Review of The Yinyang Master

I watched Dream of eternity and I liked it but that pales by a million miles compared to THIS. Is this a masterpiece? No. But it also has a depth and complexity that was not present in the other movie. The special effects, fight scenes, acting, character exploration, story dynamics, was executed in a sophisticated coherent, but dazzling manner. This might be nothing for the Western viewers but for people accustomed to Asian and especially chinese movies/tv shows, this is huge. So if you are an Western audience who just stumbled upon this movie and is not a fan of the Onmyoji games or have any understanding of the context or the world then I suggest you steer clear of the movie and not needlessly rate it down for people who actually enjoyed it. You can be a fan of the world and still don't like it. But in that case you should have offered constructive criticism.

Instead of labeling qinggong as "chinese kungfu" and compare it to Justice league of all things. *eyeroll*

My original rating was 8.5 given the fact that I did not like how the last fight scene was way more mellow than expected when it should have been way more gruesome and rough. Seemed as if Qingming won quite easily at the end and his struggles were not highlighted more profoundly. That part of the story could have been more emotional, could have been dragged out a lot more in terms of his relationship with Bai ni and the symbolism it suggests.

But given the unfair comparison it is going through I will be unfair in my rating as well.