Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

GlendaJean

January 29, 2001

Return

I saw Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger this weekend (or whatever it's real title is -- I am unsure about what is hidden, what is crouching and which comes first.

Lovely sets The wire acts were fun, at least at first. Best scene was the sword fight on the edge of an bent tall bamboo.

I've always lived my life with the belief that a hot cup of tea can settle one's nerves, and these characters do that, too, as they sit and reflect on life and a Jedi-like cult of crime fighters called the Wutan. But they also scramble up walls and and run over rooftops like snow boarders skiffing along snow bluffs. Perhaps, too much tea is too much.