just clearing something up...

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2001)

After reading through many of the user comments on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I noticed that a lot of negative attention has been focused on the "unrealistic" fight sequences in which the characters "fly" and appear to run up and down walls, as well as balance themselves on flimsy tree branches.
The reason that the characters' ability to do this is not explained in the movie is because it is understood in Chinese culture that kung fu is a practice in self-control, and thus at a certain point in kung fu training, warriors obtain the ability to control their weight and appear to glide through the air, much like they are flying. It is not meant to be comical or fantastical; Lee was just following the tradition and true form of kung fu in piecing together these fight scenes, and neither he nor the film should be criticized because of that.