Amazing

Rating: Null/10 (16 December 2000)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is amazing. Even if you've heard about it and are thinking it can't possibly live up to the hype, you will be blown away. During the first fight sequence, I was so giddy with excitement over what I was witnessing on screen that I almost had to stand up and jump up and down in joy. Yeah, I know it sounds stupid, but it's true, and hopefully you'll understand when you watch the movie. Kung fu movies have always been a guilty pleasure of mine, and when you see it done so right that it can't possibly get any better... it's bliss.
-- Begin Rant -- One vent though about some of the things I've been reading; the Matrix did not, repeat, DID NOT influence ANYTHING in this movie. I really liked the Matrix, I thought it was an excellent movie, but when I left the theatre the first time I knew that it would create one huge problem that would annoy the living sh*t out of me. That problem? People will think the Matrix originated the craft of wire fighting. Get it straight people. That's like saying Battlestar Gallactica was a startlingly original and influential sci-fi movie. It's just about right being right, and credit being given correctly. -- End Rant --
Go watch the movie. Believers will rejoice, and non-believers will shut the hell up.