China is talking about the eye-popping role from Gong Li, in the Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s latest martial-arts blockbuster ‘Curse of the Golden Flower’ these days. The movie has been nicknamed Curse of the Golden Corset by the country’s internet users by the impact of the actor’s bodice ripping-off gowns.
Curse has set up a new opening box-office record in China, and has collected approximately 96 million Yuan ($15.6 million) in the first three days of its release.
Tang Dynasty which costs $57 million features, bloody battles, ornate sets and an “eye-popping” role from Gong Li, “whose breasts are so tightly wrapped that they appear ready to pop out of her costume”, Xinhua news agency revealed on Wednesday.
Xinhua quoted internet surfer “Bond”, in a personal review.What I remember is not the fighting scenes or the acting, but the shiny white flesh,
Though the Chinese characters are different, the term ‘Golden Flower’ sounds similar to ‘Golden Corset’ in Mandarin.
‘An online video parodying Curse had cast Oscar-nominated Zhang as the principal of a breast enlargement school’, Xinhua said.
Gong defended the statement, explaining the costumes in the movie are based on the fashion of the Tang Dynasty. They show the beauty of a woman’s curves. There was no feeling of awkwardness or danger for us wearing the costumes.
First three days of the movie’s release showed positive response among the audience. How long this response would go on is unpredictable. As an ‘EYE-POPPING’ movie it will definitely do business to set another record at the box-office.
