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Release Date: 24 September, 2002 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
Temptation of a Monk Reviews
I Love This Movie!
Foreign films are soooo.... Foreign. And TOAM is not an exception. Do to the many excellent reviews already given the story has already been given away several times-so I won't feel bad if my contribution gives away the story some more. This movie is a buddhist love story. There is Violet the 19th princess who has this eccentric relationship with the hero. However, she dies. Many are tricked into thinking she returns later as the dead general's wife. Her purpose is to Tempt the monk with SEX which she does well. It's in the final scene that Violet makes her reappearance as the pony that the monk rides off on (into the sunset :) satisfying her destiny to be his companion while complementing his monkhood which she was unable to do after his conversion. Recall that the Monk was a general much given to womanizing and gaming hence he had no use for such a fierce knife. It is obvious in the scene where violet encounters the hunting generals that a relationship already existed between the Tang-y princess and the jovial general ;)
The complexity of this movie becomes evident after about the 19th viewing - This is a great movie.
temptation and restraint
this movie has got to be one of the greatest stories of all times, if you can understand it. you need to understand the asian culture in order to truly grasp what's going on as joan chen acts two roles. it has no relevance on the story, it's just this woman trying to kill the hero-the 19th princess is already dead. it is the monk being tempted which is obviously the core of the movie-where our hero has forsaken revenge for introspection. it is only after he is pushed to the furthest point of endurance where he fights back, and even then unwillingly. it is this self-control that most US viewers have a hard time comprehending, but one sees that the hero's opponent's lack of self-control is what makes him lose in the end, a modern fable this is
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