> Behalf Of Dan Minette
>
> Well, there were a lot of things besides that. I have not seen such a
> beautifully understated love story before. I've seen kung-fu
> movies before,
> and they did not have the wonderful pace of this movie. I've
> been told that
> the movie was also true to a Chinese genru of storytelling by one of my
> Chinese-American friends (parents are immigrants).
>
> Compare that to any other action/romance stories that have come out in the
> last 10 years.
Apart from the photography, I really loved the way it was really a story
about two/three strong women. Quite a few Hong Kong films have strong female
roles, but Crouching Tiger took the whole thing far more than many western
films. Way more.
Admittedly, I fell deeply in love with Zhang Ziyi (Jen), and have long liked
Michelle Yeoh, but I felt that the characters they, and Chow Yun Fat, played
just seemed real. And yes, wonderful pacing, some good humour. Just a nice
film.
BTW: Maybe Michelle Yeoh for Gillian Baskin?
