{"id":22805,"date":"2016-10-26T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22805"},"modified":"2016-10-26T01:23:04","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:23:04","slug":"genghis-khan-conquers-the-moon-2015-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/26\/genghis-khan-conquers-the-moon-2015-horrible-imaginings-film-festival-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon (2015) [Horrible Imaginings Film Festival 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"genghis-khan-conquers-the-moon\"<\/a>In director Kerry Yang\u2019s epic short film, Genghis Khan meets with a Wizard as he\u2019s busy conquering the world.\u00a0 This Wizard shows him the Moon and Khan sets his sights on the unconquered \u201cland\u201d.\u00a0 Written by Steve Emmons and Kerry Yang, the film is historical sci-fi fantasy at its best.\u00a0 The characters they build and put in this crazy situation are entertaining to watch. The cast of actors chosen for the leads in this epic short are very impressive.<\/p>\n

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Genghis Khan is played with a ton of talent by acting great Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa who as usual gives a memorable performance.\u00a0 Playing the Wizard is another of acting\u2019s greats, James Wong who imbues his performance with magic and a touch of smarminess and sarcasm.\u00a0 The two of them have great chemistry and their back and forth is fantastic to watch.\u00a0 The rest of the cast also does very well, all being carefully selected for their capacities.<\/p>\n

The casting is only one thing that is carefully done by the best this short\u2019s production could find.\u00a0 The film in general looks beautiful with skilled cinematography by Noah Kistler and Guan Xi.\u00a0 The images they capture look like they belong in a much more expensive feature film.\u00a0 These stunning images are made possible by art direction by Joshua Sampson which has an incredible attention to details which shows also in the set decorations by Yong Ok Lee and costume design by Jill Paz.\u00a0 These all come together to create a believable period piece filled with magic and science-fiction.<\/p>\n

The special effects by Gene Warren III paired with the visual effects by Steve Emmons and Gene Warren III transform this film and give it that extra ooph. \u00a0These effects look like they also belong in a much more expensive sci-fi feature.\u00a0 The talent involved creates a look that is great with CGI that is not intrusive, adding to the film without being the main focus.<\/p>\n

Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon is a short of epic proportions with awesome casting and great acting.\u00a0 The film is beautifully shot with great costumes, d\u00e9cor, and effects.\u00a0 Its music is also very good, adding to the epic-ness of it all with a memorable closing piece.\u00a0 This is a sci-fi short that deserves to be seen (preferably on the big screen) and praised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In director Kerry Yang\u2019s epic short film, Genghis Khan meets with a Wizard as he\u2019s busy conquering the world.\u00a0 This Wizard shows him the Moon and Khan sets his sights on the unconquered \u201cland\u201d.\u00a0 Written by Steve Emmons and Kerry Yang, the film is historical sci-fi fantasy at its best.\u00a0 The characters they build and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[349,501,631,906,938],"class_list":["post-22805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-indie","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-fantasy","tag-indie-film","tag-martial-arts","tag-science-fiction","tag-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22807,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22805\/revisions\/22807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}