"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (5/10)

[Ender]

Okay, I'm going to take a lot of crap for this, because I know that most Schmoes loved this movie, but I just saw it for the first time, and I honestly don't see what the big deal is. Sure, it was a cool little movie, but it didn't blow me away, it didn't change the way I looked at the world, and frankly I found sort of hokey. It was fun, but it really didn't deserve the Best Picture nomination, and it certainly wasn't better than Gladiator.
Maybe I'm missing something here. Would any Schmoes care to enlighten me as to the reasons they seem to love this so much? I really would like to know what made this more than the slightly-above-average kung-fu flick that I saw it as.

[Horror whore]

I didn't like it...5/10

[neo]

well i like this movie.I would give it 9/10.I think 5/10 is a bit low!

[Zed]

The movie, even when is not the best of the century had some virtudes.

Even when I can sound like telling the obvious things, the cinematography and the art direction (because of the Oscars of course) was the best I have seen in maybe two or three years.

In my opinion it's a 9/10.

[pennywise46]

It was just a cool movie, a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the fighting scenes and the scenery gave it a unique feel. 8/10

[Mike]

This movie looks like crap, and I will never see it. I'm surprised so many people went and wasted their money on it. I feel bad for them. I really don't feel like sitting through a movie and reading the screen the whole time. If I wanted to read I'd get a book.

[Zed]

Then Mike, I think that you have not considered that some of the best movies has been done outside of Hollywood.

There are pleny excellent examples or this:
Life is Beutiful, Amores Perros, Burned by the Sun, Cinema Paradiso and all those, only in the last 10 years.......

Actually, the biggest advantage of the foreing movies is (FAR DIFFERENT FROM HOLLYWOOD) they got no money to make crap.

[Ender]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by pennywise46:
It was just a cool movie, a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the fighting scenes and the scenery gave it a unique feel. 8/10</font>

Yeah, I agree it was fun, but when I hear people talk about this movie they tend to use words like "masterpiece" and "vision". What was up with the Best Picture nomination? A fun movie is all well and good, but some people act like this is the second coming. What am I missing?

[ak]

It seems you either really liked this film or were unsure about it. Personally, it is one of the greatest films i have ever seen.

9/10

It's not a masterpiece, but it had quite an effect on me in the cinema, and not many films do that.

[This message has been edited by ak (edited 07-19-2001).]

[Alien]

I really did enjoy this flick, it somewhat bombed in Hong Kong cause of all the Kung Fu flick from all the years. I really did enjoy, I somehow compare it to Bride With White Hair cause it basically deals with the same thing(Martial Arts/Romance thang)


IMO I love Subbed movies, cause you get to see it in the origonal version and the way it's supposed to be. If people like dubbed films over Subbed, then you are just to damn lazy to read the subtitles /ubb/tongue.gif.

long time ago, I liked dubbed more then Subbed movies, but after watching a shitload of Hong Kong films over the past 3 years. I've seen the light /ubb/smile.gif

8/10 for Crouching Tigga /ubb/smile.gif

[Ebert]

It's not a masterpiece.....

but it was fun nonetheless!

Great Cinematography!

8/10

TWO THUMBS UP

[Horror whore]

I just never got into it....Bored me....

[cow]

my reasons for liking it:

i think it was Roeper that said this, or something like it: "If you take away the action you have one of the greatest love stories ever. If you take away the love story you have one of the greatest action movies ever."

I agree with him %100. I really like the parallels between the two love stories: in one they can get together but they dont (the chow yun fat and michelle yeoh one), and in the other they can't get together but they do (lo and Jen).

The action sequences in this movie are utterly fantastic. My favorite one being in the training room, and they pick and choose their weapons. The movies cinemetography is amamazing as well.

The movie is also beauiful: When they were fighting in the tress, the desert, in the jungle (where lo and jen stay), and basically anywhere else, its just BEAUtIFUL.

I also love the music.

10/10

[Dr. Movielove]

I thought it was good but not great....7/10

[The Heart Collector]

The whole "It was fun but not a masterpiece or a work of art & vision" argument can be applied to Gladiator too...