Best Film Of my 17 years of life

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2005)

***note this review was originally written when i was a happy idiot*** Poetic, Artistic, BEAUTIFUL..... this movie is.
I cant stress how wonderful this movie actually is and i particularly love the beginning "fight" sequence between Tony Leung & Jet Li and I hyphenate the word FIGHT because it is probably best described as >>poetry<< For example when both jet Li & Tony Leung actually stop "fighting" it is quickly realised that this movie is art because as they do stop. it is only in order to let a frail old man to play his Chinese instrument for to accompany the battle.... and then as the man gracefully plays his instrument with his years of delicate wisdom the fight is then carried out in pure imagination with both fighters eyes calmly closed, meters away from each others blades and then to when the instruments strings snap to the wise mans wrinkled masterful hands; the aggression of the fight resumes in reality
...... it IS beautiful