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Summary: Not bad to be able to squeeze a novel into 2 hours
Review: I read the book (and its sequel, prequel) in Chinese. I watched the movie 7 times (in 4 visits.) I hated it the first time I saw it, learned to like it later on. The book has over a thousand pages (depending on which published version), this movie kind of address a little of its prequel. I am amazed the story can be squeezed into 2 hours. I and Ang Lee are both from Taiwan and NYU. I think he can do better next time. The screenplay is a bit off the mark. Not best picture.
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Summary: Would not have been better in english
Review: The use of chinese in this movie made it very exotic. It gave the movie a "real" feel to it. Over-dubbing the movie in english would have ruined it. This was a great movie, and Michlle Yeoh is the bomb!
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Summary: BEST MOVIE EVER!
Review: This is by far one of the most amazing films of all time! It not only has fabulous fight scenes, a wonderfully developed plot, and eye popping effects, it incorporates a tragic love story in with the use of only subtitles. Amazing movie and cannot be topped in my opinion.
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Summary: A MUST SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT DVD
Review: I enjoyed this DVD more than The Matrix and Twister. The sound is fantastic, the visuals are amazing, the charactures are unforgettable. This is not your average DVD. The Genre is a unique one for the U.S., and even my nine year old daughter and movie critic husband found it mezmerizing. This is a film you can veiw over and over again. I highly recommend a DTS digital decoder for optimum veiwing pleasure. I initially had no intention of seeing this film, it happened by a fluke. I am so glad I did because I left with a feeling of wonder and amazement I have rarely felt when leaving a movie theater. It has a mystic that fills your heart with longing and awakens the dreams of the spirit. Don't miss out on the most talked about movie of the Year. The story is one we can all relate to, regardless of the culture. It is spritually fulfilling, Humorous, provides the action we want in a feature and the most wonderous visuals I have ever seen. There is never a dull moment, and don't worry about the subtitles you hardly notice them and it adds to the ambiance of the film. After this movie you will want to fly too!
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Summary: bad bad bad
Review: People are flying, swords are flying, strength is supernatural - all these look ridiculous in a brand new Oscar winner. This is not a fairy tale, as the magical stuff is limited to flying and this is not a martial arts film (although is supposed to be) as the fighting sequences are silly. If you read this far, you may have noticed that I did not like this movie at all!
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Summary: The film style of the Future (If we're lucky)
Review: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is not your average foreign film, or for that matter your average regular film. Ang Lee conveys such an artistic and (there's no other word for it)cool film. He uses ancient mythology to narate a story not of martial arts but of art itself. The flying thorugh trees the romance and the Dialouge, though in mandarin portray why this film is truely excelent.I belived it was the best film of the year 2000 and deserved best picture. But don't take the Academy's Word on Gladiator... Gladiator is a good movie, but it's a classic hero wins, hero dies situation. Crouching Tiger is a new kind of classic, the kind that will WOW Cannes and Sundance, the kind that will make your head spin with the story and look. The wire technique is not used in a Matrix-style way, it is so much better (in my opinion) in Crouching Tiger. The way Michelle Yeoh scales the side of the wall is so profound and really takes you to this legendary world Lee has created (with help from the tales) and portrayed on film. Don't watch this movie thinking of a blockbuster, it's not (spite it's $116 Mil. or some what gross), this film is an artistic voyage that you will not regret taking. Plus the fight sequences are so sweet!!! Enjoy the film, it's all ya gotta do to have fun. Hopefully we will see more movies like this in the future, if we're lucky. Don't miss this once in a hundred, brilliant, star of a movie.
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Summary: As Good As It Gets!!!
Review: When I go to the movies , or when I put a DVD or video in, my first intention is to be entertained. After all,isn't that why we go to the movies? But when the movie can remove you from the everyday grind and leave you with an elated awe of the human spirit, then that's when I put the movie on my "to buy list". This movie doesn't need digital enhancements (although it didn't hurt) to make it a great story...The movie speaks for itself. I'm not a movie critic, but I am a professional entertaier. At the end of the night when I have people asking me for more, I know I've done something right...I made people forget about the day by having a good time. I was a brief and pleasant deviation from their lives. That's what the movie did for me. Chop - sockie flicks have always had a great series of new and inovative moves combining the skills from such styles as Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Ju Jitsu ect...But they've always fallen short of great acting -until now; and I think that's what turned me on to the film. Yes it is a love story, and a true work of art considering it's cast of characters. You couldn't ask for better acting...That was best and biggest surprise of all. The martial arts sequences were just an added bonus. Buy this movie, and remove yourself from the daily grind. But most of all buy this movie because it remimnds us that love is truely alive in all of us, and that it does over come all obsticles. You don't need a movie critic to tell you that!
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Summary: Awesome foreign Flick
Review: If you like romance, cool kung-fu action, and like the old style kung-fu type flick, I would recommend this movie. Some action sequences seem cartoon like, but overall a dvd to definitly add to your collection. Nice love story. Chow Yun Fat is cool and plays his character's row very good.
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Summary: The Best Movie of Anyone's Lifetime
Review: I have never experienced a movie as wonderful as this. It is funny, but there is so much action going on, that you honestly don't realize that you are reading subtitles. You just get sucked in. For anyone that hasn't seen it-you are missing out on something beautiful. No one can explain it to you- you just have to see it for yourself. So stop reading this and go watch it already!!!!
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Summary: Li Mu Bai and the Green Destiny
Review: Movie Summary: Sword master Li Mu Bai is ready to retire and be with the love of his life. But a stolen sword and a strange bandit delay his retirement. My Opinion: This is not a classical Hong Kong Kung Fu movie where everything centers around a number of fight scenes. This movie has in depth characters, multiple plot lines, good acting and direction. It is an epic love story about two couples. The martial arts fit into the story seamlessly. Thet are not the reason for the story, they are just part of it. I am a fan of the cheesy dubbed in Black Belt theater movie and CTHD is heads above those. DVD Quality: It's anamorphic yeah! There are plenty of extras and an English language track that I found to be better than the subtitles (they said different things!!!). What You Should Do: See it no matter what. Even people who are not fans of this genre will enjoy this movie. Buy it if you are a Martial Arts or action movie fan.
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