Visually Stunning

Rating: 9/10 (6 January 2005)

This movie was one of the most visually stimulating experiences I have ever experienced. The use of color to express the emotions felt by each character in each scene was breathtaking. In one scene, I'll call it "leaves" you are touched as the foliage changes before your eyes. It left me speechless. It was more of an experience of visual poetry than anything else. Yimou Zhang proved yet again that he has amazing vision. If you do not like martial arts films, watch it for the visual aspects, if you do, You shall be pleasantly surprised at the superb quality and the gorgeous way that they regressed to the old school way of martial arts films. Another scene that will take your breath away is the lake. The fight scene takes place across a perfectly placid body of water that is as smooth as glass... Superb.