also took in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and was underwhelmed. too much hype for a movie that looks like a cleaner version of the old dubbed martial action movies i watched on my local UHF station as a kid.
not that i didn't enjoy it, but christ, what a bunch of fantasy laden hooey. the fight scenes (which there were waaaaaay too few of) were fantastic when someone wasn't knocked the length of a football field only to easily fly up and away with nary a bruise.
no one had a bruise.
not one.
i scarcely remember a cut.
after days of fighting.
as i said, too much for too little plot and 'characterization'. i think if i had seen it when it came out and before the hype machine, i'd like it better
as it is, i was a little disappointed.
31/2 quacks of 5.
