Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Summary: A Great Movie
Review: Much better than movies like 'A Knight's Tale', 'First Knight', or 'The 13th Warrior' stuffs. I think it is obvious. I have seen that some westerners don't admire the fight scenes and don't understand the philosophy of the movie. Like that, I, as an Asian, am not so excited about western knight tale movies in which knights fight against notorious monsters and rescue a fair lady, either. And in the light of there also existing laughably never-die macho men in western knight tale movies, I don't understand why some people laugh at the characters in C.T.H.D. because of their unbelievable fighting skills. Anyway, I think this movie is great in its special effects, storyline, acting of the actors, and philosophy.

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Summary: A great movie
Review: This is the third best movie of 2000. The only two that were better were Traffic and Almost Famous. The DVD looks great and sounds great.

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Summary: I can't believe it went to Oscar
Review: Unlike other HK movie, the script of Crouching Tiger was so poorly written there is almost no story in it. It was like watching the black and white HK kungfu movies of the 40's and 50's. Take away the cable jumping shots, you can finish the movie in properly 30 min. In other words, the movie is 90 min too long. I just can't understand how the taste of the critics could get so bad.

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Summary: This Movie had good elements but not really good overall
Review: The music was good. The scenary was nice and the fight scenes were good. But the storytline and screenplay wasn't the best. And the main character. That girl got on my nerves. I felt like I was going to go to sleep alot of times in the movie. It seemed like I was only alert when they were fighting. And then there was a 30 minute flashback. It was unnecssarily long. I recommend seeing this movie only once unless you didn't understand it the first time.

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Summary: How many ways can you say excellent
Review: What can I say about this movie that has not already been said? NOTHING. This is simply a phenomenal piece of art. Well it is as long as you watch it in the original Madarin Chinese language. The movie loses something in English with awkward phrasing and incomplete, or too complete translation. Chow Yun-Fat is amazing, he always brings such dignity and presence to his roles on screen. The action is of course brilliant as is basically everything in this movie.

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Summary: Simply wonderful
Review: The scenery is breathtaking. The acting sublime. The plot engrossing. And, the physical conflicts beautiful. We loved it! It was one of those movies that leave you wishing it were true and has you thinking about it days later.

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Summary: beautiful...
Review: I bought this on dvd before I had ever seen the movie. I must say I was rather pleased with my purchase! I had heard so much about it and have always loved chinese-themed and/or foriegn films. This just took my breath away. As you may have already read, this film is based on two warriors who are out to find both a murderer known as the Jade Fox and the lost Green Destiny Sword. There are not very many scenes with bloodshed as I thought there would be. However, it is filmed in such a way that it lets the imagination take over *I thing some of the best films are this way* The fighting scenes are more like wonderous dances *as noted in one of the interviews on the dvd*. Some people may mind the fact that the "flight" of some of the characters may seem either out of place, but I really think that it added an aspect to the film: perhaps grace is the right word to describe it. It does a great job in adding the social structure and other cultural aspects throughout each scene. I was also thrilled to see all the beautiful landscapes used. The ending itself *like many other Chinese films I've seen* left me in a sort of awe! The whole movie had an air of gentleness, yet some of the scenes (not just the fight scenes) were as powerful as many epic war movies I've scene (like Das Boot and Lawrence of Arabia). I highly recommend this movie to those who love drama and visual effects. This movie, I think, will have many things to teach Americans about China, too. Check it out! A++++

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Summary: Gripping Plot But Go Easy On The Fantasy
Review: After hearing all of the great reviews for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I decided to see it. In the beginning I was getting bored with reading all the English subtitles but as the movie progressed, I became more involved with it. The actors and actresses gave phenomenal performances and the critics were correct in extolling this great action movie. The part that didn't totally satisfy me was the fantasy parts such as walking on walls and flying through the air. I thought the cables were well hidden, but I don't think there should have been as much flying. It detracted from the movie's otherwise enjoyable sequence. This movie leaves you slightly hanging in the end but it gives you something to think about. All in all, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the perfect choice for someone who likes fantasy, fighting, and depth in a movie.

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Summary: Crouching Nonsense, Hidden Talent
Review: I am all for globalization, but this movie is a meandering mess of special effects, asian pseudophilosophy, and a dopey love story. If you want a movie with Chinese mystical superheroes and a lot of action, watch "Big Time In Little China,", which needs no dubbing, no pretentious seriousness, and has an actual plot.

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Summary: Have to be a "Kung-Fu" fan...
Review: I guess you must have to love "Kung-Fu" films... I thought that some of the fight scenes were great, but can't get over the corny bamboo scene, nor the lame rooftop to rooftop jumping (obviously didn't even try to hide the "wire" look). The story was typical "Kung-Fu" style. I realize the deeper meanings, but still didn't quite do it for me. I will say that it is probably the best "Kung-Fu" movie that I have ever seen, so I'll give it a "4". PS What do we know about kung-fu in Texas? LOL