During my free time, I enjoy reading and writing opinions. I am also a sports enthusiast who is int...
During my free time, I enjoy reading and writing opinions. I am also a sports enthusiast who is into aqua aerobics, swimming and yoga. I like stair climbing as well, and have climbed the OUB and UOB centres in Singapore several times.
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Lee Ang, one of my favourite directors, has combined martial art with classical story theme for his new movie, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
The story is actually based on a novel by Wang Du Lu. The main leading male actor, Chow Yun Fat, who acts as King Mongkut in Anna and the King, portrays Li Mu Bai, a legendary martial art expert. He has a Green Destiny sword which he asked Yu Shu Lien (portrayed by Michelle Yeoh) to pass on to a friend, and this sword was stolen by Jen (portrayed by Zhang Ziyi). Following that, a lot of misunderstandings and fightings arose. The rest is up to you to watch.
Yuen Wooping, the action choreographer for the movie, presents the action flicks using bamboo trees, using different camera angles and showing the flexibility of the young Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh. The actors and actresses have to run across rooftops, fly in the air with much grace, just like dancing ballet, except with weapons in their hands.
Yuen Wooping is most famous for his piece of action choregraphy in the movie, Matrix where computer animation technology is used.
In all, this combination of Lee Ang and Yuen Wooping is not to be missed.
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