Should Win Oscar Best Foreign Film this year!!

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2003)

Warning: spoilers ahead!!
Among the Oscar entries for best foreign film this year, this is really the best among them, Oscar voters should watch this film and find out, after all, they voted Crouching Tiger and the Last Emperor the best during their respective years, Hero can be ranked among these films definitely!
I rarely go to a theater to watch a movie, cause i do have a dvd player, but this movie I didn't have the patience to wait till it's release on home video, I was eager to watch it because of the Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung tandem, I love to watch them together on screen, and this movie is my favorite among their movies, followed closely by In the Mood for Love.
The Movie has it all-Suspense,Action and Romance, and it was all served well by the director, the cinematography's the best! Well acted by the Cast, and the computer generated effects are excellent too.
I'm a sucker for tragic romance, I really am sad for what happened to Broken Sword and Flying Snow, their beliefs and principles clashed that resulted to their sad demise, but their love for one another was never in question in the end...
In my opinion, the real Hero here is Broken Sword. he didn't kill the King, for a higher purpose; and he was able to convince Nameless to abandon his assassination attempt, he sacrificed his life to convince flying snow to stop her plan and showed how much he loved her by not fighting back against her when she was swordfighting him, realizing this, out of her guilt and her love for him, flying snow later joined Broken Sword in death. If Broken Sword didn't do what he did, there'll be no heroes in the movie.
Watch the movie and enjoy!!