Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon

[Jade]

Talk about AMAZING

I just LOVED it... truly.

Such a beautiful love story and expressing other elements of human emotion on a much greater level other than just happy vs. sad... we get depths of sorrow vs. ultimate peaks of passion... GOD that was what I needed.

Anyone else care to comment?

 

[Xander]

yes I SO wanna see that Movie!!!
Jade, dont give away too many details Please

 

[Derya]

glad someone else wants to chat

I saw it yesterday afternoon and was so impressed. Such a different movie. I was really skeptical about enjoying a subtitled movie and basically figured I could at least get into the martial arts. Well what a pleasant surprise. The martial arts was just, well exceptionally different and non-stereotypical and the acting excellent. I was able to relate to all of the characters. The scenery and images were beautiful. Chow Yun Fat was sexy as always; I've really grown to appreciate his talent more and more. The score was outstanding also. I was, like I said, pleasantly surprised at how involved I got in the storyline.

I think by many it's perceived (like by I) as simply a martial arts movie and that is incorrect because it is so much more. It's a love story and an adventure and a display of a culture and lifestyle etc.

NOW I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR DETAILS OF THE MOVIE, READ NO FURTHER.

I feel a little dense, but why did she do what she did at the end? And the "flying" stuff is that believed to be achievable as a part of some form of Eastern training? Did it have a particular meaning in the context of this story?

I am sure there is a lot I missed and this is one I could definitely see again. I'm looking forward to hearing others' opinions. I was planning to post a thread myself tonight and here this was.

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[Ally C]

I really want to see this movie too ... in the meantime I'll keep my eyes wide shut and play loud and annoying piano music so as not to hear the plot.

 

[Earthgoddess]

I too loved the film for it's poetry and the visual effects are amazing-the end bothered the LIVING HELL out of me.
Everyone who understood the ending please email me-so we don't screw up the plot for those who haven't yet seen it.

 

[Guest]

I hereby predict ......

....that you will see a porn video in the near future called "Crotchless Tiger, Humping Dragon".

The porn industry must be run by some of the coolest people on Earth.

Have a good day!

 

[Jade]

Derya... I am slightly eager to explain my particular interpretations of the symbolisms you mentioned but don't want to ruin the movie for anyone else.

The flying, yea that is the right idea.

Don't feel dense, I had to explain a few points about "Castaway" to my parents, and that (as much as I enjoyed it and thought it was a great movie) didn't have half the depth that this one had.

Thomas: ingtriguing... really.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

The ending is explained earlier in the movie, and is meant to be as lyrical and stylized as the world in which the characters inhabit (because it's certainly not the real world), and no linear earthbound explanation will suffice. The shorthand is this: It's a leap of faith.

I have to go see it in a theatre, because I think I missed a lot seeing it on television (as beautiful as it was). We didn't have a letterbox version.

 

[codeseeker]

Excellent Movie. I loved it too. For all those who haven't seen it ... drag your butts out from in front of your computers and go see it. Well worth the money.
As for the ending, it's a classic chinese tragedy (no one is happy in the end but they still go on. how very Confusion)
All the flying stuff is typical as well in Chinese kung-fu flicks. This is an old idea of Chinese mystisism where monks can jump off ten story buildings and live or control their chi to shoot off fireballs. It also looks cool.

 

[scylis]

i saw it a few weeks ago, in a theater.. and i'm really glad they went with just subtitles and not do a voice-over.. i'm just glad i can read fast, or i might have missed a lot of the stunning visuals in it..

at first, the ending bugged the hell outta be, too.. but when i thought about it, it went along with the endings of most Eastern epics, or at least the ones i've heard about..

so go see it, if you havn't yet!! and if you have, see it again!!

 

[Earthgoddess]

I accept the fable told in the earlier portion of the film-yet I wanted a neat Western ending not the unsettling ending-sorry, I was disappointed in the end-it left me yearning. I mat be reading way too much into the film-still unable to see a film and not dissect it-too much theater training I suppose. DCL-go see it in a movie theater, it made it all encompassing and the effects are amazing on the big screen.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I can imagine. It's hard for me to actually get OUT these days, so I rely on these industry tapes that go around town. So though I can see movies like Tiger/Dragon at home before it actually comes out on tape (and sometimes even before they're released in theatres), they're rarely letterboxed, and every twenty minutes I get a scrolling message: "Property of Universal Pictures" or something equally annoying. But for this flick I think I'll actually pay the bucks and catch it in its proper wide screen setting.

 

[sze27]

It is brilliant

I have seen it twice at the cinema.

1) I love Ang Lee
2) It is great to see a film that portrays Asian women (of which i am one), as intelligent and feisty (like me also!) rather than submissive .
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I feel a little dense, but why did she do what she did at the end? And the "flying" stuff is that believed to be achievable as a part of some
form of Eastern training? Did it have a particular meaning in the context of this story?
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It is just legend - obviously. But as stated earlier - it looks cool.

It is good to see the American majority seeing an at least partly Chinese film. I say partly because Ang spends a lot of time in the USA, and is clearly strongly influenced by western film making also. This, like is other films is a real fusion piece.

Whenever Americans talk about greatest films ever (as in another thread on here) they are talking about greatest American films ever. That is a shame for them I believe. 4 of my top 10 films ever are American. I know a lot of people can't get past sub-titles - pity.

Love Sze27

ps i loved the post about the unsatisfactory ending. i find most American films brilliant UP TO the last 20 minutes!! CTHD gives the viewer a little room for their own interpretation which is common in non-American cinema.