Completely disappointing and boring

Rating: 3/10 (17 January 2001)

I have watched kung-fu adventures from a very young age. I have seen the flying, punching, kicking, blocking before. I saw the trailers before going to see this film. I am a cultured person and enjoy Good Movies. Unfortunately, this is not one of them.
Being a film student, I must say this movie smacks of cliche. There was no emotional drama, no entertaining characters. I was excited to see this film, and I suppose my feelings toward it are a summation of how far I was let down. That is to say... It completely SUCKED.
Although, as far as meaningless pieces of tripe go, Crouching Tiger was not the worst. The action sequences were well played, although the flying was very cheesy. Admittedly it is apart of the genre's tradition, but that doesn't make it good. It was like watching a boring episode of a fantasy television soap opera for 2 hours.
On all levels it was pretty much lame. Characters are forgettable or even hateful, for instance Jade Fox or her protege. Scenery is nice, though the cinematography was dull and gray. Action was iffy, split between great sequences to annoying flying and slow motion. Speaking of action, there is almost none! There is minute upon minute of bad conversation, were nothing is happening and I'm squirming in my seat thinking how much money I blew, waiting for the next action scene. This is no way to feel upon viewing a movie everyone is hailing "epic". Don't believe any of these people that tell you different. This movie is a waste of film. There is nothing in this movie that I can't see by watching a kung-fu soap opera on a late-night asian channel. And I have no desire for either.