A true martial arts masterpiece!

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2001)

I heard Ang Lee was encouraged by his mother and sisters to make this movie. And what an outstanding job he did! In Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the storyline is set in the 18th century China. A sword gets stolen by an the evil Jade Fox, who's training a revolutionary princess who's destiny is to become a warrior. Along the way, the princess fights everyone who stands in her way and even gets a boyfriend. And her family struggles to bring her back.
Michelle Yeoh's performance was exceptional, and I salute the young actress who played the princess, I forget her name and I hope we can see her in more movies in the near future. (So, move over, Britney Spears!) I think every actor and actress did a great job in this movie. I also loved the spectacular special effects, and there's a lot of wire-woo that this defies the law of gravity, in a good way.
I was totally angered at the fact that lame FOX sitcom "Grounded for Life" had to parody this movie, that was one of the biggest insults to this movie I have ever seen. Also, I think this is a good movie to show to young girls, to teach them that leading female counterparts and girls and women in real life too are not all damsels-in-distress and shreiking violets waiting for their prince to come.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon deserved the Oscar. Though it did win some awards, though. And a movie like this doesn't deserve to be ridiculed. This is a movie every female should see. Want to see real girl power in action? CTHD is the movie to watch! So rent it today!