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Summary: Great movie!!
Review: I couldn't tell from Taiwanese Chinese to mainland Chinese but this is a pretty cool movie with excellent fighting sequences. The flying parts are a bit far-fetched but that is why this is a movie. The drama parts can be shortened but I guess Ang Lee wanted to make this more than just a martial art flick. Not too many of my friends understood the ending, I only accepted it as the way of ... Chinese Bushido. All in all, it's a good movie, despite of the hype. I get the DVD so I can understand the dialogues, subtitles just made me missed lots of scenes.
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Summary: Visual poetry, a quiet romance, and martial arts action!
Review: This film sparkles with the brilliance of a precious gem, and its appearance on the DVD racks will be a delight of millions. "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" benefits from many talents, not the least of which is an expert director, Ang Lee, the excellence of acting veterans, Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun-Fat, and the brazen acting debut by Chinese film newcomer, Zhang Zi Yi. All elements of this film flow together like a fine stew. Drop a dash of Chinese mythology, a sprinkling of martial arts mayhem, and a heaping helping of, possibly, the most beautiful landscapes and images put to film, and you cannot help but like this movie. I know I am not alone in saying that "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" was robbed at the 2001 Academy Awards. This truly was the Best Picture of the Year.
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Summary: An All Time Masterpiece
Review: The movie is a masterpiece and has earned worldwide compliment. The most critical part for Chinese speakers is that Chow (as Li Mu-Bai) and Yeon (as Yu Shiu-Lien) are not speaking good Mandarin. I would like to see this point in a humorous way: the movie is winner of best foreign film. It explains all: it is a best foreign film for Chinese and non-Chinese speakers. It is important to accept this point of view, because from 12th century there are people moving in the big territory, it is not possible that everyone speaks good Peking accent, even in the capital, people from all provinces and merchants traveling on silk roads. The Ching Dynasty was established by Manchu, the race has dialect and writing system from northeast China. If we have more understanding on the background, it will be much easier to accept the film as a foreign film in stead of a Chinese language film. What does Chinese language film mean? Crunching Tiger Hidden Dragon was directed by Taiwanese Ang Lee; performed by Chow (HK), Yeon (Malaysia), Zang Ziyi (as Jen, from China), and Chang Chen (as Lo, from Taiwan); photographed and designed by the best art professionals from HK; music composed by Tan Dun, from China and now in US; music played by Yoyo Ma; film published by Sony Classic (Japanese owned, registered in US). In the Academy nomination list, this is a Taiwan film, but in my opinion it is a global work. If we see things this way, we will not be limited by the language. The movie is a masterpiece in both art achievement and commercial success. It shows the Kung-Fu that we Chinese has never seen, brings the magnificent landscape to every theater around the world, and replaces my painful memory of 19th century China with the extraordinary beauty and wonder that is possibly never exists in human history. My suggestion is: take it easy, and relax to enjoy a movie, it¡¦s just a movie, not a literature work that you need to sit straight and read between the lines. Remember when Jen escaped from Lo¡¦s cave and lost in the desert and felt asleep, when she woke up, she is in the cave again. Everybody in theater laughs, but the whole scene has no dialog. This is the charming and attraction of movies, and it is the reason why it breaks down and barrier of language and race to be one of the most influential media today.
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Summary: Fantasy, remember that...
Review: Ang Lee does what few before dared. A near perfect melding of martial arts fantasy action and classic romance. Or at least classic in a Chinese sense. All with a well crafted story and a slight sense of humour. Perhaps some will only want to have the martial arts, for them, the love stories will bore... To those who find wire-work martial arts action to be silly, this might be too much. The most important thing to remember is that this is a fantasy! All films are best compared to movies in their own genre and there can be no doubt this a five-star movie in that respect. So watch and have fun.
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Summary: A Must See!
Review: Everything you could possibly want in a great action/romance (even a touch of fantacy) is in this film. The musical score is the icing on this masterpiece. The characters are wonderful and the subtitles didn't even bother me. I am going to purchase this movie for my collection.
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Summary: Nice Fantasy Movie
Review: Inspite of all the hypes, I found the movie pretty good, if you can follow the movie with subtitles. Frankly, I missed most of the dramatic momments from reading the subtitles. I bought the DVD because of the English tracks. I hope it'll be better than the subtitles, they missed a lot of the conversations. The fighting sequences are superbly excellent, except for the flying parts... they are so phony. They remind viewers of the Kryptonians battles on Earth in Superman II. The drama parts are good between the hero, Li Mui Bai. I wished they'd focused less on the prodigy, even if she's cute. If you're looking for a fantasy martial art movie, this is the one!! Otherwise, buy the Matrix.
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Summary: Great movie, I love subtitles!!
Review: Hi, just wanted to say that this was a stellar movie, and it was even better because it had sub-titles instead of dubbing I guess people who don't like subtitles just can't read and pay attention to the film at the same time.
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Summary: An Unexplainably Awesome Movie!!!!!
Review: I can't believe how good this movie is. When I saw it, i was totally amazed at how awesome it was!!! everything is perfect. The fighting is amazing, and so is the story! This is a need to see movie! Get it when it comes out! I Will!!
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Summary: Buy Gladiator instead...
Review: I saw this in an "artsy" theater during the height of its popularity-- it received a standing ovation. As was the case with many of the people preordering this [movie], many of those people are members of a generation raised on "hype" and bred to enjoy whatever the fad of the moment is. As cinema, the movie is flat. As an action flick, this film is dull. As an "artsy" film, this movie is superficial and empty. From the first... flight scene to the last ridiculous scene (won't spoil it for you, but it didn't fit the movie at all)... I love the way the film tries at the final few moments to play itself as a love story across class barriers! "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" does not even compare to other Asian films--- anyone who preorders this is a follower of the trends! This movie wasn't good the first time, and I couldn't imagine watching it again---... because this movie is not even entertaining. Dull flick...!
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Summary: Beautiful, A Masterpiece.
Review: This film paints such a vivid spectrum of colour, such a wonderful storyline and has such a beautiful, in-tune script, that it was the only film at the Oscars truly fitting the word 'picture' and therefore it is certainly the film to deserve the award of 'Best Picture'. Blending traditional Chinese martial arts, an intricate storyline, romance, character connection and the features that make what many call an 'artsy' film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is much much more than just a martial arts movie. For a martial arts movie its compassion is something unreached, its beauty is unmatched and its depth is unheard of. For never before has a film appealed to the masses in such a way, to those wanting simple pow-pow martial arts and those looking for philosophical, inner depth. And for those who love both it is a dream. The storyline is action-packed, the cinematics are untouchable. For someone not to have seen this film is pretty amazing. But they have to. It's wonderful.
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