a perfect movie?

Rating: 3/10 (15 April 2001)

i went in to this movie, expecting to be stimulated by the martial arts and/or pulled in by the plot. i got neither one. this movie put me to sleep and i have a hard time believing that everyone else thought it was incredible. it put me to sleep. the plot could not have been simpler about a girl who wanted adventure so she steals a sword and runs away. the flashback sequence was incredibly slow and boring. people just kind of jump from one roof to the next without any explanation or any indication that this is not the way things usually work. the ending could not have been any less fulfilling. in the end, as opposed to sucked in or stimulated, i was just going, "wha...?" all in all, i was very disappointed.