Good. Great, maybe. But overrated.

Rating: Null/10 (18 April 2001)

CTHD is a good, competent film. It has good special effects and a good script. The cinematography is amazing. The performances are very good. But.. why is it #9 on the top 250 list at IMDB, while "Patton" sits way back. It's a martial arts film with poetic overtones.. just because the American public is allowed a glimpse into another culture's world of film (typically too lazy to track something foreign down unless it's highly reccomended or publicly released) it doesn't make it top 10 material. CTHD is probably one of the greatest films of all time. But it's overrated. This is definitely worth seeing, but it has some flaws (a 20-minute, episodic flashback, for example) and they never really explain the whole flying thing, which has some Chinese-religious backgrounds, which may confuse viewers. The point is, this is a good, solid film. It's just not all it's cracked up to be.