Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Blu-ray]
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Movie Review: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Summary: 5 Stars
Classic movie. All of the fighting scenes were excellent, no flaws in them. People dislike the fact that they glide over buildings etc, like they are flying. Big deal its just a movie, and adds a different type of twist to the movie. The music of course, goes along with the movie, and the scenery that its filmed in is nice of course. "Michelle Yeoh" and "Ziyi Zhang" both act excellent in the movie, just with the normal acting and especially in the fighting scenes. I highly recommend this movie to ALL Kung Fu fans and for people that want a good story line in a movie. Because this movie, it does follow a story line, its not just fighting here and fighting there. So I highly recommend it, youll love the fighting scenes also.Movie Review: stupid and boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this in the theatre and tried to fall asleep becuase it was so dull. True story.Movie Review: A good movie but...
Summary: 4 Stars
As someone who doesn't frequently watch foreign movies with subtitles, I have to admit that I enjoyed the movie and that it is good. The scenery and the sets are a treat and the 3 lead actors are all good in their parts.
Now for the buts: there are some good fighting scenes but all of a sudden, the characters would fly. Everything else is realistic and believable and then we have people flying. Why? But#2: a more upbeat ending would have probably made this a better movie. But#3: The part of the young Chinese warrior is played by an actress who looks like she's 90 pounds. There are scenes where she fights off large groups of 200-250 pound men and it would have been more believable with a bigger person in this part.
It is still a good movie - however, for me, the 3 buts prevent it from being a great film.
Movie Review: Simply a work of art.
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoy Martial Arts films. I like them. They're entertaining. I will admit, however, that many of them lack a decent plotline and good acting. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", however, is not one of those films.
It is, quite simply, a work of art. A masterpiece. It's fantastic.
The plot is strong, and relatively easy to follow. The acting is superb. Chow Yun Fat is great, but I'd say the real revelation of this movie is the great Michelle Yeoh. The emotion that is found in her eyes in unreal. The entire story is right there in her face. She expresses everything so beautifully and is the ultimate heroine of this movie. She's incredible. I feel that she really carries this film. The ending is fabulous, and Yeoh couldn't have done a better job.
Zhang Ziyi is also very good, and pretty young in this film. She comes off as a bit of a brat, but she redeems herself, and the chemistry between her, Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat is excellent.
All three actors really make you feel the emotion and tension, which is important, seeing as how you're reading subtitles the entire movie.
The cinematography can't be beat. It's gorgeous. Ang Lee is a master, and he proves it in this film. The fighting in the bamboo trees is unbelievable. The way the movie is shot/edited etc. seems very artsy to me, and very beautiful.
As for the stunts, well, what can we say? Michelle Yeoh herself is a master, so already you know the stunts are going to be great. People are bouncing on rooftops, flipping off of walls, jumping through the trees, swinging huge swords around, it's unreal. The stunts are pretty jaw-dropping at times, and there's no CGI involved. It's all real action with wires and all of that. It's amazing, and honestly, even if you don't like the story, it's worth it to watch for the action and the cinematography.
Joel Siegal of Good Morning America stated that this could be one of the greatest movies ever made. Joel, I'd have to agree. All in all, probably my all-time favorite movie, and most definitely my all-time favorite martial arts flick. Great story, fabulous acting, jaw-dropping stunts, it's all there. The movie has it all. No wonder it was nominated for 10 Academy Awards(nominated for 4). It deserved it.
Movie Review: I'd best don my flame-proof coat now...
Summary: 1 Stars
Oh God, I just KNOW I'm going to get no end of abuse for this review. But hey, I gotta tell it like I see it - and I've seen Crouching Tiger and I gotta tell you - it sucks donkeys.
The Curmudgeon doesn't get sucked in by hype often, but I really was with this film. I read everywhere that it was basically the resurrection on film. So I bought it without ever seeing it. Last time I do that, then.
Now, OK - the fight sequences. This is all people EVER talk about in this film, so I guess I should give first mention to it. They are VERY impressive, without a hint of CGI rubbish or blue screen. They look fantastic - and it's a crying, pitiful shame they weren't in a movie of more worth.
Because let's face it - take away the jaw-dropping fighting scenes and what do you have? A dull, plodding tale of "honour" that's about as interesting as counting peas in a bag. And while we're on the subject, there was never any explanation as to WHY these fights were so spectacular. Ordinary village girl meets masked assassin guy, and suddenly they're running up trees and floating in the air. Did I miss something?
And how to say this without sounding racist? Hmmm.. tough call but I'll try - the director really SHOULD have tried to make the characters more distinctive. Watching "bald guy in pyjamas fighting other bald guy in pyjamas" can be a bit confusing. Not saying they all look the same or anything but hells bells - give one of them a hat or something.
Like I said, I know I'm going to catch it for this review, but it really is a perfect example of style over substance. Nice effects, but no story, character of anything else of merit make this one to see using scene select only.
Sigh - the e-mail address is at the bottom..
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