Good? Yeah. Overrated? Definitely.

Rating: Null/10 (3 February 2002)

Somehow i just don't get all of the hype. What's the deal? I mean, sure it's a beautiful movie and the fight scenes are some of the best that i have ever seen...but honestly, did it deserve to be nominated for Best Picture? Does it deserve to be so high up on the imdb Top 250? To both of these, i say, NO! The story was not quite as deep as everyone said it was, and it just wondered aimlessly for a long time. I wasn't quite as enthralled as i thought i was supposed to be. I wonder if some of the people who treat this movie as the second coming just want to feel hip and cool for liking a foreign flick.
But yeah, it's a good movie. I give it a 7...maybe i'm not seeing something that you are.