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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 22, 2000
Pros: Excellent performances, brilliant direction, and beautiful cinematography make this well worth seeing at the theater.
Cons: A few action scenes are a little over-edited, and the plot is a little too broad at times--still, these are very minor complaints.
Summary: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sony Pictures Classics
Rating: USA: PG-13/ Australia: M/ UK: 12
For years now, devoted Hong Kong cinephiles have known the wonders of the island nation’s film industry. We were on the cutting ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 2, 2008
Pros: Very artistic
Beautiful cinematography
Great costumes
Cons: Very slow (a little boring)
Tries too hard
Reinforces Asian stereotypes
Summary: I can't say that it's my favorite movie. The director did a great job with the artistic side of the movie but I feel like the content is lacking. There's too much focus on trying to make it appear oriental and artistic that the human interactions appear ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2007
Pros: Lots of action, good costumes and scenery
Cons: Gravity-defying stunts like the ones in this movie never look realistic.
Summary: A Mudan warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sacred, yet blood-tainted sword to his love (Michelle Yeoh) in an attempt to ease his mind after experiencing a vision. He tells her to take it to a friend of his. She, however, decides to keep it for him, and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2004
Pros: Cinematography, story, characters, script, action.
Cons: quite literally in every sense of the word, nothing.
Summary: When you hear about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you may assume that, like so many Jet Li and Jackie Chan movies, the movie is all about the fighting; that the fighting creates the story. Upon seeing it for the first time, you may determine that it is ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 30, 2004
Pros: Most artistic martial arts action scenes produced to date, great acting, fine sets and cinematography
Cons: Really feeble storyline
Summary: I’m not a big fan of martial arts films. Fact is, I’m not even a little fan of martial arts films. First off, I have no interest in gratuitous violence. Second, I actually like films to have a story. I know – that sounds terribly radical ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2003
Pros: Is filled with a subdued, tranced-like aura M. Night Shyamalan can only dream of.
Cons: There really isn't anything.
Summary: The title "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a redundancy: a tiger crouching in the long grass, ready to pounce. A dragon, concealed as well, another predator. The two title animals are symbols of passion, romantic passion, I feel. Two sets of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 22, 2003
Pros: Special effects and symbolism
Cons: You have to see it several times to really understand.
Summary: I was pretty skeptical when a guy wanted to take me to see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for our first date when it was still in theaters! By its title, I was thinking it was like a mystical Jackie Chan movie and cheesy like the title.
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 5, 2003
Pros: Very action filled, and finely tuned with martial arts. Good story line.
Cons: At times, hard to follow. Sub titles can get irritating.
Summary: This movie is very action filled, and finely tuned with martial arts. Good story line. At times, hard to follow. Sub titles can get irritating. It is very well produced, and the actors were good choices for the characters. Although the story line ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 28, 2002
Pros: Great Movie!
Cons: Subtitles
Summary:
I saw this movie today and I came away with astonishment. I've seen these movies before but without the captions on the bottom and I never really understood them. I hate blood and fighting, even though this movie was full of it I actually was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 13, 2002
Pros: cast, cinematography
Cons: action scenes, stunts, characters, continuity
Summary: I was a little disappointed with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the letdown may have been due to raised expectations. I had seen two previous films by acclaimed director Ang Lee, and both (Sense and Sensibility, Eat Drink Man ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2002
Pros: Adventure, action, romance, and an underappreciated, beautiful storyline.
Cons: Blah, the male characters are one-dimensional and no good.
Summary: Just so I don’t get tempted to make any Crouching x, Hidden y jokes I’m going to refer to this film by its Chinese name, Wo Hu Cang Long (unless you know mandarin, don’t try to pronounce it, you’ll only sound like a fool). The English ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2002
Pros: Not a three hour epic a la anything by Mel Gibson.
Cons: Trite, banal, poor attempt at magical surrrealism, mildly interesting
Summary: Here's a movie about some folks who learn magical martial arts on some mystic mountain, value mere swords much more than reason ought to allow, and feign at love hidden inside an "honor" that has more in common with constipation than any real authentic ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 29, 2002
Pros: Campy-yet-eyecatching special effects and a soundtrack that will blow your mind.
Cons: Incomplete ending and a flashback period that had me snoring in my seat.
Summary: I had been itching to see this movie for a while. Though it was in Subtitles, people said it was worth seeing. I couldn't take their word for it. I had to see it for myself.
To my delight, I could toggle the subtitles and English dubbing on my DVD ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 14, 2002
Pros: Good choreography, top notch acting, excellent production
Cons: Too mellow, good special effects but nothing unprecedented, very slow plot
Summary: When I first heard about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " I kept hearing about the outstanding special effects on this movie and that according to the Academy it was one of the greatest movies of all time. I really had high expectations on this ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 17, 2002
Pros: Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi. Great fighting and cinematography.
Cons: Michelle Yeoh isn't involved in the fights as much I would have liked. :-(
Summary: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon starring Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat and Chang Chen.
Note: This review is for the region 2 UK release by Columbia Tristar.
Film and stuff
Well, there ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 17, 2002
Pros: Fantastic cinematography, choreography. Simple, sweet story line and great acting. Very, very entertaining.
Cons: Probably won't be a sequel
Summary: This is an incredible film. The audience can tell from the beginning that this is not the typical American blockbuster, and not just because of the subtitles. The sweet simplicity of the plot is something rarely achieved (or attempted) by the Hollywood ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 1, 2002
Pros: Interesting action sequences
Cons: voice over or subtitles, very unrealistic action, boring plot
Summary: This movie has gotten rave reviews from many people. After seeing the movie I'm not really sure why. I think it's one of those cases where the critics are analyzing movies based on critical elements and movie making and people like me watch movies to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 18, 2001
Pros: some camara shots
Cons: almost everything
Summary: As a kid who grew up with Kong-fu movies and Chinese dramas, I cannot understand all those hypes in the American critics. After seeing the movie, I was shocked by how poor the plot was and how lame the fighting scenes were. I¡¦ve see many Chinese ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 2, 2001
Pros: Elevates the martial arts genre to a new level
Cons: The plot could be more focused!
Summary: Let me begin by saying that I am not a fan of martial arts movies in general. While they are enjoyable and fun, that is about all I get out of them, usually. The problem in my mind lies in the general silliness of it, but that humor is also what ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 28, 2001
Pros: Chen Chang, Zhang Yiyi
Cons: pacing
Summary: Sword-fighting between wuxia masters (and interlopers) fills a substantial amount of time in this fairly long movie. Similarly, mostly senseless violence filled a substantial amount of time in Ang Lee's preceding film, the edge of the American Civil War ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 14, 2001
Pros: great special effects
Cons: it was in mandrin and had to have subtitles
Summary: Croucing Tiger Hidden Dragon was a very good film. I loved every part of it. Before we even went to the movie I really wanted to see it. Although it had subtitles for the translation it was better than dubbing it. I especially loved the special ... read more
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