Amazing, how dreams can become reality.

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2001)

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is one of the most highly anticipated films in such an old-school, samurai-movie-lacking culture we possess in modern day America. This movie, hopefully, should open the passage ways for other timid directors to sculpt and mold their movies accordingly. Americans eat this stuff up... I should know.
Beautifully mastered fight scenes left me almost breathless seeming how similar one might duel another in a dream-like setting. No gravity-- rather, the lack thereof gravity gives the actors an almost paranormal or supernatural gift of athleticism unseen around the world today... or ever. (Sorry, Bruce... we love(d) you in 'Enter the Dragon', but you've got to step aside, for the red carpet now rolls out for the tech superstars.) And, they are so calm, so serene, so peaceful in life-or-death situations reeking of precisely intense movements.
This movie is truly captivating to one's senses. God only knows what it would have been like on an IMAX screen! (Or should I get that idea copyrighted?) ;o)
Anytime for this one,

Comm Major
PS I wonder if the Wacheowski Brothers ('The Matrix') are going to see this one....