.. it is true, and I saw that her name was god......

Rating: 10/10 (3 November 2004)

Suffice it to say that I'm neither the first, nor will I be the last to mention or compare this to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but it makes the world easier to understand to group together certain things, and I have just the limited amount of scope or vision to fall back on such easy mnuemonic techniques. This is a beautiful film. It takes nearly all of the positive attributes of CT,HD and levels them up another notch. Along with the required complex and gravity defying (does gravity ever apply to the Chinese) choreography of the fighting and action scenes, the brilliant use of CGI (which normally drives plots instead of accentuating them), the tremendous acting by all, including the radiant Zhang Ziyi, and a wonderful plot that shifts in sequence, and perspective (Kane, no?) there a host of other little details that go almost unnoticed. Several sequences harked back to the very particular moves and actions that I remember from some of the classic kung fu movies of the 60's 70's and 80's. The colorful costuming seems vibrant and to make ever scene take on a life and importance of it's own. There is even some political lessons that apply very much to today's world. Pew. awesome. 10 out of 10. nearly flawless. shave and a haircut.