crap

Rating: 2/10 (17 September 2009)

It is impossible to know where to start my critique. Whether it is with the fact that this movie is on the top 100 foreign films of all time or whether to start with the large amount of crap that others have written. The editorial review is absolutely beyond me. A classic Greek tragedy? Where did you get that idea? I mean, the fact that they can fly is fine, in a fantasy fiction film, anything can happen. But this film had no storyline, the acting was minimal, and the martial arts that Ang Lee tried to present was ridiculous. In trying to make an artistic masterpiece, he sacrificed the entire beauty of martial arts. Its called martial arts because when someone has mastered it, the way they fight is a wonder and beautiful to watch. For instance, when you watch Jet Li's old movies done in Chinese, one can see the beauty of it all. The way his moves flow into one another and at the same time, he kicks another person's ass. This film was simply another foreign film that was brought to America and now people who think they know about movies say, "Do you know anything about Asian cinema? Well, there's this amazing film called 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'" All of it is bs. The movie sucked and anyone who followed up this one with Ang Lee's other film "The Hulk" can see that this man needs some serious work on his editing and entire movie-making process. this was not a good film, the idea was stupid, the result was horrible. If you thought this was an amazing expression of Chinese cinema, think again. This is an insult to Chinese traditions and a step backward for Asian cinema.