peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2010 06 20 CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Sun, Jun 20, 2010./noise/movies | Link

I remember Bob Carr calling this one a turkey when it won some Oscars back in 2000. I have to agree, the cliches are tedious and there is no depth. All the flying looks totally fake, the fighting is ho-hum, except perhaps between the two women (Michelle Yeoh and Ziyi Zhang). Oh sure, it's a form of dance, in which case I'm watching the wrong movie. Capriciousness robs everyone and everything of possibility.