SilverRating

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2014)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)- Taiwan 2000 Review
This is film #2 on the film list. This movie was awesome. I hate referencing and comparing movies but this movie was what I thought of as a Matrix meets Western in Asia. The film is stunningly visual with the concepts as well as amazingly realist with the fights. If you didn't pay attention, you might have thought this be a true story of a magic sword, the story telling is that good. But once you saw people fly off rooftops or fight on a thin bamboo tree you might think differently.
This movie, from a Directing standpoint was amazing. I can only applaud Ang Lee, how does he do it. This had his fingerprints all over it too. The fight scenes had the most dramatic and beautifully capturing and captivating camera angles, but then when the movie slowed and came to a emotional or less serious scene, it was stunning his way of capturing emotion. His directing in this type of movie=second to none.
Much of the story and concept confused me until clarification. As this is the only film that is live action that I am watching with English Dub instead of subtitles. The movie had some plot holes but it was well made up for by the beautiful and emotional fight scenes.
SilverRating: 7/10