Way over-rated

Rating: 4/10 (15 February 2001)

Predictable when it wasn't bizarre. The floating and flying were too much, even if it were a cartoon. None of the characters were real. The scenes in the desert were plunked down in the middle of the film. This was the only real character development in the film, and it lasted too long and it happened too abruptly, and it wasn't particularly good or even necessary. There wasn't enough focus on the relationship between Li Mu Bai and Shu Lien. Not a particularly good film, but plenty of people may be self-impressed because they saw a foreign film and maybe some people think non-stop miraculous feats make a good movie.