Amazing beyond words

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2003)

This is one of those films so awe-inspiring and amazing, that no rave review could do it justice. Encased by a classically mythical story of warriors and heros and lovers and witches in ancient China, Ang Lee gives us the most beautifully choreographed fight scenes ever put to film. This film has a lot to say about love and destiny and courage. It has a quiet and ambiguous ending, and rightfully so. You never thought action and fighting could be so artistic, you never thought myth could be so powerful in film form, and in the end I thought people could fly. Bravo.