Visually Amazing But Not Yimou Zhang's Best

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2006)

"Hero" is popular and commonly known as Yimou Zhang's best movie and I heard it has the biggest Chinese movie budget .. well, it is a good movie but I think the visual effects were superb but the story was So-So .. so, that's why it isn't my most favorite of Yimou Zhang's .. the acting was good, nothing special though .. I expected something from Jet Li but unfortunately he was just about the average. I prefer others of YZhang's to it such as: House of Flying Daggers, The Road Home, To Live & Not One Less.
What bugs me about is that some of the fighting scenes aren't that good but some also were amazingly perfect. I believe the passions weren't shown in the best way .. when I was watching I felt something is missing. Overall, it is a joy to watch.