Seeing this film in it's context and understanding it

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2001)

It's so so disappointing to see that people are lacking real understanding with what this film is. I was quite annoyed by the laughter that followed the first flight scene in the film.
If people really liked the Matrix and knew that the fighting was directed by the same person then did they laugh? Why was it ridiculous and 'nonsense'? Was it not ridiculous to have people flying around and avoiding bullets in The Matrix? "But it's a fantasy", they cry. Well so is Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon! It's an old Chinese folk tale. That's how they used to be and that's how it is still now. In the West, we've endured Greek mythological films, big gorilla's climbing up buildings, supermen in tights, and muscle men taking rocket armed armies with a pistol. An old Chinese fable gets told and we're laughing as if it's 'ridiculous'. It's time for those who laughed to slap themselves and realise that they are the ones being ridiculous.
The film was brilliant and true to what Chinese culture is. If you can't understand our culture - then go stick to your movies with crazy one-liners such as "I'll be back!".