Like a stage show of Peter Pan, with sub-titles

Rating: 1/10 (15 January 2001)

I didn't really want to give this movie a 1 out of 10 rating, but I feel the current rating of approximately 9 out of 10 MUST be corrected. The novelty of this movie does NOT justify such a high rating. Yes, the cinematography is great. And, OK, it's interesting to see an epic set in mainland China. BUT, I REALLY could not get over the flying samurai, or whatever you want to call them. I needed the same hookup of wires to get over the large suspension of disbelief needed to swallow such a thing. This was a MAJOR stumbling block for me. And, I know, you could be thinking it's just me, but I tell you the whole theater comically laughed every time the movie's heroes took to the clouds. And yet, when one of them needed to quickly travel to the nearest town to pick up medicine, it was imperative for them to find a horse to travel by! I'm telling you, the whole audience laughed! If it was a Jackie Chan comedy (I haven't seen one yet that has a larger unbelievable premise) I possibly could have gotten over it! But what makes the American distributors of this movie think we want to see Peter Pan with sub-titles! Save your money and go rent Shichinin No Samurai (or Rumble In The Bronx!)