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The Legend of the Condor Heroes
The Legend of the Condor Heroes 2008
     

I gave this a 5 star rating because casting and chemistry between the actors are important to me. Yes, there are some WTF plot-holes (e.g. how can WYHL beat QCJ? - though this gave an explanation for a problem that had bugged me for years, i.e. why didn't QCJ take YK and BXR away from the Jins). The main actors (GJ, HR, YK, MNC) look right for their roles and captured that spirit of youthful exuberance that is true to the novel but was missing from other LOCH adaptations.

The Return of the Condor Heroes
The Return of the Condor Heroes 2006
     

I must say although this has excellent cinematography, I wish he cut out all those scenes of YG and XLN (Huang "I'm a screaming ape" Xiaoming and Liu Yifei are both miscasts) staring at each other like...blankly? Somehow I find the chemistry seriously lacking. The 1983 TVB version lacked the technology effects, but the casting of Andy Lau as YG and Au Yeung Pui San as mature HR are superbly first-class and have yet to be beaten. Andy is the best ever YG and there has been no other that can match up to him.

One XLN I really liked was Mary Jean Reimer in the movie, "Little Dragon Maiden" (starring Leslie Cheung). She was exactly how I imagined XLN to be - gentle yet with that palpable streak of ruthlessness.

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