oh...my....GOD...

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2001)

....is this movie *AWESOME!* Not just beautiful, but *pure magic*.

There are two things that just don't make sense in my head via this board...first; how come there are so many reviewer comments on this movie(unless it came out way before now). Where I live, the film just came out today. Second, this film is labeled, action, romance, adventure...but WHY NOT 'FANTASY'??? This is what the film is all about: fantasy. That's what makes so damn great.

Aside from this I'd like to say that I have not been so inspired by a film in a long time. I was crying in the end (won't reveal if it's out of sadness or happiness; I think both!)

This movie opened your imagination to a new realm of fantasy, where anything goes. If you never watch movies with subtitles, the first 15 minutes or so of the movie might worry you into thinking "oh, no..what if this gets boring". All of the sudden, you're laughing out loud, your jaw drops open quite a few times, and things get very emotional before you realize you've been able to keep up with all the action AND the subtitles.
Two notes: Chow Yun-Fat does not have quite as big a part as one might expect(the story is mainly about a young woman), though he is a central character. Also, I've never seen Michelle Yeoh in any other flick besides this one, but she seemed kind of wooden in this role.
This is already hands-down one of my all-time favourite foreign films.

See it!
-Sep