True evidence that brainwashing still exists

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2001)

After reading the very favorable reviews for CROUCHING TIGER SQUATTING DOG, I went to the local theater and viewed this nightmare.
In the beginning of the movie, I started to get excited. The story started developing and I said to myself, "this is going to be good." By the end of the movie, I was saying, "what a stupid movie!" That is, I was saying this in between my laughing spurts.
This movie reminded me of 'THE PATRIOT' because it tried to make you feel bad. It tried to seem like such a tragedy when there was no tragedy at all. The Patriot was a much better movie, though. However, I'm still laughing at the last line of Gibson when he kills the British commander Tavington. Tavington said, "It appears your not the better man!" Gibson, "No, my sons were." Ha Ha Ha, I still laugh at that one. This movie CROUCHING TIGER, SQUATTING DOG has worse dialog if you can believe it.
For a little while, the special effects were cool, but quickly got old and unbelievable. When the two females were fighting in the beginning, they were jumping/flying from roof top to roof top. This was great! Couldn't have been better. But, in the middle of the film, Chow Yun-Fat and Jen were fighting and they were hovering. Give me a break! If they can hover like that, why don't they just live in the clouds or why don't they just fly when they travel? This seemed like a bad cartoon. And what was the deal with all the flash backs? This movie has a 35 minute flash back that goes no where! It ends up hurting the movie and making the ending even more stupid.
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By the end of the movie, after the hero has died to save Jen so she could be with her love because he couldn't be with his, Jen kills herself! I can't believe the cop-out! I couldn't stop laughing. This is not like Romeo and Juliet where they can't be together and love, THEY CAN! This is not a tragedy, this is a comedy!
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This is a bad movie. Make no mistake about it. People who have rated this high did not understand the movie, but didn't want to look stupid so they gave it high marks. Character development? NON EXISTENT. Very static characters. Flash forwards/backwards/sideways/squareways/slantways and any other ways you can think of will keep you laughing. I can see the writers sitting around a table when they were creating this monstrosity. First writer="Lets make a movie that is as sad as possible." Second writer="Yeah, lets kill everyone off!" Third writer="Yeah, but..but.. we need to have flying; lots of flying!" Fourth writer="..And no plot! We have a masterpiece!" This movie is a 'piece' all right.
It is a disgrace to IMDB to have this movie rated among and above such movies as 'THE GOD FATHER', 'THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION', and 'FORREST GUMP'. I hope that people will come to their senses and realize that they didn't miss anything; this movie just sucked!
Sigmond Froid="Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."