Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000 / cinema
fantasy elements	Chinese folk tale; martial arts; leaping over roofs, running on water
Review	This traditional-style Chinese folk tale involves the entangled fates of two pairs of would-be lover-warriors. It has it all: a great story, magnificent scenery, superb interior sets. And fantastic sword fights, some scary, some funny, but all very fast and furious (with lots of the traditional leaping, running up walls, over roofs, and on water). You'll never be able to take swashbuckling-style sword fighting seriously again. This is real . Beautiful.
Rating: 2	[ unmissable \| *great stuff* \| worth watching \| mind candy \| waste of time \| unfinishable ]
Cast	Director -- Ang Lee Chow Yun Fat -- Li Mu Bai Michelle Yeoh -- Yu Shu Lien Zhang Ziyi -- Jen Chang Chen -- Lo Cheng Pei Pei -- Jade Fox (In Cantonese with English subtitles)