Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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An Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language Film and the highest-grossing foreign language film in U.S. history, Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is both an homage to Hong Kong martial arts fantasies and a major reworking of the genre. Like Wong Kar-wai''s Ashes of Time, it combines exciting fight sequences with a philosophical, character-driven story that is unusually somber for a martial arts film. Hong Kong superstars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh play veteran warriors out to recover a magical sword from a mysterious newcomer (Zhang Zi Yi), while also fighting off old foe Jade Fox. With the aid of renowned director and action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Lee presents wall-climbing and flying sequences in a truly elegant fashion. For all its action movie conventions, it is ultimately a work of visual beauty an d intimate emotions. Tan Dun''s Oscar-winning musical score features lovely cell o solos by Yo-Yo Ma. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Ang Lee---Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA---2000---120 mins.

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  | bmac#1

Oh well. I finally saw a Kung Fu movie....if that's what this is. Basically, I thought it was rather silly. Yeah, the love affair(s) are somewhat moving and the fight scenes comically entertaining and it was sort of nice to see those beautiful women wield their weapons so adroitly....but it was still a comic book. And unlike Tarentino's "Django Unchained", there was no sign of a larger social or political meaning to it all. In the end, I thought it was a lot of colorful froth.

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  | bigpicture#1

Feminist and fun! Mystical fight scenes. A little philosophy. Very pretty. A martial arts film for women who may not think they'd like a martial arts film.

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