Not wild about it

Rating: Null/10 (21 March 2005)

I came to this movie expecting that I'd really be into it. I guess all I can say is that the colors were interesting but not enough to sustain an entire movie. I guess part of it was that the false-flashback perspective the movie took made it impossible to get inside the characters' heads, which made it impossible to identify with them and thus, care.
The fight scenes really didn't do it for me, either. It seemed that in every fight, one of the characters simply strikes a pose and floats around motionless like a statue under telekinesis. I enjoyed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"'s use of the wire-suspension technology, but it seemed to have a fluidity and sincerity that this film lacked. Honestly, I would have preferred that the filmmakers drop the wires and simply let us watch a Jet Li bouncing up and around and obeying the normal laws of physics in a creative way.
Not to disparage the many people who did like the film--people take Internet criticism too personally sometimes. Just my humble two cents.