A movie that can only be considered as a "Master Piece" by ignorant people...

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2001)

In any movie created by the east and shown to the west, where the budget is good and the acting is decent, and they have some form of "martial arts" and "surreal choreography". It is immediately taken in as an amazing movie, and even more so if the movie contains romance, sex etc.
What people do not understand is that this movie is not different to many of the movies created decades ago in the east. It's the same thing with a better budget, better cast, and of course...better computer graphics. Movies like these and the Matrix (horrible acting, horrible movie/choreography) are not impressive, they are not real, and do not contain actors, who are actually dedicated professionals skilled in their martial arts.
What they do contain is, few weeks of training, and some ropes. Therefore anyone who is exceptionally fit, can perform these "martial arts". Hence The true form is lost.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, had a sentimental story line, basically what all movies of this type of genre have failed in. In terms of Martial Arts...CRITICS PLEASE WAKE UP....movies like these have been made well in the 80's..they just werent showed in the WEST..
Therefore I DISCOURAGE, any and every MARTIAL ARTS fan from this movie. As this movie does not contain any true form of realism, but 2 weeks of training MAX, and good use of ROPES.
Honestly from a point of an avid martial arts fan, this movie is horrible, and should stay as a romantic film, not as a martial arts/action film. All I learned was how ignorant the western media is, and they better get a clue to these movies, before they start commenting.
In essence, movies like these are only imitations that just look pretty in front of the Western Media. Yes, it is probably entertaining, but certainly is not a masterpiece.
SKILL, and amazing choreography are found in movies such as: Fist Of Legend, and Kiss of The DRAGON. Both these movies contains international martial arts champions (i.e JET LI), amazing choreography, acting, and decent/creative plots.
When you watch movies like these, among many Bruce Lee movies, you will understand what real martial arts "FILMS" are about (not real life).
Thanks for reading!