It's a piece of Art

Rating: 10/10 (9 May 2001)

I had never seen such a beautiful way to use modern techniques of film-making in order to reach art. The music, locations and clothing are according to the scene (place, time, feelings, etc) The plot, which is simple, funny, and sometimes unexpected, make a really refreshing film. The performance make a perfect match with the Old Asian Genre, which, until today, was dying.
Chow Yun Fat is brilliant in his role as Li Mu Bai, the relentless warrior who has been in war not with the enemies but with his feelings and his honor and who relent in front of a talented wanna-be-warrior in a teacher-student relationship. All the other performances are good as well.
Even though there was a lot of Visual effects aids, the fight scenes are spectacular and look like a mix with old Asian Fung Fu films, Jackie Chan, Manga and Jet Li movies with an artistic touch.
The top of the tree pursuit/fight blow-minding scene, shows feelings, smells, colors, textures and everything the characters' senses was detecting at the same time!.
In general, the final scene, the desert scene, the robbery at night scene(excellent), the water fall scene and others keep you thinking about nothing else but the film.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the perfect mix of Fantasy, Action, Love, Fight and Art. Plus, It has a great message at the end. Don't miss it!