Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (DVD)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Film is about two Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) who battle against evil forces to recover their stolen sword, the legendary Green Destiny. (The Film won two Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, and four Academy Awards) Special Features 'Unleashing the Dragons' - Making Of Documentary (18:52) Interview With Michelle Yeoh (13:48) Feature Length Commentary by Ang Lee (Director) ...
...And International Trailers Actors: Chow Yun-Fat Michelle Yeoh Zhang Ziyi Chang Chen Sihung Lung Cheng Pei-Pei Fazeng Li Xian Gao Directected by Ang Lee Format: It is Widescreen 16:9 but the true Aspect Ratio is 2.35:1 (Anamorphic means that the player transforms the movie on the disc which is at 704x576 this is done to keep the quality high making full use of the DVD but keeping the same ratio of the film at the Cinema) Languages: Mandarin ...

NAZGUL 01.09.2001 · Read full review
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...for the romantic element of Crouching Tiger, superb performances from Michelle Yeoh and Chow Yun Fat ensure that you will be emotionally moved without the film descending into overdone schmaltz. For such an epic adventure, there is a surprising level of humour constantly bubbling beneath the surface of this movie. Whether it be an axe in the head (trust me!) or a witty thrust and riposte, the subtle interplay between the characters is phenomenal. ...
...all, quite minor gripes. Crouching Tiger... has something for everyone, without being a bitty film; this is due to the superlative direction, courtesy of Ang Lee. It is not difficult to imagine all the same elements being combined to give a horrendous movie. Lee, employing his trademark acute, meticulous, observational style, weaves together all these separate threads to create a masterpiece. This is a film that can be appreciated on many levels: ...

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On the recommendation of lots of poeople, including about every reviewer on Ciao I borrowed a copy of this on Region 3 DVD. The cimenatography is breathtaking , the sets are clorious , the out of doors shots stunning. Add to this wonderful constumes , Chow Yun Fat (a huge plus for any film), and an ok storyline. You also get impeccably choreographed fight scenes. So why am I not over the moon about the film, should I have seen it at the cinema? ...
...running up walls and over roof tops (well done and almost believable) , they start flying (badly done , they look like they're on strings, and unbelievable). I started thinking of Bruce Lee films , Chinese Ghost Story and the like, and thought , this is just just the same except far more polished. So what I got was a highly polished martial arts movie with brilliantly choregraphed fight scenes, and some dodgy special effects. See this film by all ...

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This is an epic tale, which brings an amazing Chinese story into the main-stream, if you allow it. Dismiss this unique tale (atleast to Western film circles) as a meaningless 'beat em up' karate film, at your peril and personal loss. The story is an intricate and finely woven tale of love, good versus evil and trust in magic and legends, set against stunning backdrops. If you did dismiss it narrowly as I did at the cinema stage, don't miss out now ...
...19th century Qing dynasty, Chow Yun-Fat masterfully plays Li Mu Bai a.k.a (fittingly) Master Li, a Wudan warrior ready to relinquish the all important 'Green Destiny' sword (Made many years ago in the time of the Chin dynasty) and give up the warriors life, perhaps for the love of Shu Lien (played by Michelle Yeoh) although neither initially confess their feelings. The other romance, a comlicated and aggressive affair, centres around Jen (Zhang ...

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With top names in the cast (Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Zi Li) and award-winning director Ang Lee, these Far Eastern stars bring the ancient Chinese culture clearly into the Western world. Romance, martial arts, heroism, tragedy, and poetry are the essence of period pieces that have been done before many many times in Eastern cinema. However there's something in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' that really appeals to the Western market. I ...
...this movie much more West friendly than the numerous similar movies produced in the past. Perhaps it's the high profile publicity campaigns, which can be useful. The scenery and photography really brings out the back-to-nature theme of the movie. You get a real feel of the culture and lifestyle of the scene and setting of the movie - the bone-dried coarseness of the desert contrasts with the greenery of the forests and the clouds of mist that creates ...

ReiKo 08.07.2003 · Read full review
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hmmmm, maybe I missed the point. I sat down waiting to be amazed but well...the film seemed to just unfurl in front of me but I remained unmoved by it. I'm not one to prejudge a movies by its origin so I took this film at face value. The action scenes are impressive if not a bit campy and I could not make out who was supposed evil or not there were so many plot twists by the time I worked out one there was another. But this film is very well made ...
...if only the british film industry could make a film like this instead of Lock Stock And A Pound Of Peanuts movies. I do recommend you go and see this movies because there are few movies of this type that reach our screens. You will be entertained the only drawback is that I felt the movie wanted me the veiwer to go a bit deeper, look below the surface, find symbolic jestures within the films context and i'm sorry I did'nt get it. ...

countlippe 12.03.2001 · Read full review
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I've been watching chinese culturally based films since I was a kid, mostly Hong Kong films. CTHD has attained very good reviews from many critics and cinema goers alike. I, myself do not see what all the fuss is about. First the plot is very weak. Basically the story is about a Wudan warrior called Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) who gives up his sword, the Green Destiny, in hopes of retirement from the martial arts world. However the Green Destiny is ...
...love interest is Michelle Yeoh and together they track it down and uncover the whereabouts of the killer of Bai's master, Jade Fox, which happens to be Ziyi's master. The martial arts in the film are nothing special, just mainly wire work. I think that it has received rave reviews because the western audience isn't used to this, ask any Asian movie fan and they'll tell you its nothing new. The fight scenes just haven't the extra edge as with Jet ...

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Yesterday was the day when I finally got hold on this film (Crouching Tiger hidden Dragon). Comfy sofa, dim lights and friends opinion that I am about to watch something outstanding. No, not really! Well, let me be more specific. PLOT...Fantasy? Yes. not outstanding fantasy though. A quest to retrieve a stollen sword plus a lot of fight scenes. Aren`t all those films look and sound similar? They are. By the time this film warmed up I got bored - ...
...again. SPECIAL EFFECTS. They are fantastic! YesSS! But again....Supposedly we are not watching a fairy tale. To my personal opinion the special effects in the "realistic" movies should be on the border between just possible and impossible. these special effects are clearly on "impossible" side. No gravity, no harm to the heroes and lots of fancy moves. Something like "long, long time ago in the galaxy far far away" springs to my mind. An entertainment ...

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I watched this film after reading the book and found it extremely annoying as it wasn't as good as the book. The book was very good but as a film, it was the biggest disappointment since the Millenium dome! I have watched many Cantonese and other chinese films as I have watched them all at my friends house, however what I found also annoying is that they always seem to use these days only Chow Yun Fast and Michelle yeoh like they are the only ...
...mean they were good actors in this but the story just didn't go well as a movie and the stereotypical way of trying to make a traditional chinese film, but in a commercialised way for the western audience, was to me , seen as boring and over rated. The sotry wasn't that greatly done justice and although the special effects were good, I felt, they were mostly there to attempt to try and get the audience to wow, chinese Kung Fu when there are less ...

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I was a little apprehensive about seeing this film as I'm not into action films at all, but after 10 minutes I was hooked. The storyline is fantasic, the charcters are well rounded and the acting is amazing. I had heardof Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh, but the others were all unknown to me. The flying sequences and fights were high adrenaline and kept you on the edge of your seats, the ones between the girls seemed even more fast and dangerous. ...

licklemissnaughty 14.09.2001 · Read full review
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I think I am about to be castigated for my opinions on this film, but I came away disappointed in what I saw on the screen. Now as a bona fide movie buff, I went to see this film with open expectations. It wasn't the fight scenes that I was seeing this film for, it was the fact that most "eastern" films have great and gripping plotlines - and that is the reason I came away feeling empty. Sure, the fight scenes were great, no problems with them, ...
...to they hype which has been bestowed on the film in general. So much so, that when I left the cinema I actually went home and stuck "Seven Samurai" in the DVD player to "cleanse" myself with a decent plot. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that it is a bad film, it really is quite good, but look beyond the fighting and the wire-fu sequences and what is holding it all together is just a little flimsy. Performances were generally very good, with ...

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With all the media's enthusiasm and award-winning of this film, I finally decided that I am going to see it. It is done in Chinese (Mandarin - the Peking language) with subtitles in English, and as a Chinese I judge that the translation - no matter how much they try to keep the same meaning - makes the film somewhat lost its originality. I didn't quite understand why they did it in Mandarin - the main characters Chow Runfat and Yang Mei (I think) ...
...Cantonese speakers and I think they are much more capable of speaking English. For me, this made the film even less appealing. Anyway, onto the main plot. This film is a love story about a woman who fell in love with her fiancee's god-brother-like (only in Chinese way) after her fiancee's death. However to keep loyalty to her fiancee both of them kept the love down for over 20 years. Just when they were trying to crash the barrier built by guilt ...

angel6985 14.05.2001 · Read full review
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This movie is a masterpiece. If you have fascination with the eastern arts, there is a lot of things in this movie that will be interesting to you. Its as if the director wanted you to experience the life of warriors. As opposed to kung fu movies where one guy has a quest and goes and kicks everyone's ass, this one is quite different. This movie has a very wide plot. Rivalry between two old generation warriors encompasses all the secondary stories ...
...other appended incidents. Very beautifully written script and perfect settings for such a tale. The one thing which by far stands out is the cinematography. You are going to be amazed. Its not very techno, when it comes to image capturing, like the matrix, but its the fully captured scene which communicates the values of what perhaps the Eastern cultures hold on to as a proud history that sets this movie apart. Because the way the characters speak ...

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I watched this film quite a while ago, but has only just come out in the UK. It's a pretty decent film if you love martial arts and fighting movies, especially chinese fight scenes. I can never remember the characters / actors names but the main story line is about a man who is really good a certain martial art, and has a special sword in which he is highly skilled with. This 'girl' steals it but she doesn't know the full 'powers' of it, and so ...
...the film to find out the rest, coz I don't want to spoil the story. I think this was a great film, with some pretty cool fight scenes, and special effects. There were some bits that were a bit boring, but overall it is great. Good acting is also part of this film. I watched this film in chinese, but I'm not sure whether or not they are going to dub/subtitle it in the cinema, which'll probably spoil most of it, and lose the tension. I think you ...

robertliu84 03.01.2001 (15.01.2001) · Read full review
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Right, i'm going to be honest here. I though this film was over adulated. Dont get me wrong, it was absolutely beautifully shot, the fight scenes were stunning and for those of you who have never been exposed to Hong Kong cinema before i would still urge you to see it as it is a fine example of outstanding cinematography and choreography. But for veterans of Hong Kong cinema who have been spoilt by such films as 'The young master', 'The legend of ...
...a few, the difference in content is obvious. For a start the subtle humour was lacking. Even in serious HK cinema, the little touches of humour lighten up proceedings and add to both the characters and storyline. And where was the constant threat of the major bad guy?? The wizened old crone just didnt do it for me, and i found the character of Jen to be very annoying. The main characters story lines were lacking in real substance and real conviction ...

sarahwilliams 07.10.2001 · Read full review
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