The Butterfly

Thank you. 😊 ZYM’s style appeals to me almost hypnotically.

This is a lost Ozu film, no prints survived. Not sure how someone rated it unless they are over 100 years old and saw it in the theaters in 1932.

One of Ozu's Lost Films.

Another one of Ozu's lost films.

This is one of Ozu's lost films. No prints have survived.

This is one of Ozu's lost films.

“The whole thing reeks of a cheap and cheesy old low budget production.” My thoughts about this movie but I’m betting it had a decent budget. I watched a 1971 wuxia after this and enjoyed it so much more because the director didn’t use such wonky camera angles. Thanks for the heads up on SEL!

I started this movie because of the cast but within the first five minutes it had annoyed me so badly I was ready to toss something. I thought maybe I had missed key points by the movie's end. Even went back after I finished it to watch the first five minutes of exposition---again---but nope. (they had exposition dumps throughout the movie) Our synopsis is wrong and another one I found was wrong. Apparently, most people were confused by this movie! The waste of talent was criminal.

What are your thoughts so far on Snow Eagle Lord?

Now you have my attention! 😁

I couldn't make it through the first episode. The time traveler made me want to throw my laptop across the room. Does she die a slow terrible death by the second episode? Wasn't a fan of the fast awkward pacing. Does it get better?

Notes to myself about this movie. Big fat meh. So I get you. 😄

You and me both. Anyone over 5 years old should not be pouting.

She was only pouty during a couple of scenes with the love interest when he was treating her wound. Most of the rest of the time she was training with Donnie or fighting/fleeing. My biggest problem was her vacillating attitude and actions between love and duty. 😵

With any luck she grew enough into her own self to find a space of her own and a voice to say “no”.

Thank you for your input.

I agree! Each episode was different. Some trips pushed her into an uncomfortable area which helped her to grow and some like the little girl took her off of her designed path. Each of us may react differently according to our own life journeys. 😊

Thank you for posting! 😊

I resist the urge all the time. Still my favorite historical. It had such good performances that it ruined me for most of the ones that followed.

If anyone is nervous about watching because of the nudity tag, there is no nudity. There are a bunch of old men in a sauna with bare chest and legs, but no moons, berries, or twigs.

Thank you! 😊

I grade all these old kung fu movies on a curve but even at that this one flunked badly for me. Honestly, the last 10 minutes or so were the best parts of this movie. The karmic comeuppance was hysterical.