Cinematic Perfection!

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2006)

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is one of the most recent of a number of cinema treats that I regard as perfect. Sure, one could change a word here, or trim a second or two from a scene there, but to what purpose? There's just no way I can imagine substantively improving this masterpiece. Great story, great actors (male and female), and magnificent action sequences. And scenes don't come along very often that are as touching as the final one with Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh. See it on a big screen if you haven't already. See it again on a big screen if you have. Then watch the fine DVD release from Sony. My only suggestion there is to stick with the subtitled version; the dubbed audio track just doesn't work at all, in my opinion. Thank you Ang Lee and all others involved.