>>What disappointed some Chinese friends were, interestingly, the
>>fight scenes (too many people dangling from strings, and little
>>display of *real* martial arts).
>
>CTHD seems to my eyes to represent a genre of "martial arts as
>wizardry" that harkens to a time which might.
Precisely. CTHD is a Wuxia movie. It's not supposed to be a realistic
depiction of martial arts, but a sort of mystical version of them. And
FWIW, I *loved* the wire work. I thought it was exhilarating.
Jim
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