appreciation

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2001)

I am a big fan of kung-fu flicks. I have seen almost every kung-fu films and have a collection of more than 20 films. Some of them have better fight scenes, the last fight in the "Iron Monkey" being my favorite. However, none of them comes even close to CTHD in terms of quality. When I want to see them, I just fast-forward it to the "good stuff". CTHD is like "Alien" to the monster movie genre, "Blade runner" to the sci-fi genre. The fight scene on the treetops will become a classic moment, for people to discuss it 20 years from now. No director other than Ang Lee has the imagination and ability to make it so beautiful. If Tsui Hark is the director of CTHD, you will see two fighters Whoosh-hash on the treetops. To me, CTHD is the best kung-fu movie ever made.