Pleasure for soul and mind

Rating: 9/10 (13 February 2001)

Crouching Tiger is a strange paced movie of motion vs stillness. The contemplative nature of the film and the at times meditative atmosphere should attract even the most stressed-out white collars to the screen. It is, in a way, the kind of story telling that abruptly ceased to be when the "great" invention Television moved into our homes, took over our lives and kicked the ancient traditions of story telling out the window. Ironically, the story Crouching Tiger is told by an old projector and not grandma...
See this film, for the most beautiful action scenes ever created on film - even the Matrix can´t keep up with it (and I do believe Karate Dojos around the world will be flooded by youngsters in a couple of months), for the stunning scenery, for the genius and sensitive script, the heroic and malevolent characters and for the sake of the old cultural traditions of story telling.