Watch this movie as a drama, not just a martial art film

Rating: 8/10 (30 August 2005)

The English title of this movie is really hilarious. "Wo Hu Cang Long" is a slang, it actually means "a true masters (about everything, not only martial art) are pretend themselves instead of being showy." Maybe "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" sounds more "chinese" for Westerners who has a stereotyping about dragons for Chinese people.
Being an Chinese-speaking person who knows more about the culture background about this story, I have discussed this movie with many people in the United States.
I find out most of people appreciate the amazing martial arts and ignore the in-depth analyzing of this story.
If you think this story is only a story about martial art, I think i should ask you guys a question: Woule you only treat The Lord of The Rings as a fairy tale, or City of God as a disturbing film? The whole story deals with betrayal and redemption about Jiao Long's life of martial art under Chinese culture. That is all I can say for people who have never seen this movie.
If you have seen this movie once and love those amazing scenes, I recommend you to watch it again and enjoy characteristics and interactions in that movie; if you have never watched it, I think my comment will be useful for you.