criticism that an asian actor should have been picked. The movie features matt damon, willem dafoe and a slate of popular chinese actors using the great wall. To close, the movie the great wall, as are many movies today, is close to action in search of a reason. Matt damon s great wall slammed as low quality by head of chinas peoples choice awards exclusive that movie became one of the worst movies in china, wang haige tells. The great wall 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The great wall official trailer 1 2017 matt damon movie starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, zhang yimou hero, house. Matt damons the great wall crumbles in epic fashion. Why the matt damon whitewashing is no big deal in china. Starring matt damon, the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the worlds most iconic structure. The great wall, funded by legendary, china film group, and universal pictures was an attempt at a joint production between chinese and american talent.
The great wall is poised to take a great fall, creating the kind of mess not seen since humpty dumpty sat on a similar structure. With the great wall, hollywood has made whitewashing. Matt damons great wall slammed as low quality by head. Matt damon made his impassioned defense of the great wall at a press conference for the film at new york comic con on saturday that i was in. Starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, zhang yimou hero, house of flying daggers, legendarys the great wall tells the.
The great wall movie with matt damon, jing tian, pedro pascal hd wallpaper for android, samsung, iphone, ipad, windows and mac. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune turns into a journey toward heroism as he joins a huge army of elite warriors to confront the unimaginable and seemingly unstoppable force. The poster says the great wall took 1,700 years to build. The great wall official trailer 1 2017 matt damon movie. When the first trailer for the monster movie the great wall dropped last summer, people had two questions.
A new trailer for the great wall just came out, starring matt damon as a member of an elite force fighting for humanity on the iconic wall in china. As for the human characters in the movie, some of the actors are at times, perhaps a tad unbelievable e. The great wall official trailer 2 2017 matt damon movie starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of. The great wall official trailer 2 2017 matt damon movie. The great wall isnt terribleyou might call it the notbad wall. Snarling digital monsters, a glowering matt damon and battalions of unfaltering chinese warriors mix it up in the great wall, a painless, overstuffed spectacle that works overtime as a testament to chinas might. The real reason matt damon was brought in to save ancient china. The real reason matt damon was brought in to save ancient. Why matt damons the great wall became a great big bomb. Fitting, then, that the film centres as much on chinas relationship with foreigners as the legend of the taotie, a group of flesheating.
Starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, zhang yimou hero, house of flying daggers, legendarys the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the worlds most iconic structure. The great wall was conceived with seemingly foolproof elements to appeal to crowds in both china and the u. Matt damons the great wall gets an epic 9minute trailer. Now, matt damons battling mystical forces in medieval china. Each new wall section built by any single ruler would take approximately ten to 20 years to construct.
The great wall director addresses matt damon whitewashing controversy the movie is the opposite of what is being suggested, zhang yimou tells ew. Hollywood and chinas terminally awkward shotgun wedding continues with the great wall, a clunky, effectsriddled blockbuster in which a humorless damon joins forces with major chinese director zhang yimou for a project that suits neither of their talents. If you go into the great wall thinking of it as the new matt damon movie, let alone the new zhang yimou movie, youre in for disappointment. We have 18 questions and answers about matt damon s great wall of china movie new, 10 comments by bryan bishop, jacob kastrenakes, russell brandom, kwame opam. This is technically accurate, since it was actually constructed as a series of several walls built separately over that time by various ruling dynasties. Academy award winner matt damon the martian, the bourne franchise leads humanitys greatest fight for survival. Fresh off the boat star constance wu criticized the casting of matt damon in the great wall, arguing that it perpetuates a stereotype that heroes are played by white men. European mercenaries searching for black powder became embroiled in the defense of the great wall of china against a horde of monstrous creatures. The fury over the whitewashed casting of an upcoming chinese epic lays bare some of hollywoods worst business impulses in. Matt damon is a great actor and so is everyone else in the movie. S a beloved chinese director zhang, a hollywood movie star damon, and a. The great wall 2017 the first attack scene youtube.
Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 24 hours to finish once started. William matt damon and tovar pedro pascal watch in shock and awe as alien creatures attack the great wall and the nameless order fights back. Matt damon has hit back at accusations of that he has participated in whitewashing through his involvement in forthcoming historical epic the great wall, a largescale hollywoodchinese coproduction. The great wall matt damon pedro pascal willem dafoe yimou zhang. The great wall movie with matt damon, jing tian, pedro. The trailer for matt damon s next film, the actionadventure blockbuster the great wall, debuted over the weekend and its already been met with an intense backlash. The great wall is a ridiculous movie about matt damon joining an army of chinese soldiers to fight off dragonlike creatures rapidly encroaching on. Starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time, zhang yimou hero, house of flying daggers, the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the worlds most iconic structure. But as a showcase for damon s considerable talents, and as a canvas for the gifted chinese director zhang yimou, this. Crane corps, in their displayed level of stress, given the severe and if real, very frightening nature of the various situations.
Matt damon stars as a mercenary who gets imprisoned in an unusual place in the first trailer for legendarys the great. The film was directed by a bigtime chinese director, zhang yimou, and starred hollywood stars matt damon and willem defoe alongside chinese film stars in an attempt to capture chinese audiences. When a mercenary warrior matt damon is imprisoned within the great wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of the world. The countrys most expensive coproduction to date is a visual treat, complete with a grizzled matt damon, but. Matt damon s the great wall is a chinese hit but a domestic miss scott mendelson senior contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own.
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