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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000
Romance, Fantasy
2h 0m
The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape. (imdb)
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000
Romance, Fantasy
2h 0m
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Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
90th
Beautiful cinematography and wirework, but what impresses me most about this after rewatching it is that characterization is surprisingly good - even characters who are relatively minor are convincing and interesting. The film has a magic feel to it all the way through and is a pleasure to watch.
Rated 26 Apr 2018
95
91st
Everything about this movie is gorgeous.
Rated 05 Mar 2007
25
7th
May be of interest to those who like to call suspending people by wire "choreography". Of barely any for anybody else.
Rated 16 Sep 2007
23
1st
Asian movies where the people point to the next roof and fly there without any explanation are not my kind of movies.
Rated 05 Aug 2007
94
97th
A literally wonderful window into a magically realistic feudal China.
Rated 10 Sep 2008
92
92nd
I absolutely love this film (and the ambiguity of the ending!), but this is a good example of culture oversaturation - or, the phenomenon making the film more than it is at the time (and as a result, less than it is in the future). At least this film created a resurgence to see more Wuxia, but it also spawned a hellfire of stupidity (e.g. Iron Monkey, Hero, Zu Warriors. And Ashes of Time Redux doesn't get a wide release? Sheesh). Culture quibbles aside, great camerawork and assured direction
Rated 16 Apr 2008
92
74th
A well-made film, visually gorgeous, great music, good performances and an interesting story; not really light viewing, but great if you want to spend an absorbing few hours.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
7
68th
I have never cared about a story less in my life. I just wanted more fighting, more flying and more beautiful cinematography. And my god is the cinematography beautiful. Yun-Fat Chow and Ziyi Zhang are both incredible as well. That scene in the trees is gonna be unforgettable.
Rated 06 Jan 2010
89
94th
Great movie. Something else than the things we're used to nowadays, but surely enjoyable. Even more than that. Great story, not that emotional but a beautiful love story troughout the film, full of action(superb fighting-scenes!)
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
97th
A beautiful and tragic epic that manages to bring depth to a surpisingly large ensemble of characters. The fight scenes are also thoroughly well done.
Rated 30 Mar 2011
30
1st
This film essentially goes like this: Weeeio weeio weeio (Kung Pow-style - but not in a funny way) Chinese wisdom cliché weeio weeio weeeo Chinese people flying and dancing in trees.. more weeio weeio and more Chinese people who whine about a sword instead of just giving Chow Yun-Fat some guns.
Rated 30 Jan 2007
100
99th
The acting, choreography, cinematography and accompanying music are all perfect. The storyline is wonderful, and the scenery is simply beautiful throughout. I really can't praise this movie enough.
Rated 15 Apr 2007
0
8th
Crouching tiger, sleeping audience
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
90th
This is one of the movies that I can truly say is a beautiful work. All of the cinematography and choreography is spot on and breathtaking, and the story is a true epic.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
13
8th
Art meets unrealistic martial arts, boredom ensues.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
14
14th
I don't need a crappy love story in my wire action.
Rated 20 Aug 2007
5
6th
It's all about the culture shock. This movie is terrible. The martial arts are terrible. The story is terrible. The requirements of belief suspension are beyond that of any modern audience. But the scenery is nice.
Rated 23 Sep 2008
87
90th
Really beautiful eastern fantasy movie.
Rated 25 Jan 2009
73
56th
Mostly pretty entertaining action and while the camera-work was good, it was never particularly creative or terribly interesting. Worth watching, but won't be on my list to re-watch.
Rated 21 Dec 2009
84
60th
Poetic fantasy tale, filled with memorable images.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
3
38th
What's surprising, seeing Crouching Tiger after all this time, is how heavy it is on character and story. There's, what, 15 minutes of fighting in a 2 hour movie, and the real focus is on its themes of love, pride, and cultural/gender roles. Fortunately, it's very engaging on that level, and its simplicity gives it the feeling of a fable or fairy tale (as does the film's sense of mysticism, via all those pretty choreographed wire scenes). And yeah, it sure is nice to look at.
Rated 12 Jul 2012
98
72nd
It rarely happens that a traditional martial arts movie has a strong story to justify its action. But, not with Ang-Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Gliding in the air, climbing the walls, defying the laws of gravity; All these would have been termed humbug if it were not for this movies. The action is poetic. The leading ladies remain graceful, yet strong; And the male protagonist strong, yet graceful. This movie is a poem.
Rated 12 May 2014
26
78th
Everything is awesome!!! Everything is cool when you're flying through trees!!!!!
Rated 15 Jan 2015
2
11th
god, why do i even bother? what a fucking boring movie.
Rated 26 Feb 2007
85
92nd
An exciting and ridiculously well coreographed action/martial arts movie. It's also a graceful, beautiful and extremely poetic love story. So watch it for the fights, watch it for the poetry, watch it for the cinematography, just make sure you watch it.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
83
67th
Crouching Tiger is a creative movie that spawned off way too many copy cats for its own good. It's hard to put the blame on this movie when it's so good in its own right, but damn, that style it has got annoying really quickly.
Rated 29 Jun 2007
25
11th
Dull... can't figure out what was so special about this film... maybe I just didn't get it. Lovely style though, but not enough to save the film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
10th
When they start to fly, I just can't suspend disbelief. I'd rather watch an old Chinese made chop-chop movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
39th
Everyone is raving about this movie like they've never seen a Tsui Hark Hong Kong movie before. Well this may be a bit more Americanized, yet it's still subtitled. Yes many of the fight scenes are awesome (with cute girls!), still prepare to settle into some slow spots. Half of the ending was good, the very ending, well, i don't care for that sort of thing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
18th
Though lush in visual and remarkable in its use of wire-martial arts to create almost ballet like action, this operatic (in scope and characterization) story totally fails for me on so many fronts, and resolves so poorly that I wonder why I even bothered trying to watch it. I felt it was one of the most disappointing and overhyped films of all time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
89th
The beautiful story and scenery make Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon more than a regular kung-fu adventure. It's romantic and unique, and the acting is top notch. Awesome!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
97
97th
An inspiring, awesome motion picture. Drama, love, action, humor - it's got it all.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
98th
The most poetic, mainstream, action-romance I've ever seen. The best achievement by a director during this entire decade.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
7
84th
It has some really imaginative action scenes, good performances, and gorgeous cinematography, but for whatever reason the story fell a bit flat for me. It's still well worth watching though. Spawned a million knockoffs, a few of which were good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
36th
Impressed but not as much as I thought I would be.
Rated 22 Aug 2007
55
51st
Good movie, imho a bit overrated.
Rated 17 Oct 2007
65
78th
Beautiful movie!!
Rated 08 Nov 2007
75
53rd
Beautiful and crafty. Not much more.
Rated 09 Nov 2007
75
39th
Nice love story, crappy ending. Everyone just dies, seems like they ran out of time on the film or something.
Rated 16 Nov 2007
50
56th
liked it when i saw it, but have never had the desire to see it again.
Rated 31 Dec 2007
80
61st
This is it: the movie that sparked American interest in Japanese film. It's overlong and self-indulgent at times, but it's still fantastic.
Rated 14 Jan 2008
87
82nd
This movie displays some of the most amazing choreography to date, adding a fantastic storyline and a likeable atmosphere.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
30
8th
I mean... it's a bunch of guys flying around. It's live-action Dragonball Z without the flashy special effects. My love of Oriental aesthetics saves the ranking.
Rated 02 Sep 2008
97
98th
Sets the standard for epic martial arts films. CT,HD features some of the greatest acting and action in the genre. The cinematography though, is the highlight. From visionary choreographer Yuen Wo Ping, made famous by his work with the first Matrix film, the characters often become weightless in their battles, making for some of the most gorgeous sword fights ever filmed. Propelling the film's story is an aching tale of unobtainable love and the difficulty of being a both a warrior and a lover.
Rated 15 Jan 2009
95
98th
One of my favorite wuxia tales.. period.
Rated 16 Jan 2009
92
67th
the ending is superb and it was a real kick in the head for me. I never expected such a tremendous finale from a 50/50 ordinary kung-fu movie.
Rated 17 Jan 2009
78
75th
I'm a whore for crazy asian movies where there's flying involved. Something very magical about 'em. It's like modern day ballet....only with karate and stuff.
Rated 24 Jan 2009
50
13th
Booooring.
Rated 01 Jul 2009
85
55th
Now I am not one for Kung Fu and always this mystical flying around garbage, but this movie was dazzling, stunning, and a excellent feast for all senses. Don't think that it is going to be all action and don't think it is going to be all love story it is multi-layered and very approachable for a foreign film. This is one of those Asian films that comes along and opens people up to new ways of doing movies, but it can be a little flat and stalls at certain points. quite normal for asian films.
Rated 18 Sep 2009
8
78th
"Once upon a time in zero gravity China..." Acting and story are adequate, watch it for the breathtaking fight scenes and cinematography, nuff said, though I think I'll like it more after a 2nd viewing...
Rated 25 Sep 2010
83
95th
Entertaining and touching and bringing to the forefront cinema techniques that were old hand in Asia for decades before this.
Rated 09 Nov 2010
95
98th
There is magic in this movie. Watch it again when you are older and you'll understand ;)
Rated 18 Nov 2010
75
72nd
Ang Lee's lyrical "Wo hu cang long" gracefully blends breathtaking fight sequences and romance while significantly amplified by stunning cinematography and camerawork, a beautiful score and solid performances. Although not a fan of martial arts, I was compelled throughout and even in awe of the craftsmanship that went into the fights. And despite not breaking any new ground in terms of storytelling, the film wins you over with its visual lushness and tremendous artistry.
Rated 27 Feb 2011
98
96th
A movie that has beautiful story, choreographed fights, and cinematography. The editing, more noticeably in the fight scenes, is superb and the ending is poetic.
Rated 17 Apr 2012
74
76th
They fly and stuff and it is very beautiful and I would so much rather just watch Jackie Chan jump through the front of a car to kick a guy in the backseat.
Rated 23 May 2013
79
80th
I love this movie a lot more seeing it a second time, but the beginning was still pretty difficult for me to get into. Lots of names are thrown around in the early parts of the movie, but it ends up boiling down to a story of about five people in total.
Rated 12 Jul 2013
90
66th
This movie just blew me away. Best foreign film, in my opinion. If you don't mind subtitles, check this one out. You won't be disappointed.
Rated 28 Nov 2006
75
64th
Purty. I'm sure there're better films of this sort out there, but I enjoyed this.
Rated 12 Dec 2006
55
9th
It took me three times to finally get through the whole thing and while I see what others could like in it, I was just never interested.
Rated 21 Dec 2006
75
65th
A very pretty martial arts film for people who don't really like martial arts. This film instead concentrates on the relationships of the lead characters, leaving things like plot and indeed the fighting thing as almost secondary. This is not to say it's bad, it's just the whole "I can skim on a lake like a stone" and "Obviously a can beat the beejesus out of 20 guys in a restaurant using my magic sword" due to wire work trickery runs a little flat compared to say Lee or Chan. Without the
Rated 25 Dec 2006
97
97th
Magnifcent? Nearly aesthetically perfect.
Rated 06 Jan 2007
36
13th
Boring, boring, boring, SICK THEY ARE FIGHTING ON TREETOPSboring, boring, boring, boring, stupid ending. There I saved you two hours
Rated 13 Jan 2007
75
64th
The scenery and settings are stunning, the action amazing and the plot interesting and heart-touching ... that's been said but it is worth repeating! Too many people have said this is not a Kung-Fu movie as they recognise it and that it cheapens the genre when real martial artists are replaced by actors, editors and computers. I say this film (and in fact any film) should be regarded on its own merits and not classed as a "Kung-Fu movie". When people say a film is a "Sci-Fi movie" what are they
Rated 26 Jan 2007
100
94th
You don't even need to read the subtitles.
Rated 01 Feb 2007
58
53rd
2007 (92) - What happens when a warrior truly masters his art? He doesn't want to fight anymore. What happens then? He tries to find himself somewhere else, and questions all the things he had to sacrifice. Generally, by then, it's too late. 2022 (58) - Now I feel like the wire fighting is over done, unnecessary, and detracts from the film. I don't think it's powerful or special anymore. I prefer realism now - apparently.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
40
1st
A film that loses realism on purpose but it just doesn't work. Some of the action scenes are fun but they are lost in translation as many of the times subtitles distract from the beauty.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
84
85th
A gorgeous production and Westernized themes slathered over an Eastern genre bring Ang Lee's vision to glorious heights. Beautiful action, exotic scenery, amazing cinematography, mostly gripping performances, and a high mix of artsy-tartsiness make this film a gripping watch.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
86
88th
Sexy Asian chicks and a decent plot. I'm not really into the Chinese fighting using strings thing, but this movie made that style popular, so I can't fault it for doing it.
Rated 25 Apr 2007
87
83rd
A subtle, moving love story hiding behind a series of awesome martial arts battles? Count me in.
Rated 11 May 2007
50
25th
Probably unfair, but I fell asleep. And I never fall asleep in movies.
Rated 26 May 2007
60
55th
I liked it.
Rated 28 May 2007
85
76th
Nice to see Cheng Pei Pei as Jade Fox. Great photography.
Rated 30 May 2007
80
65th
Once I accepted the fact that these people can fly, walk on walls, and bounce off of trees, everything made sense. Loved the action and fight sequences which made up for an otherwise slow story.
Rated 11 Jun 2007
83
67th
I had to watch this for a class, and I had way too much fun analyzing Jen's character.
Rated 08 Jul 2007
93
82nd
The biggest (And, really, only) problem with this film is the flashback, which lasts twenty minutes and is overbearingly monotonous. Do not go into this film expecting a martial arts epic, because, true to Ang Lee's form, this is a film that focuses on emotions before anything else. Cut out that flashback, and this film is perfect.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
95
93rd
A great import from China, with impeccable fight direction.
Rated 25 Jul 2007
85
62nd
Groundbreaking but still a bit silly in spots.
Rated 03 Aug 2007
95
40th
just...wow! a must see
Rated 03 Aug 2007
100
99th
I laughed, I cried.
Rated 07 Aug 2007
83
64th
Very touching, very good fighting, very good story, marred only by the bullshit spoofs and its unworthy kin.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
91st
Awesome wuxia with a superb mixed cast of young actors and old school veterans, plus some gorgeous visuals. A real treat, as long as you can accept the conventions of the genre (flying swordsmen, magic blades, etc).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
96th
Gorgeous fight scenes, great story. Really felt the theme. Plus: long, mid-movie flashbacks make me happy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
80th
The first natural Asian movie I ever saw. I was a bit confused at first, thanks to my overly-Hollywoodized movie past, but watching it a second time made me fall in love with it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
54th
Action is good. Camerawork is adequate. Story is BORING BORING BORING.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
18th
I might have liked it, but after all the hype I expected much more. Not bad, but nothing all that amazing either.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
58th
Yes, okay, it was kind of cool. I happen to hate fake-looking martial arts though, and all of the genuinely AWESOME moves were overshadowed by all of the floating "look at me I'm on strings" moves. That being said, still a pretty good movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
82nd
Classic.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
99th
What a day for a daydream...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
87th
good strory and fighting action
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
27th
I just didn't get it
Rated 14 Aug 2007
51
20th
Best combat scenes yet.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
94th
An epic kung-fu romance...they just don't make em like this...ever.
Rated 18 Aug 2007
61
52nd
Beautiful Chinese folk tale story with wonderful visuals and excellent music. A little rambling, but who minds when there is fighting in the bamboo forests?
Rated 20 Aug 2007
58
13th
Too dull to finish watching
Rated 22 Aug 2007
70
40th
I just wish the plot had made a little bit of sense. And that the ending wasn't lame.
Rated 12 Sep 2007
89
80th
Beautifully shot and wonderfully choreographed.
Rated 13 Sep 2007
78
63rd
This was a fantasatic movie with incredible directing and graphics. Also, Ziyi Zhang is hot and anybody who disagrees should just go away.
Rated 17 Sep 2007
85
94th
great
Rated 17 Oct 2007
80
0th
awesome movie by ang lee
Rated 17 Oct 2007
90
74th
Magical, epic storytelling with a bit of something for everyone.

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