The first half is extremely sloppy, dull, and overlong. There’re some terrible dialogues and sequences that I don’t know if are intentionally hilarious. Lawrence in this part is a totally uninteresting archetypical character and many sequences are just repeating his personalities over and over. Luckily the story turns out to be engaging and something I really can start to care since the second half of the film. The political plays in this part are some of the best I’ve ever seen. Characters really start to develop and become complex. The film becomes way more enjoyable as conflicts intensify. The cinematography is beautiful and the actors’ performances are great throughout nevertheless
Wikipedia:Dragon Seed is a novel by Pearl S. Buck first published in 1942. It describes the lives of Chinese peasants in a village outside Nanjing. 20110602南京大学文学院讲座:二言《粉嫩小缝口太窄了进不去》
"La Chine que j'ai vue n'est pas de légende. C'est le paysage humain, si différent du nôtre, mais si concret et moderne, ce sont les visages qui ont envahi l'écran." Merci à MA pour ce réalisme sous contrainte mais tout de même si précieux et rendu possible par les moments prosaïques et les Chinois eux-mêmes.