Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD)

...don’t get me wrong. But Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is much more than that. It stars Chow Yun-Fat as Li, a rather disillusioned warrior, honour bound to avenge the murder of his Master and stave off the affections of his friend, Yu (Michelle Yeoh), a skilled fighter in her own right. When a thief enters their lives, one equipped with the ability of defying gravity (cue amazing special effects!) Li offers to hone Yu’s impetuousness. ...
...embarks on a her own journey of self-discovery. The film is beautifully choreographed, and I'm referring to both the action sequences and the emotional scenes so smoothly directed by Mr Lee. Yet ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ left me, well, really unable to put into words why I liked it so much. It was strange – it had charm – it had sword & sorcery – it had a STORY! The special effects were out of this world – ...

nipples 22.01.2001 (10.07.2001) · Read full review
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How do you start with a film like this. It's either superflously cheesey, or superbly sublime. It's a cross between The Matrix, Enter the Dragon and any Jackie Chan Movie... no i do it discredit. I shall stop and start again... It was really good. I liked it. Now i've secured a 'fairly good' rating i'll take it to pieces... First mistake: Went into the video shop and picked up the video pictured above. Handed over my hard earned cash, and wandered ...
...Usually i would have just dealt with this, but it was monday. I was brain dead and recovering from a stupid weekend. This was no good. So went back and found the one with the white(ish) cover (dubbed) thinking that this would be a 70's style, badly dubbed pawn movie style of affairs. But at leaast i didn't need to read the plot... 2nd mistake: It wasn't badly dubbed at all! In fact i was amazed at how well it was done. They're obviously all pretending ...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu zang long) is a film of great artistic and cultural significance, as for most people in the west it will be the first non westernised chinese movie to hit the cinemas, at least in my film watching lifetime. Die-hard Martial Arts nuts have had to get this on video, importing them themselves, no less. It will be very interesting to see what is made of this film by the movie going public. The Plot is:- Famous warrior ...
...decides to entrust his equally famous sword to Sir Te. While in the keeping of Sir Te the sword is stolen. Enter the baddy, Jade Fox, a notorious criminal who killed Li Mu Bai's Master. Yu Shu Lien (friend of Li Mu Bai)helps to track down the bad guys. With one or two twists. This is where all the fun starts, chases across ancient Peking rooftops, running on water, and balancing on branches no thicker than a pencil all add to the charm of this epic. ...

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Ok so not many crouching tigers and the dragon sure was well hidden but what an epic! The film is directed by Ang Lee and co-written by James Schamus and is a truly epic film of great proportions. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is so good and on so many levels as it serves as: 1) An historical epic 2) An martial-arts flick 3) A tale with fantastic fight scenes(choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping of Matrix fame) 4) A story of magic 5) A story of revenge ...
...follows the warriors Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh. These two love each other but keep their feelings to themselves and in turn deny their love. However, disaster strikes when Li Mu Bai's legendary sword, Green Destiny, is stolen Jen (Zhang Ziyi), who has been trained in by Li Mu Bai's arch-rival Jade Fox, and so the warriors must fight to recover the powerful sword. We are taken on a fantastical journey with epic battle ...

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As a self-professed Asian film addict (or enthusiast as I prefer to be called), I've seen more than my share of Chinese cinema. Ang Lee's latest and critically acclaimed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a splendid film. Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh star as two ageing warriors who can't seem to retire. Their stiff, traditional romance is juxtaposed against Zhang Zi-Yi's (playing an aristocrat's daughter, awaiting marriage) and a desert pirate's ...
...that action sequences play a large, crucial and spectacular part. Choreographed by the Matrix's Yuen Woo-Ping, they manage to be both graceful and exhilarating simultaneously. The characters punch, kick, wield blades with breath-taking skill and fly across rooftops effortlessly. While it becomes slightly irritating when they fly around for extended periods, it does add an extra dimension (literally!) to the action and puts most Hollywood combat choreography ...

jefferson 13.01.2001 (14.01.2001) · Read full review
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Before I begin the necessary praise of this film, which I warn you will be unforgivably full of such words as classic, excellent, genius, and superb, I want to put give my major concerns about this film. These concerns do not relate to the actors or acting, the storyline, even the direction. They are concerned with the one hundred percent guarantee that this film will not be seen by anywhere near the proportion of the population who would thoroughly ...
...WHY?????? It has received universal praise, and is a true masterpiece. It is a real shame that it can not be viewed by all. NUfortunately I already know the reason for its only partial release. Sadly many many people will be put off this film for grosely unfair reasons. As anyone who has seen it to explain what the film is about and why it is a modern masterpeice, and why they wont shut up about it, and they will tell you it is a martial arts flick, ...

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...in for before seeing a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon. The film was recommendended to me by my Religious Studies teacher. For A-level, we have to study Buddhism and my teacher himself is Buddhist. All he said was: 'The martial arts were fantastical, yet the message was supreme'. I sat down with popcorn in hand and was welcomed to China. The desert and the cities. The film displayed how focused and emotional fighting can be. In contrast to ...
...it took to film. That has never been one of my interests. The result however, captured not only my full attention, but also that of a silenced audience. Subtitles can sometimes put me off a film, especially if I know I'll be watching it for over an hour. Yet, the storyline was so enveloping that I forgot I was reading. Some of the time I wasn't interested in what the charcters were saying. I wanted to watch the pace of the fighting and the reactions ...

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This counts in my all-time top 5 films. It is simply divine. Directed by Ang Lee, of such previous outings as Sense and Sensibility and The Ice Storm, CTHD (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Chinese title of Wo hu zang long) is a magnificent martial arts film with a good dose of sentimentality and characterisation thrown in for good measure. The film is in the Hong Kong style of Martial arts (but utilises a gentler form of Kung Fu than the films of ...
...a new level. Previously such films have been either pure action or action-comedy. This film is much more. The plot begins with the delivery of a sword to a nobleman, and its subsequent theft by the notorious Jade Fox. Li Mu Bai (previous owner of the sword) and Shu Lien (his unrequited love) then proceed to investigate and search for the thief, and therefrom begins the most exquisite of all films. The film is in the original Cantonese, subtitled ...

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I think most of us should know the director, Lee Ang who made the film "Sense and Sensibility". He has made a latest movie, called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which is a foreign language movie. The language used in the movie is Mandarin. There are few well-known Chinese actors and actresses such as Chow Yuen Fatt (Anna and The King etc.) and Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies etc.). What I felt impressed about this movie is it is the Columbia ...
...Lee An is. This is a great movie indeed. You may have a first peep at the trailer which can be downloaded at http://www.croughingtiger.com. What is the movie about? It talked about a hero who born in the before time of China (time of which there are many heroes who knows martial arts, YES there are lots of fighting scenes in this movie), in love with a woman... I am not sure whether this movie will be (or when) released in U.K.. But what I know ...

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...to mispell names!), there is enough of a reminder of Hollywood to keep non-International fans interested. Considering I was in the dual queue for What Women Want and Crouching Tiger... I feel that the right choice was made. This is a definite Oscar winner. Another 'Il Postino'. ...

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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is NOT a kung fu movie! It is an epic comprised of three delicious Chinese myths. It has two deeply involving romance storylines. It addresses the peak of human spirit attainable through lifelong devotion, honour and discipline. It looks at the highest and darkest potential in all of us. It offers the viewer dreamlike fantasy, humour and bittersweet tragedy. At the same time, this is one of the most peacefully beautiful ...
...love of the stories. The characters are utterly spellbinding, the English subtitling of Chinese dialogue detracting absolutely nothing at all from the colour and flow. And the fighting… or is it theatre.. or dance? Who cares, it’s wonderful. You don’t have to be a kung fu fan to appreciate the choreography, which sets new standards in cinematic achievement. If you're looking for a kung-fu movie, go and see it. If you're not into ...

Ecofreak 21.03.2001 (22.03.2001) · Read full review
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu zang long) is a film of great artistic and cultural significance, as for most people in the west it will be the first non westernised chinese movie to hit the cinemas, at least in my film watching lifetime. Die-hard Martial Arts nuts have had to get this on video, importing them themselves, no less. It will be very interesting to see what is made of this film by the movie going public. The Plot is:- Famous ...
...he decides to entrust his equally famous sword to Sir Te. While in the keeping of Sir Te the sword is stolen. Enter the baddy, Jade Fox, a notorious criminal who killed Li Mu Bai's Master. Yu Shu Lien (friend of Li Mu Bai)helps to track down the bad guys. With one or two twists. This is where all the fun starts, chases across ancient Peking rooftops, running on water, and balancing on branches no thicker than a pencil all add to the charm of this ...

niallwebster 15.01.2001 (27.02.2001) · Read full review
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I wouldn’t say that I have not at one time been inspired by martial arts films…I have a particular liking for Mr. Lee (He of the Bruce) and so when this film appeared on the scene, I viewed it with mild interest, although never getting around to seeing it until my sister (in a moment of madness, I don’t know…) decided to BUY it on DVD, and insisted that I watch it. The first thing that flashed across my mind like a blinding ...
...look at the facts here: even though Martial Arts are, by rights, the invention of the Orientals and a very interesting sport too, it seems that ‘The Matrix’ cornered the limelight by the ‘I fly and kick you in thine face’ routine. So, is this what the makers of ‘Crouching’ were trying to cash in on? If so, I think that it’s a load of bollocks. The way the characters in this movie fly around only manage to ...

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I was very interested in the movie because firstly it had something to do with Martial arts.I am a fan of martial arts and right from school I always enjoyed, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Ninja movies, etc. Moreover I had seen the rushes of this movie and was interested to watch it in the big screen. Well I must say that I felt like hitting myself as I had to undergo more than two hours of Chinese torture !!! This proves that just because a movie got ...
...There are too many cheesy effects in this film. Not much great action like raw action as seen in Chan or Lee movies. It was very obvious that they copied the technology from Matrix. Matrix could be called a pioneer of fighting with threads hung to your suit so that you can be given an impression of gliding smoothly and every shot can be measured and manipulated as to show that this guy has amazing fighting powers. This method was used extensively ...

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...hidden weapon'. ( GEt it? Crouching tiger hidden dragon) Anyway, i'm not kidding. About the title of my opinion, that is. There really is a lot of flying that is done in this movie, though how the director expects the audience to swallow that is beyond me. Even the ancient,most powerful kung fu or marshall arts experts could only hang around in the air for a few seconds or so...I think, but do correct me if i'm wrong. But I digress. Despite all ...
...is pretty cool, if you get rid of any cynicism) it's actually quite an entertaining movie. Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh (of Tomorrow Never Dies fame) and upcoming Chinese actress Zhang Zi-Yi deliver their roles pretty well with special praise to the latter for an especially outstanding performance. The plot revolves around a sacred sword that belongs to Chow Yun Fat that is to be returned to him, and his enemies' efforts to steal it from it. Throw ...

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