The Bird People in China (1998)

Date	User	Rating
Dec 01, 2013	closedmouth	60 _20th
Didn't really work for me. I found the first half pretty annoying, with bad pratfalls and dumb jokes, and the second, more "lyrical" (ugh) half to be a bit cloying and sentimental, especially towards the end. Maybe it's because I only recently saw Aguirre, but I felt like the amazing setting wasn't utilised very well, with Miike's go-to conflict contrivance of a violent Yakuza feeling completely out of place. These complaints aside, I didn't outright hate it, but it never managed to draw me in.
Dec 02, 2012	td888	60 _58th
If you ask me to tell you what this movie is about, I don't know where to begin. It's quite difficult to place this in a certain genre or compare it with other movies. Looking at the Miike's other movies I didn't rate them high either, but somehow this got me intrigued.
Jan 29, 2012	Paxton	75 _78th
Oddly touching story. Beautifully shot too.
Oct 31, 2010	14x	95 _93rd
I love Yunnan, definetely my favorite Miike movie!
Jul 15, 2010	JooJoo	4 _55th
The epilogue, gorgeous landscape photography, and themes are something I wouldn't expect of Miike, and much appreciated. The plot and characters are just not very well thought out or executed. Shame.
Jun 11, 2009	KAH	2 _40th
The beautiful epilogue almost makes up for the uneven and unfocused first hour of this film.
May 24, 2009	Monster	75 _37th
Esse tinha potencial para ser uma obra-prima, mas infelizmente se alongou mais que o necessário, Miike falhou bisonhamente em transmitir a mensagem de inocência e com isso, a beleza do filme ficou perdida...
Dec 30, 2008	UniqueName	92 _95th
One of Miike's best.
Oct 12, 2008	JMBosch	72 _47th
A little slow-moving and drawn out. Some extraneous scenes that could be cut. Beyond that, a beautifully scenic exploration of the mixed results of modern v. ancient and similar dichotomies. A very odd and interesting entry in Takashi Miike's filmography.
Jul 08, 2008	Vandelay1	90 _97th
Great
Nov 28, 2007	Ndkchk	88 _87th
A beautiful movie.
Aug 14, 2007	Moribunny	58 _48th
Miike couldn't help but pepper even a fairly slow, lyrical drama like this with outbursts of his trademark hyper-violence. Anyway, it's a mature and interesting film, but nothing exceptional.
Aug 14, 2007	IMPERIALIST	80 _28th
Film from Takashi Miike, who's known for his shock films. This one is subdued and quite beautiful, a 180 from what he's known for. The film weaves downright myth in nicely with fantasy, and it becomes a dream.
Aug 14, 2007	x-human	93 _96th
Take out all the gore and it's still god damn Takashi Miike and this is a perfect example. One of my favorites from my main man.
Jan 17, 2007	MartinTeller	76 _58th
For the first 45 minutes, it's a sort of wacky mismatched-buddy road movie, like Midnight Run or something. But it slowly morphs into something more substantial, an interesting and heartfelt meditation on culture, progress, colonialism and living a meaningful life. It doesn't really rise above standard conventions, but it's nice.

Average Percentile 63.14% from 261 Ratings