Chinese dream world "comes true"

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2001)

First, I'd like to say that I'm from Taiwan. I love this movie very much.
However, many of my friends think the movie is just ok, because there are so many similar stories written in the books which we(Chinese) have read since we can read. But we all agree that this movie virtualize those stories into the best form that you can see, you can hear and you can feel. There is always some feeling that you can't express. Movies can do that, can speak for you. That's how I feel about this movie. It represents part of our culture. Of course, we understand the beauty of it more. For those who dislike the movie, I am sorry to say that you may not like our culture. Just like some people, such as my bf, don't like Chinese food, or think they like the American-Chinese food. For those how like the movie and you see the deep part of the movie, I thank you for "trying" to understand our culture. I may not say all the culture in that movie are good. But I thank you to open your mind to us. Just like we try so hard to understand American jokes, I know it's so hard for trying.
I should say this is NOT a martial arts movie, at least not the kind what is well-known by Americans. It's the DREAM of our ancient martial arts. That's why we love it. It's our dream, not yours. The flying thing, of course, seems to be not realistic, same as that the mental power thing in "Star Wars" is so funny to me. My bf used to hope that I would like "Star Wars" and "South Park", but he failed. Now I know it's because we have different cultures. So if you dislike the movie, maybe you should realize that you can't like most of Chinese culture. It's not the kind of the martial arts you want, not the love you understand and not the life attitude you can imagine in your culture. And I am very sorry.
About the English subtitles, if you dislike this movie because you hate the subtitles, please be more patient. You should be thankful for living in such an environment where is full of the movies in your language. For us, we watch all non-Chinese movies with Chinese subtitles (EVERY SINGLE movie from American, specially there are tons of American movies made each year.). So if you want to watch this Chinese movie, accept the subtitle. You have no right to judge it if you are having problem reading the subtitle. It's a movie for Chinese and everyone is welcome to enjoy it. But it should keep its original language. We don't expect Julia Roberts "speaks" Chinese in her movie. So don't complain too much on the Chinese audio as well. It's not designed ONLY for you.
On more thing. I love Matrix very much. However, I would not compare this movie with Matrix, because they are totally different. The only same part is that they are all unrealistic in action parts.
At the end, I want to rate it 9 of 10, as a Chinese ; If I were an American, it would be 5 from not understanding it.