Beautiful, but a disappointment---

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2005)

Hero (2002-D. Zhang Yimou) is gorgeous to look at but repetitive and the fighting scenes just go on and on. I even dozed off at one point. And all through were scenes and bits and pieces that seemed to be almost the same as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Zhang Ziyi is used to no purpose except she is popular right now. She is given very little to do. In fact the story is so light that we really know very little about what they are about. There was no emotional punch to the story. I know they tried but it just didn't come through.
But the cinematography and the use of color is worth seeing. I rated it 6/10