# The Great Wall - Matt Damon movie - Pretty good! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663 "2017-03-20T23:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/1 "2017-03-20T23:58:17Z")
Consider me shocked, but I finally caught this movie the other day and…it was pretty good. In fact, I really liked it. I found the opening battle to be really bad. In fact, I was about to write off the whole movie as being pretty much the crap I expected. But the quality of the movie really rose after the first big battle. Did anyone else see this? I was really surprised. Beautiful movie too. Just gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/2 "2017-03-21T00:40:02Z")
My impression of what I’ve seen (without having seen the movie) is it’s “The 13th Warrior” of 2017. And God bless Damon for immediatly standing up to the whitewashing/white savior warriors with “Yeah, I’ve completely stolen a historical role in this 11th century sci-fi film” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/3 "2017-03-21T00:56:29Z")
My impression (without having seen the film) is that Matt Damon’s role is less whitewashing/white savior than the token white guy meant to appeal to Western audiences. The movie has a Chinese director and a mostly Chinese cast. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/4 "2017-03-21T01:24:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My impression (without having seen the film) is that Matt Damon’s role is less whitewashing/white savior than the token white guy meant to appeal to Western audiences. The movie has a Chinese director and a mostly Chinese cast. I think it is a co-production between Universal and a Chinese company. Anyway, Matt Damon is the lead, but he also has a Western co-star and Willem Dafoe also stars. In the end, the Chinese characters are essential to how they win and save the day. The costumes, done by Weta Workshop, are incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/5 "2017-03-21T11:44:40Z")
It’s big and spectacular and pretty dumb. But also great fun! ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/6 "2017-03-21T19:26:29Z")
I saw it last week and totally LOVED it! Such a beautifully filmed movie. I’ve always been fascinated by the Great Wall, so really loved seeing it this way. ---
**Author:** ![pmwgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-wall-matt-damon-movie-pretty-good/782663/7 "2017-03-21T20:42:54Z")
I enjoyed the film, but is there a Chinese cut? The end credits seemed to feature people who only got a few minutes of screen time. Was there another cut (ala Looper) with more lines for the Chinese actors? Nice to see Andy Lau anyway.