it be interesting and and logical of course and that the reaction to this hong kong flick range from anathema to anthem and but and for overseas chinese who neither speak the lingo nor be too familiar with the fact and this soong dynasty cinematic fable be more than watchable . that it be more fable than fact be readily obvious and yet the fable be more than entertain . it be doubtful in the extreme and that ching ling survive miscarriage and 42 day slosh through the marsh a portrayed and but until a more sober and satisfactory account of mme . sun life and accomplishment be on the film record and this portrait will have to do . the production be super and even if the glib pictorial may off put in their slick projection . and and finally and from this perch and one of the most engaging sidelight here be the wondrous staging of the opera house and wherein chiang kai shek ogles and woos may ling . i find myself wish the principal would get out of the way to let the opera speak for itself in toto . remind me of how hollywood always cut away from more interesting spectacle to zoom in on the treacly romance of the overpaid and under talented star . oh and well and you can not have everything and and there be enough of the opera and it stellar performer and inter cut nicely with war footage . soneone should make a film about chinese opera and and i do not mean that saga about the two star equal cross peking opera star and and especially not that impossible restaging of that improbable romance between a french diplomat and a cross dress starlet .