Beautiful Movie, But I Don't Like The Ending

Rating: 9/10 (21 October 2009)

First of all, the end of this review contains spoilers! Please do not read the last paragraph if you have not yet seen the movie.
That said, this movie is absolutely beautiful. Very similar in appearance to Crouching Tiger, and equally well done. Simply a great Kung Fu movie with an interesting 'moral of the story'. You will be surprised by some of the characters' decisions, but it all makes sense. You might actually have to watch it twice to fully appreciate it.
Spoilers ahead! The movie was truly amazing, but I hate the ending. No, the death is not the part that I hate. What I hate is the simultaneous chanting of about 1000 soldiers. It is just silly! I understand the reason it was done, but it just felt totally out of place to me. They could have come up with a better way to say those few lines... like having one person say it, instead of 1000 people saying the same exact thing at the same time! Anyway, other than that one small point, the movie is excellent.