Rating: 
Summary: Excellent Dvd!
Review: Buy this for your collection. You won't be disapointed.
Rating: 
Summary: One word- Overrated
Review: A combination of impressive fight scenes, a not-that-original story, and a lot of really long, really boring periods. When I see a movie, I want to be entertained, and I'm sorry, but I'm just not entertained to learn about the intracacies of the personal battle that Chow Yun Fat's character is having, or the rest of them. And another thing, that fight in the trees? Pfffff... with all the capabilities they obviously had for action in this movie, why would you waste it on a piece of tripe like that? This movie would have been much more successful as a movie if it was about an hour shorter and, therefore, 2 times faster. If you're looking for a "work of art," plenty of "artistic" buzzwords have been attached to this one. However, if you're looking to be entertained at the movies, I would recommend any number of martial arts movies that don't slow you down with lame character development attempts or the facade that this one exhibits that it's something more than the action. Big Trouble in Little China comes to mind.
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Summary: Horrible...if you have no Imagination!!
Review: I have read several of the reviews of this movie, both the good and the bad. I understand the good, as I gave it 5 stars myself. I do not understand the bad. Those that ripped it obviously have a very Immature mindset or were unable to suspend disbelief for the sake of a great movie. The movie was Deep, moving and very very entertaining. Sure the warriors in it could fly, so what! I am quite amazed that the professional ctitics gave it such good reviews because of the fanciful nature of it all. But of course most all Martial Arts Movies are Fanciful in one way or another, in fact, all movies are fanciful with very very few exception. If movies were realistic then nobody would go and see them. We go to the movies to escape reality for a few hours and this movie does that for you brilliantly. The Acting is beyond adequate but I will not say it is Great, it is simply Very Good. The action scenes are fun and intense, not overly violent but they depict the struggle of the characters. The Plot is deep and layered but only if you choose to see the depth, fortunatly that is not necessary to enjoy the movie. The scenery is breathtaking. I do not know how much I can say that has not already been said in the reviews before me. Just that If you hated the movie then you simply did not get it. It is an action/romance/drama/fantasy movie. If you want nothing but fight scenes then get a Bruce Lee movie, you will be far more pleased. I think that for the mature mind open to fanciful expressionism then this movie will please you on all levels. If you want to see people just getting beat up, or have no interest in the fantastic do not even bother.
Rating: 
Summary: IT'S BORING!!
Review: WHAT THE!?...This is not a kung fu movie, It's just a love movie with 3 or 4 fights and too much flying...BORING!!!If you want to see some old school kung fu movies that has a lot of crazy punches and kicks and sword play with out the hollywood hype, check out:Dragon InnDuel to the DeathFists and GutsThe Shaolin Drunken MonkMystery of Chess BoxingFive Deadly VenomsReturn of the 5 Deadly Venoms
Rating:
Summary: Well maybe 4 and 1/2 stars
Review: This movie was really great, it has a really great story line, I really enjoyed the whole movie, well except the people flying through the air part. I mean I just couldnt get past it, and I think that was the only flaw in the movie. Ive only seen the dubed over version on VHS, and I cant wait to see it in the sub titles because I think you lose somthing with out them. My advice would be to rent this movie first, because its not the movie for everyone.
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Summary: Great story, contrived effects
Review: I think the reason that so many viewers who didn't like the combat scenes in this movie but can't seem to articulate is the fact that the fights in this movie are like ballet. They are like a choreographed dance and had no sense of violence whatsoever. It was more like video game violence than anything, and that's what turned me off most to the movie. This is by no stretch of the imagination a "Kung Fu flick" which is how it was marketed and how it was pitched to me by friends who loved it. What it does have going for it, though, is a sweet and compelling love story. It has two love stories, actually, and they're both beautiful and touching for different reasons. If you're looking for a good, rich, compelling story, this movie won't let you down. If you're looking for a kung-fu flick with realistic, visceral-yet-graceful violence, try a Bruce Lee flick. The combat in this movie is nothing more than a dance, which is beautiful in ways, but not what I wanted or enjoy.
Rating:
Summary: really I want to say 3 and a half stars
Review: I think like a lot of people, by the time I saw this movie it had been built up so much that disappointment was inevitable. I liked a number of things about it. I actually did like the fight scenes, and the flying didn't bother me at all; I thought it was rather lovely, really. Michelle Yeoh's dignity and grace magnified her beauty; I saw her in Tomorrow Never Dies and didn't think much of her but here she was just wonderful. So much has been made of the strong women in this movie, though, that one of the things that disappointed me was that she is so often the one to screw up and then be bailed out by Chow Yun Fat. Now, he's another of the disappointments. I loved him in Anna and the King, but he's a little flat in this.Here's the thing: it's well-acted. Many of the fight scenes are wonderful. But it's clearly supposed to be deep and moving, and for me it was neither of those things. If it hadn't been billed as a life-changing movie I probably would have liked it more, but because that's how it was talked about, I can only feel like it ultimately fails.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: My family and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie. I had
expected to be a bit bored at times - that never happened. Fast
paced and fun fantasy fighting scenes. Interesting story lines;
very good acting and exciting actors.
Rating:
Summary: Amazing Story - Unrealistic Special Effects
Review: This movie had a very good story line. However they messed it up with the special effects. I know it's a martial arts movie and they're supposed to do some unrealistic things but they usually stay somewhere near the middle between realistic and unrealistic. In this film the characters jump into the air and they continue walking through the air for great distances. In one part of the movie Fat is chasing Zhing up into these trees and they just "fly" through the branches chasing each other then they walk on the palm fronds and none of the fronds break under their weight.
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Summary: I just don't see it...
Review: Did I see the same movie as everyone else here is talking about? I don't think I did. Maybe there's something wrong with my DVD player. Because, what my DVD player showed when I popped this disc in was absolute garbage. Now, after 680 some-odd reviews, what can I hope to add???? Probably not much, but here goes nonetheless... I think Webster is going to add this as a sub-text definition to "over-rated" in the new edition of his dictionary. I swore this was a joke when it first came out. There is nothing more significant about this flick then any other kung-fu-karate-ninja-master-warrior-jeet-kune-do-tae-kwon-do-chow-fat-yun-woo-lee-hi-ya movie. In fact, watch the 7-UP commercial by the same director. It will save you 20 bucks and you'll get the same effect. Better yet, get the AKIRA jap-animation DVD and then you'll see something that, although completely non-sensical, took far greater effort to create. Even better, just get a Bruce Lee movie and call it quits. At least Bruce had talent, style, humor, wit and dignity. My theory? This is just another Academy Award created-hype flick. Last year it was the Italians with "Life is Beautiful." This year, this garbage? Who next? Mexico, I'm looking in your direction....how about a full-length feature of "Sabado Gigante"?? To even place this movie in the same sentence as "greatest," "movie," "of," "all," or, "time," does thousands of movies a horrible, horrible injustice. Seriously people, develop some taste.
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