rarely has a movie affected me as much as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

i absolutely loved this movie.

Chow Yun Fat is excellent as Li Mu Bai, the reluctant warrior who seeks peace, and entrusts his legendary 400 year old 'Green Destiny' blade to fellow hero, and long-suppressed love, Yu Shu Lien (played by the very talented, and beautiful Michelle Yeoh).

The blade is subsequently stolen by a masked female thief, who is chased by Shu Lien, in a breathtaking sequence that had the audience laughing and cheering in delight. the thief is ostensibly an ally of Jade Fox, the woman who murdered Li Mu Bai's master, and whom Li has sworn revenge upon.

Li and Shu Lien also become involved with the Governor's daughter, Jen Yu (Zhang Ziyi, who is absolutely gorgeous), and bandit named Lo (Chang Chen), who are involved in a surely doomed love affair, as Jen Yu is to be married to another..

the martial arts choreography by Yuen Woo Ping (yes, he did 'the Matrix', but he's been a legendary choreographer/director in HK for YEARS) is jaw-droppingly awesome. It really is more of a swordsplay movie than a traditional kung fu flick and, as such, the heroes perform many balletic, gravity-defying moves - 'flying' from roof to roof, fighting on tree branches, way up high.. this movie features some of the best wire-work ever filmed.

brilliantly directed with exquisite cinematography, a haunting score, incredible kung fu choreography, and featuring wonderfully rich and nuanced performances from it's superior cast, this movie easily gets my vote for best movie of 2000. (and would be high on my list of best movies of all time - yes, it's THAT good).


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you already saw it.. but for the rest of the peeps that want a bit of the action... peep the preview.

I'm DEFINITELY seeing this.
Just the effects are good for my 8 bucks.


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it's not showing in my area.
why the HELL NOT?!?!??!?!

www.moviefone.com -- confirmed this.
it's a #1 movie in Los Angeles metro, #2 in New York, #1 in Toronto.

Goddamn DC.


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I live in Fairfax...

Only one theatre in the Metro area was showing Requiem for a Dream. I rarely make the trek into DC to see a movie...

There's a lack of "artsy" theatres in the area. I haven't found "Crouching..." yet. And I'm psyched to see it... if only for the landscapes... the scenery looks absolutely gorgeous and that alone often makes a movie for me.

(By the way, one of the best theatres to catch independent/less known movies at is Cinema Arts in Fairfax. The staff is real laidback, the theatres are actually pretty nice and they always have some good stuff playing. Saw Dancer in the Dark there four times... I loved that movie, possibly my favorite of all time now. Anyway...)

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"But we are sick and tired of hearing your song/Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong/'Cause if you really want to hear our views/You haven't done nothing!"

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...will it be before some female MC shows up with the name Jade Fox?

Seriously, I was very impressed. Ordinarily, I have trouble with subtitles. Not that I don't see them, but IO get so caught up in reading that I miss a lot of the subtleties of filmmaking. In this film, there was an abundance of storytelling that did not involve words and made the story much easier to follow.

The combat sequences are phenomenal. The whole joan is well-acted. And the story is very engaging. While it can be predictable, it is still entertaining and it maintains your interest throughout.

If you've never been to the Far East, these visuals are the next best thing.

Probably the best film I've seen this year.

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>...will it be before some female
>MC shows up with the
>name Jade Fox?

that is hot!...and I was thinking that in the movie too... I should change my name to that before somebody steals it...

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...what do you think Jen Yu's wish was at the end?

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i forgot that she got a wish....

maybe that her and her bandit boyfriend could be together in the afterlife?

that she could whup jade fox's ass?

or maybe the suicide itself was her wish?


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Hadn't even thought about it, but I'd guess she wished for her spirit to be eternally free.

Mostly becuase she seemed to float rather than plunging at the end.

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I heard that Ang Lee said in an interview that he is planning to do a sequel and a prequel since Crouching Tiger is only 1 of a 5 part series! Can't wait!

Although the signs point to it like the weeping boyfriend, if I remember right didn't her boyfriend say some legend about a kid who wished,jumped, and still lived?(cant remember if thats the way he mentioned it) Because Im all for the poetic suicides in movies, BUT...

1)Considering the fact she's the most gifted young martial artist around.

2)She was responcible for a hero's death.

Wouldn't the right thing for her to do to save face would be to pick up the slack, train, and do Chow Yun's characters job? As far as story goes, her suicide was utterly pointless, even Michelle Yeoh's character spared her life and told her to 'follow' her dreams, and you would think she would be the first to ask for her head.

the ending, with Jen 'floating', was dreamily ambiguous..


i don't BELIEVE she killed herself either, for the same reasons you stated - because she has much to make up for, her suicide would seem dishonourable

maybe she'll join up with Shu Lien


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I do not think she killed herself too because people have a "CODE" and I do not think that was it. I think she jumped of the bridge to float away and think to be never seen again only to go to the temple to learn the martail arts. She was told over and over to learn her talents.

Even if she was to kill herself...why would the boyfriend just let her jump. If anything they both should have jumped.

Also: When she jumped........hey people if she can fight on a branch then she can float softly down a mountain


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I just thought "damn, i have to see this movie 12 more times!"

>Even if she was to kill
>herself...why would the boyfriend just
>let her jump.

I don't think he let her, i could be wrong. it just happened so quickly, i don't think he even knew she was going to.

The boy he talked about who did it before (jumped)...he said he got his wish. Could someone clear that up? I was kinda confused (guy next to me eating popcorn loudly.)

The tree fighting scene was incredible.

I even forgot about the subtitles for awhile. It was like they were speaking english. The dialogue was incredible. Even the humor was on point.


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intially i thought that she wished for Chow Yun Fat to live again.

then five minutes after the movie ended, i think she just wanted to be free. that maybe she felt by being with dark cloud she wasn't free so that was her wish and by jumping she already knew it came true.

it wasn't HIS wish to make, it was hers.

they are showing the movie at Brooklyn Academy of Music at 7pm on Friday with a discussion with Ang Lee afterwards.

if i go, i'll try and ask.

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>intially i thought that she wished
>for Chow Yun Fat to
>live again.
>
>then five minutes after the movie
>ended, i think she just
>wanted to be free. that
>maybe she felt by being
>with dark cloud she wasn't
>free so that was her
>wish and by jumping she
>already knew it came true.
>
>
>it wasn't HIS wish to make,
>it was hers.

that is one of the most dead on analyses i have heard...your mind is sharp, young warrio


>they are showing the movie at
>Brooklyn Academy of Music at
>7pm on Friday with a
>discussion with Ang Lee afterwards.
>
>
>if i go, i'll try and
>ask.

YOU BETTER GO!!! I wanna know Tho I'm guessing Ang won't tell....

d


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Jen Yu didn't feel free being with Lo?
if anything, i could see her committing suicide had she been forced to go through with the arranged marriage, but she LOVED Dark Cloud.

if anything, i think that she felt guilty for her happiness, and was unable to truly be happy BECAUSE of her part in Li's death - she is either leaving to continue in the world of martial arts and atone for her sins, or she simply couldn't live with her shame.

either way, i think that she feels she has to put her happiness and the relationship aside for now - and that's probably where her wish comes into it. maybe she was just wishing for the strength to carry through on her conviction.


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at the moment, when she was in the desert, she was in love with lo.

but, after the flashback ended, she hardly seemed broken up about lo.

she was more intent on not getting married.

i think she was in love with the warrior's life or what she perceived to be the warrior's life. she wanted to be able to go where she wanted, to do what she wanted, to love whom she wanted.

when she escaped the second time with the sword, she wasn't looking for lo. she was showing off her skill.

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>but, after the flashback ended, she
>hardly seemed broken up about
>lo.

hmmm..
she seemed to miss him when she was talking to Shu Lien

and also after she saw Lo again. once he left, after she treated him somewhat coldly, you could tell that she still cared for, if not loved him.

..but when i see it again, i'll keep your interpretation in mind



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Ok, I figured that she wished for what Lo said, for them to be together in the desert. So...the question is, in the past legend the boys parents were saved and he was never seen again. But, if she wished for them to be together in the desert, and jumped off, would it work? I dunno...frickin' loved the movie though. DC folks, it isn't showing at Uptown is it?

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>Ok, I figured that she wished
>for what Lo said, for
>them to be together in
>the desert. So...the question
>is, in the past legend
>the boys parents were saved
>and he was never seen
>again. But, if she
>wished for them to be
>together in the desert, and
>jumped off, would it work?

but as the story goes, according to lo, the boy made a wish and the boy jumped.

so it wasn't lo's wish to make.

so the question was what did she wish?

i don't think she wanted to be with lo anymore.

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>i don't think she wanted to
>be with lo anymore.

Let's not forget about the comb. She left it in bed with Lo before she jumped! Wouldn't she have hung onto the comb if she wanted to stay with him?

-DubW

I think she finally felt remorse for all the things she had done, but most of all she realized that not only had she killed one of the greatest masters - she had also killed a friend. On top of that she killed the chance for the two people who had shown her the most love to actually love each other.
When she and Lo were making love, she wasn't focused on him at all, just crying - so I think she really thought about what she had taken from the other woman.
She gave her wish to Lo, so did she even get to keep the wish? Was she counting on HIS pure heart to wish her into happiness?
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maybe her wish was to be worthy or to be redeemed.

Li Mu Bai died because of her selfish actions.

Shu Lien was denied the love she wanted becase Jen Yu wanted to be free.

Maybe she didn't feel like she earned or deserved to be happy considering all the caused.

or maybe she wanted to be reunited with the one thing she wanted the most-the Green Destiny.

"chill until tha next episode!"

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I didn't consider the sword as much... but after seeing how she fought for that comb... she was quite selfish.
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The orinigal story which ironically, or not so, Lo told her was that young man jumped off cliff as he made his wish. Wish came true and wsa said he did not die, simply floated away, presumably to some wonderful skippy land of no woes.

he wish was for the happiness of others not self

i think she was a young woman w/a path set for her that destiny did not agree with. i think she loved them all in own way. Lo knew what she would do when she asked for his wish, and he made it, don't you think that his wish was the epitome of happiness for him and he knew that her doing what she did was same for her? is love not foremost wanting the happiness of other?

she did not wish to die, but simply find herself, and atone for what she deemed her fault

...but simply my opinion

ideally, we're to believe that her floating away into the beauty of her country, was her finally attaining peace ... and perhaps joining her "master" ((whom i think she accepted as chow yun upon his death))



ah well...



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...
i'd do it all again
....
i got caught
makin love
to ANOTHER
man's woman" ... ~ Clarence Carter

..................

They should really let you edit out your old name for a new one on here.

This movie is that shit. Beautifully shot, great story, no bullshit hollywood ending. The fight scense were a work of art. These cats were actually dancing rather than fighting. man unreal. I'll probably see it again next week.

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>These cats
>were actually dancing rather than
>fighting.

Michelle Yeoh (Shu Lien) actually trained as a ballet dancer in England before she did any acting - she hadn't done any martial arts before acting in the original 'Yes, Madam', with Cynthia Rothrock, for which Samo Hung and Lam Ching Ying trained her to fight.



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between the two women were so fuckin amazing - they fought so gracefully with the swords they made it look effortless!

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Damn! I already saw it and no you didn't give away the ending but sheesh. Otherwise I agree, damn fine flick, the first fight scene is literally breathtaking.

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there should be spoiler warnings all through this thread

i guess this movie gets you a little carried away (yes, it's THAT good)


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MisterGrump, AVE and MeJane1 saw 'Cast Away' instead of 'Crouching Tiger...'. But that's OK...I'll check it out sooner or later.

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...on opening day in SF, and was totally blown away. This is now my all-time favorite wuxia flick.

Zhang Ziyi is really easy on the eyes. The fights blew me away, but her being on screen alone was almost as intense.

SPOILER ALERT!

IMO, Jen Yu really committed suicide at the end. If you think of it this way:

--she brought disgrace to her family, not once, but twice

--she was a wanted figure in the wuxia underworld

--even though she was a Wudan (or Wu Tang) adept, she would have probably never been fully accepted by the clan (Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien discuss this), owing to her gender and her association with Jade Fox

--she broke Dark Cloud's heart, not once, but twice

Death seemed to be the most honorable option out. Loss of face figured greatly in the story, and even though I think Jen wanted freedom, she was still all too conscious of the restraints that bound her as a member of the ruling dynasty (she did mention that she was a real Manchu).

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By far this is the best movie I've seen in years. Its got something for everyone. I'm sure its a lock for best foreign picture oscar but this movie deserves Best Picture, hands down. Action, humor, romance, revenge and breath-taking cinematography.

Ang Lee out did himself on this one. The actors were brilliant even with the subtitles. You could see their hidden emotions even though they tried to remain stoic warriors. The action was graceful and elegant and definitely not your typical wire-fu kung-fu flick. In fact this movie wasn't a kung-fu movie at all, it was a film with kung-fu in it.

This is film making at its finest, it sets a new standard for ALL film. You will want to see this film over and over. I thought Unbreakable was brilliant, but this film is unparalled. Beautiful.



"You fight intelligence with itelligence but you fight ignorance with a big stick. 'Cause thats the only thing ignorance understands."

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I am in love with Zhang Ziyi. She put on a performance that just absolutely shone. I know this is shameless clit-riding, but her ice grill and just-don't-give-a-fuck persona could easily put Gong Li to shame.

The final confrontation with Li Mu Bai had me open. "Do you want the sword or do you want me?"

All I could say was, "Um, the water's kinda cold, honey."

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LMAO!!!
i thought i was the only one noticing that the water was a bit frigid in jade fox's lair...

when she asked 'do you want the sword or do you want me?' she was blazing the headlights....

respect,
bc

"I draw a crowd like an architect"-Rakim

respect,
bc

"my old boy from the Point but I'm from Southwest..."

"Are you really ready to carry some weight?,
Are you ready to design your fate?" -Kelvin Mercer

"Do
>you want the sword or
>do you want me?"

Without a doubt the best line of the movie. Her nipplitis was pretty conspicious, but it was just her overall beauty in that shot combined with that line that had me and my boyz goin nutz.

This movie played at my school a lil while ago and Lee Ang(as my Chinese friend called him, yunno last name first) came to my school cuz his partner is apparently an alumnus. The thang sold out before i could get tickets so i was majorly bummed, but I finally got to catch it on Tues. I've seen better martial arts flicks and better love stories, but together? Crouching Tiger melded these two genres excellently with some beautiful scenery to boot. I saw this movie with two or three kids who had seen it once and one girl who had seen it twice already, peeps are going back to this movie over and over. I'll probably go again, I wanna see Ziyi Zhang at #1 at the box office...

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the line is: "Is it me or the sword you want?"

I picked up the illustrated screenplay AND the soundtrack today.

And yes, I love them headlights.

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what better martial arts flick have you seen? Drunken Master 2? Iron Monkey? Fist of Legend? I dunno, there wasn't a TON of straight fighting (hand to hand anyway) but I can't really think of any better, with the possible exception of Drunken Master 2.

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"With all the traffic on your rooftop, it took me awhile to get here" (or something like that)

I thought that was funny.

Not that it matters what I think.

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gotta agree... after it was over, i was thinking did she just knock off Gong Li off the pedestal...

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good and that I hurt terribly today,
and that hurt is desperation and
desperation is--energy and energy can
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that movie is water. it's beautiful, poetic... the music...everything flowed. it was as if i were at the ballet. characters and plot were neat. i plan on seeing it again before it leaves the theater. highly recommended.

I dunno, but I thought Li Mu Bai wanted to tapdatass all along. He was peepin her steez. And Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) was hatin on the new girl tryin to take her man! Homegirlz like 'aint no girl gettin my mans sword..err'

symbolism?

I was told beforehand that it was nothing that unique, but I didn't want to believe it. I'm thinking, what's all the hubbub about then? But, alas, I must admit that this is another in a long tradition of martial arts based movies. And I love it.

Having been raised on kung fu flicks (Eastmont Mall, baby!), I know the genre well, and it's good to see a return to the epic nature of some of the best of it.

This is on some ol' "Hammer of God"/"Chinese Professionals"/"Sacred Knives of Vengence" type shit here, and I felt like a kid again watching Michelle Yeoh walk on the side of walls. I was waiting for some One-Armed Boxer to come out, and it would have been complete. It had all the other classic elements: everything from the soapish forbidden love, to the whole "you killed my teacher!" plot, to the brawl in the restaurant brawl that invariably starts with patrons scrambling for exits as soon as they smell a fight. Classic, classic stuff.

Perhaps in Michelle Yeoh, I have found someone to help me get past my Vanessa Williams fixation. I hope Maggie Cheung doesn't get jealous.

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Now I haven't seen Traffic or Finding Forrester yet but I'm pretty damn sure that Crouching Tiger should, and will win best picture.

I saw it in IMAX, now that was dope!

I knew that this movie was going to be amazing as soon as I saw the following shot: When Jen first steals the Green Destiny and Michelle Yeow's character is chasing her. They're running across the rooftops and the camera was trailing them. I was just like: now how the fuck are you gonna film that? Only way I can see it is that they film that shot and then increased the film speed when they were edititng.

My favourite scenes were probably the sword fight with Jen & Yeow and Jen whuppin arse in the bar.

Jen is damn fine, like y'all didn't already know!

I think I'm gonna have to drag Hibo to see this puppy today. I wanna see it again already!

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...I just saw it today (01/04)

I enjoyed it and woiuldn't mind seeing it again.

Best movie i've seen all year.

Highly recommended.

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>Best movie i've seen all year.

all four days of it?
high praise indeed..


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...you know what i meant

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Jen Yu. Yeah? Yeah!

Ang Lee. Yeah? YEAH!!!

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I hear this movie is up for oscar 'a plenta, won six awards from (japan, saigon, taiwan)???? But clearly it has the oscar buzz wrapped around it.



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you just don't know

frontin ass iknow bout kung fu

they gots love, kungfukamasutra/ drama/ deep ish

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~~~"hello, my name is brenda
i think i have masturbatory impotence"~~~
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"i know what i did
was a shame and a sin,
but if i had the chance
and wasn't in this hospital
...
i'd do it all again
....
i got caught
makin love
to ANOTHER
man's woman" ... ~ Clarence Carter

..................

They should really let you edit out your old name for a new one on here.

Peep my post on the other "Crouching Tiger..." post with Newton's name on it. Let me know what you think.

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but rules are rules, and i will not hesitate to delete your ass if you break the rules.

<fascist prick>

what did you say?

uh..nevermind, anyway, as i was saying, someone started a new thread about CTHD. it got this reply - and i just couldn't let it disappear into the ether.

enjoy

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so here now, with no further ado, is MISTERANONYMITY with his post, entitled..

'SEE THIS MOVIE, TWICE!!'

That's what I would do if I had the money. It opened in Milwaukee last night, and it was incredible. It was at this art-house movie venue called the Oriental theater (fitting place to show such a movie, huh?), and it was PACKED!!! You'd think _Episode 1: The Phantom Menace_ was playing.
But the movie itself was phenomenal. The most enjoyable aspect of the film was how it brought an ancient storytelling tradition into the 21st century. The storyline itself makes many references to ancient chinese folklore and the tradition of the warrior, as a young girl born into a royal family, soon to be married, steals an ancient sword so she can emulate the warriors that she has fantasized about for years. The film also focuses on the struggle between her discipline and her independence, as two warriors that she admires greatly (especially Shu Lien, played by Michelle Yeoh), offer her tutelage to become a disciplined warrior.

But this will be an important film not just for Asian cinema, but for international cinema as well. I predict that this will be the highest grossing foreign language film ever made (if it isn't already), and it will create a tolerance and demand for foreign language films (hopefully for African films, but that's way too much to ask for at this point. Check out California Newsreel <www.newsreel.org> to find out more developments about that). The popularity of the film is largely in part by the choreography of Yuen Wo Ping (_The Matrix_), with the assistance of wires and harnesses worn by the actors (digitally removed in the film). The action sequences put _The Matrix_ to shame (yeah, they're that fascinating). The audience gave a round of applause for a couple of sequences, something I've never experienced before (followed by a round of applause at the end of the film).

Lars von Trier's _Dancer in the Dark_ (with Bjork) hinted at a future for international cinema with its casting and shooting locations. Strong performances by Bjork, Catherine Denueve, and David Morse proves this even further, but _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ is definitely a breakthrough achievement. Speaking of breakthroughs, Zhang Ziyi, who plays the princess Jen, steals the entire movie with her acting and physical capacity. If she doesn't get at least an Academy Award nomination, then burn, Hollywood, burn (I wish I could've saved it for a performance by a Black actor, but I just couldn't front on her). This could possibly be the first foreign-language film to win for Best Picture (It's already got the best Foreign Language film Oscar on lock). If so, remember who you heard this first from.

ma
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I understand your position as moderator. Obviously you know better than I what causes a post to get deleted, but I really appreciate the fact that you felt my post was worth saving. Thanks again!!!

As a matter of fact, if you have $4 to spare, or if you can make to your library (that is, after MLK Day), there's a featured article in the Sunday NYTimes Arts & Leisure section about Asian cinema. If you get a chance to read it (it has a picture of Wong Kar-Wai's movie "In the Mood for Love" on the front page), hit me up e-mail and let me know what you think. Thank you one more time!!!

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P.S. Has OKP ever thought about hosting a film festival (not like Cannes or Sundance, but on a much smaller scale)? Just thought I'd ask.

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I finally saw it last night.
The movie was incredible. The treefighting scene was off the hook. The acting was dope too, the dialogue was well written and there was mad humor as well as drama. It was just a really enjoyable movie.
Jade Fox was such a fat old bitch but I felt bad for her, she seemed like she just needed some love.
Jen was annoying but she was cute, I just got frustrated with her.
I really like the older women, I forgot her name now. She was my favorite.

The end was sad, but it was dope too and the scenery was off the hook it really made me wanna goto china and chill in the mountains and fly around and shit.


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She was being so damn stubborn.
She wouldnt accept any training, and she was all mean to her man too, the motherfucker came all the way from the desert!!
She did have the ill martial arts skills though.
She just frustrated me, she was a good actress, I am just meaning her character.


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"I could just diss you all day, that would be like eating endless cheesecake"- My friend Iris on Me.

actually, now that you mention that, i kinda felt the same way. but then again, the character was pretty young so i think that is the way that ang lee wanted her to be.

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>Jade Fox was such a fat
>old bitch but I felt
>bad for her, she seemed
>like she just needed some
>love.

It's nice to know some brothers have hearts.
>Jen was annoying but she was
>cute, I just got frustrated
>with her.
Really? I thought she stole the entire movie from the other two stars.

>I really like the older women,
>I forgot her name now.
>She was my favorite.
Her name is Michelle Yeoh. She's been in movies with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, plus she was in that Bond movie, "Tommorrow Never Dies".

ma
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he didn't know what the characters name was. michelle yeoh plays the character Lui Hsui Lien.

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I saw it 2wice yesterday. It finally got released in Austin.

This is definitely a perfect date flick. Unfortunately both times I went, not a shorty at all on the arm. At least a potential was by my side though.

The thing I notice most about this movie is that it took all the kung fu movie classic (cliches for you haters) and presented them.

- the rooftops
- foot work
- the flexing of the spear during a fight (shie vs jen)
- you killed my master!!!
- the women dressed as a man, that everyone, but the audience, assumes is a man
- philosophy while fighting
- the I can't beat you with this, so let me try this instead
- tragic great heroes
- falling tea cups
- calligraphy
- unmentionable love
- the fight in the restaurant with all of the weapons represented.

There were so many that I can't think of them all, but nonetheless they were flawlessly executed.

There are so many beautiful scenes in the movie. I really like the scene after the 2nd time the sword gets borrowed, and Yeoh looks at Fat after he says that they will find it.

some stuff I don't get

- did she have the scabbard at Jade Fox's spot?
- was that a bagel that Lo gave her to eat?
- and did her Mom pass out in the desert so that she could jump out and get her horse ride on?

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everything old is new again..
i loved the fight in the restaurant

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the bootleg was ay okay. with a few silhouettes of movie patrons here and there with they bags of popcorn and cups of soda, this thing here was alright. good buy. good bye.

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