Confucius孔子

主演： 周润发　周　迅　陈建斌　陆　毅 任　泉

剧情介绍：
　　公元前六世纪，屹立数百年的周室王朝已朝不保夕，各诸侯国割据一方，为了达到称霸的目的而相互征战。这是中国历史上一个气势磅礴的时代，一个辉煌灿烂的时代。在这个时代中，有战争、有英雄，有思想、有著作……中国史称为"春秋"时代。
　　孔子名丘，字仲尼。他出身于当时一个小诸侯国--鲁国的没落贵族家庭，为社会的混乱情形而忧心忡忡，希望以他超越时代的思想和智慧来影响春秋诸国的历史进程。然而就像历史上的其他圣贤早年的经...

The movie started with Confucius visiting the ruler of the Kingdom of Lu . The ruler is impressed with how he ruled his city as people were happy with how he govern and they are contributing much to the kingdom’s coffers.

Soon he become famous , he gained disciples who follow his teachings. His disciples are well known for their intelligence, strategy and loyalty. A lot of pepole were jealous and upset with him as he’s merely a commoner and not a noble. In the end, they were able to convince the ruler to let him go.

In his exile, he and his disciples wandered and teach from state to state and eventually he became known as a scholar and educator. In the Kingdom of Wei, he met the consort of the ruler (Zhou Xun), who is interested in his teachings. However, he didn’t stay long as he thought that the way they rule will not last long.

After more than 10 years , the son of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lu asked Confucius help in the war. He sent his disciple and finally help kingdom of Lu wins the war. He continued on his journey and lost one of his best disciple as he froze to death trying to save the scrolls. He lost another disciple when the coup happened at Kingdom of Wei .  

In the end, the Prime Minister would like to apologize to Confucius for driving him away out of the kingdom. Confucius  agreed to return. He does not want to involved in politics any longer but to educate the people only.  

My review : This movie quite boring . “Confucius” leans heavily on both the production values and cultural significance to stay in the game. Putting aside fake CGIs and dodgy visuals, this is one hell of a fine-looking production . Clearly , “Confucius” isn’t anyone’s cup of tea.