Kung fu scenes beautiful, but way too exaggerated

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2000)

Watched the movie. First reaction I had (and practically ALL the theater goers in the cinema) was that the fighting scenes were WAYYYYYY too exaggerated. Flying and swooping on the roofs, gliding across a lake the size of a football field ... geez.
But the swordplay was good though. I thought the story line was straight forward but at times pretty slow moving.
Also, the dialogue was in Mandarin as spoken by the actors themselves. To a Chinese, I thought Chow and Michelle had pretty shaky diction. hee :)
Overall, it's a curious peek into the hype that surrounds it, but not something I would watch again.