A little too much violin for me.

Rating: 5/10 (10 May 2005)

Sure, visually stunning. Sure, great story. Sure good acting. Maybe I'm a little biased because I have been watching Martial Arts movies since I was about 12 (in my early forties now), but even though I liked "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the overused violin during the fight scenes is something I just can't get into. I find it makes those scenes, in particular, really boring. I do like the trend of using subtitles instead of dubbing in English. Some of the voices used in some of the earlier Martial Arts movies were just awful. As long as there isn't a tremendous amount of dialogue to distract me from watching the movie, reading subtitles is the way to go.