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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: Sequel to Painted Skin (2008). Five hundred years have passed since the fox demon Xiaowei was imprisoned in the original film. The bird demon Quer helped Xiaowei escape, and travels with her. Xiaowei has a habit of eating the hearts of human men whom she had seduced. She does this to regenerate the pleasing side of her visible form.Xiaowei rather disliked the time in the frost prison, and looks for a change to her life. She encounters Princess Jing and Huo Xin, the warrior who was entrusted to guard Jing. However, Jing's face was disfigured on Huo Xin's watch. He blames himself for this; Jing had a golden mask made to cover it.Delineation of conflicts: Xiawei comes to like Jing and Xin. She sees a process to become mortal, but it involves bringing harm to Jing and Xin. Jing would like her own beauty restored, but the cost might be steep indeed. The Tian Lang state would like to make inroads in Jing's kingdom; Jing and company would rather that not happen. Tian Lang's true motives are darker.Resolution: One might guess how the film's climax comes to pass, but difficult choices are involved. Are the principal characters up to it?

I could not pretend to summarize or understand it's many meanings. The story is consistent but tricky to follow imho. The topic of demons is quite strong and interwoven throughout the plot. If you liked Total Recall you could suspend your rational mind enough to enjoy the acting, story, visuals. It's not heavy on the fighting and it's a spectacle all on it's own. The story starts immediately so pay attention right from the start. I didn't care for the logo double treatment deal. There's a high number of these creative kung fu action films that go beyond Hollywood is so many ways. It's inspiring but I'm guessing not many people see them. I watch them because they are so different yet amazing.

After the stimulating first of this series , production-cost-time-spent-wise , and the attracted-to because of, but absurd special-effect driven looks of it, much of the audience while potentially just as easily satisfied with this one, probably didn't notice its ruining feature - a scene very unrealistic for one of the main characters , the inheritor-Princess main character.While the first had more incapability , this is too theatrical and pointless , there being no reason to have the in-a-different-life souls in such positions of power ... i was momentarily reminded of the female rogue from Kokkorro or however you spell it from the first painted skin , but the male & female leads in this were with less of their own emotions, and instead , the difficulties of portraying 2nd-life/reincarnation parallels/similarities has been avoided somewhat by their reasons not needing to be their own - their decisions can be ones of EXPECTATION, of their positions ... yawwwwn ... somebody extract the Daishi from the writer/editor's A** Reno 911 style please !Yet another vain continuum of over-confidence of the effect/s of demon art / mythology/whatever. Japanaese-Demon-fear guff Sorry, Urban-princesses out there , but as far as this prince is concerned , if you'd really think the princess character would abandon what she did in this movie just for the sake of dramatic-sentimentality and emotional excercise , i wont say what , then you're not the kind of princess for this puppy !Emotions are for feeling about things in the REAL world , not inflated floating-dreams already popped and rotting.Just ask a abandoned Polynesian who's BOAT , not ROOF-hat, didn't get the latest upgrade. Swish Swish Swish, miss miss miss , Chinese? production team ... aim a bit better when aiming for their Houses-your-enemy.LEARN, from that episode of Reno.Different reason for having one up there , but it needs to be extracted nevertheless...mmmm, Corn dog!

I came across this flick because it was sold new on 3D for only 5 Euro's and not having any problems with Asian flicks and liking the story I was eager to watch it. I'm glad I did because I liked it.I knew from before that this was going to be a pure Chinese flick, in which I mean acting, story and score. That said that means that a lot of fantasy geeks will leave this for what it is because they can't catch up with the Chinese/Asian feeling.The CGI used was also a problem for many but again I didn't had any trouble with it. I agree that some CGI really looked cheap but it fits perfectly in this slow moving love story. But the fight scene's make it watchable and the erotic feeling between the princess and the demon in the bath also makes it watchable. There's no nudity to spot but the scene does give it an lesbian, erotic touch. Not only that, the acting also is sublime what makes this more watchable. But at the end, if you can't understand Asian horror or fantasy then leave this for what it is but if you are open minded for some melodrama then this is your stuff, no go eat those azaleas...Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3,5/5 Comedy 0/5