Waste of time

A lot of fun.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Every single character in this movie is either mean or plain stupid, and utterly pathetic. If you just want cruel reality to see how miserable life can be, how life can suck EVERY MOMENT IN EVERY WAY, then Peacock is your best bet, even better than jail.. There seems to be some strong 'subtle' emotions that the director wanted to deliver, I didn't get it and I doubt people who haven't really been through the years in the movie can. Many details were painfully true to the old days (which might still be a good thing) but all things were made to go extreme pretentiously. Was the film intended only for viewers who no longer wants to taste real joy from life?? Gu may be an outstanding cinematographer, but he should stay just it.

I am 21 year old now, although I don't belong to the time in which the story of Peacock happened, I am a Chinese anyway and I know it would take place in those years and I feel glad and of course proud that someone has put it on screen at last.We are living in this world, sometimes without a clear purpose: study,work,date and love, not realizing that what we are doing now is called living because life has a magic to obsess its victims with trifles so that they seldom notice that hours,days or months has passed by. Only when we occidentally see a picture taken years ago or view a video starred by our young images,do we find out the trick of life and begin to recall the passing time. Reminiscing is pleasant both for the young and the elder. Memories,no matter sweet or bitter,are like old songs, which will never fail to touch you the moment you catch the familiar tunes.For me,Peacock is a reminder to my own childhood. Although I live in a different time, the movie does have some traces of the unchanged childhood of every Chinese. We have our dreams but we dare not talk about it with our parents, because in 9 out of 10 cases, our parents will not be impressed by our 'naive' dream and in their eyes, studying is the only way for us. In our adolescence, we boys were very curious about girls but we never had the education about sex and the only thing we were thought was that 'don't do stupid things with girls' and that was the comment about sex or about love. To some extent, Peacock remains a story which also has some truth. I don't believe in the parachute, but now I think it is only a symbol of dream.It seems a little unreal when a realism contains something romantic.However, it is a 100 percent masterpiece and I'd like to watch it again in spite of the length.

Before I went to see this movie in Lithuanian non-Hollywood film festival Kino Pavasaris, I was warned by friends, that I must prepare to watch a very depressive film from China. And I'm wondering why it didn't seem depressive to me at all. Not a comedy, I must admit, but a masterpiece about life. Maybe some people think so because of it's ending, I don't know. Kong Que or peacock is a must see Chinese drama for those, who still love cinema. And for those who still wants to be surprised by it. The only weak side of Kong Que is a story about the youngest son in a family, which isn't so impressive as the stories of his siblings. Anyway, acting, directing & cinematography is great. I hope you'll have great time watching it, as I did. But be prepared this movie is longer than 2 hours.

The director (or may be the screen writer, I don't know who to credit for) created an unusual film that is extremely real and plain yet full of drama and surprises. In the beginning of the movie, I thought it is just another typical art-house film. Slow-paced, good cinematography, weird characters, and other elements that aim to showcase the director's style. Yet as the film gradually reveals all of its wonders, I realized that the director intentionally stayed low-key to deliver a subtle message about our real daily life that otherwise would be overshadowed by anything less delicate.The story is about a family from the perspectives of its three children. It is one family yet every one of the children has a complete different experience and view of their childhood. From one person's perspective, you may believe something about the family. Yet you have to change your ideas when another perspective is shared. As you learn more and more about the family, you see that the people are just entrapped in their perspective and creating their own reality. They choose to see what they want to see and unknowingly get what they created for themselves.The director is extremely efficient. Every scene reveal much about the characters and naturally hold the story together wasting almost no time. Concurrently the movie presented both the heaviness of our daily grind and the possibility of liberation. (since we set the trap ourselves, we can liberate ourselves). So behind the masquerade of a slow-paced art-house film, the movie is really an "action-packed" or, better, "emotion-packed" discourse on human nature and our search for happiness. Only because of the refined realism in this movie, the subtle message is allowed to be expressed fully. Anything less delicate will not do.