Simply a beautiful film

Rating: 10/10 (24 February 2001)

When I read glowing reviews of this movie in magazines, I thought, "maybe I'll go see this" when it won the best foreign film and best director at the Globes, I thought "i really want to see this movie" then when it got 10 acadamy awards nominations i said "I must see this film."
For me the best film are the ones that transport me to another time and place. Crouching Tiger take you to ancient china, where Jen, a girl of noble blood is suffering from the classic Disney princess syndrome. Jen envys the life of her warrior friend, Lien, and longs to return to the desert and to Lo, the man she fell in love with while wrestling him for her comb. In the mean time Li Mu Bai, the legendary swordsman is searching for his stolen sword, the mythical Green Destiny which seems to cut through anything. As Lien and Mu Bai fight the criminal Jade Fox and her masked student, they defy gravity and performs moves that puts the Matrix to shame.
All the characters are well casted, and even though I couldn't understand a word they said, I could feel the emotion. And the cinamatography is gorgeous. With epic scenes, epic love and an epic story, this movie doesn't disappoint. 10 all they way, and I hope it gets many oscers.