Maybe it is because my expectations were too high that I'm a tad disappointed now I've finally seen it.
Of course I understand the tongue-in-cheek mood set for this movie. Indeed this is a funny movie, with some very interesting visual effects during gun fights these visual gags resemble similar ones from Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead. But by no means this is an archetype western like I read in one review (someone wrote that this movie was some kind of lesson on how to do westerns)
In a ranking of westerns in which John Ford's The Man who Shot Liberty Valance is 10/10, Sergio Leone's Once upon a Time in the West 9/10 Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch 8/10 Tears of the Black Tiger is 5/10 or at the very most maybe 6/10. On the other hand if you don't compare it to those summits, Tears of the Black Tiger deserves 7/10. Of course we don't need to compare this movie to those masterpieces mentioned above; I've only established the unjust comparison as a guide intended to help western-buffs to have a quick and overall idea of this movie)
Regarding the actors, the over-acting, operatic style chosen it doesn't seem to work always with all the actors. Regarding the saturated colors it is nothing more than that, they're not a feat of cinematography or post-production; those colors can be achieved very easily during color timing.
The songs are quite cool and the main actress is a not only beautiful but also she can act, the same can be said of the actor who plays the main male character, he's handsome and a good actor as well.
To conclude, this is a movie I recommend to see, not only because otherwise you'll never be able to boast you have seen a Thai western which is always a strange thing to see but also because is an entertaining movie with a couple of fine touches of comedy .
Of course I understand the tongue-in-cheek mood set for this movie. Indeed this is a funny movie, with some very interesting visual effects during gun fights these visual gags resemble similar ones from Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead. But by no means this is an archetype western like I read in one review (someone wrote that this movie was some kind of lesson on how to do westerns)
In a ranking of westerns in which John Ford's The Man who Shot Liberty Valance is 10/10, Sergio Leone's Once upon a Time in the West 9/10 Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch 8/10 Tears of the Black Tiger is 5/10 or at the very most maybe 6/10. On the other hand if you don't compare it to those summits, Tears of the Black Tiger deserves 7/10. Of course we don't need to compare this movie to those masterpieces mentioned above; I've only established the unjust comparison as a guide intended to help western-buffs to have a quick and overall idea of this movie)
Regarding the actors, the over-acting, operatic style chosen it doesn't seem to work always with all the actors. Regarding the saturated colors it is nothing more than that, they're not a feat of cinematography or post-production; those colors can be achieved very easily during color timing.
The songs are quite cool and the main actress is a not only beautiful but also she can act, the same can be said of the actor who plays the main male character, he's handsome and a good actor as well.
To conclude, this is a movie I recommend to see, not only because otherwise you'll never be able to boast you have seen a Thai western which is always a strange thing to see but also because is an entertaining movie with a couple of fine touches of comedy .