Crouching psycho, Hidden baggage

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2002)

A tremendous effort of breathtaking choreography and priceless (not to mention timeless) cinematography wasted on the story of a "Brady Brat" girl who ruins everyone's lives, including her own.
I have never, and I mean never, seen this type of characteristic in Chinese offspring, noble or not, in fiction or in life. What was Ang Lee thinking? It is embarrassing.
Am I wrong?
No one was a winner in this movie. I was especially saddened by the Death of Master Li who threw his patience before swine with this girl.
Everything he knew died with him. A great loss of wisdom!
This was a tragedy!
As I said, everyone lost.
The girl,
Her nomad boyfriend,
Her parents (who lost a child),
Her governess and tutor, (who goes insane after experiencing the worst human behaviour has to offer, betrayal and ingratitude)
Master Li for his vain efforts to improve on that little psycho, despite her extreme and unwarranted paranoia.
Master Li's lover, who lost a great friend and comrade.
Why is anyone calling this movie spiritual? The only thing it does is give you a slew and behavioural characteristics to avoid lest they lead to tragedy.
Who agrees with me?
I was disapointed. After "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman", a flawless story by the way, I figured Ang Lee could do no wrong.
I was wrong.