the glowing reviews are true!

Rating: 9/10 (8 February 2001)

I am not a fan of martial arts and heavens knows I enjoy sub-text
like I enjoy trips to the dentist, but this movie will take you to places
you have never been. I think it is overall, simply the best movie I
have seen in my 36 years.
I was a serious skeptic going into the movie for the reasons I
listed above, and at the beginning of the movie I found myself
being critical of the "flying" scenes because the momentum wasn't
quite right. But by the end of the movie, I realized how petty that
was of me, given the depth and beauty of the movie as a whole. It
is not a film, it is an experience that will truly touch you.