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Overall rating: 4/5
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi
Tagline: A perfect film, an average DVD
The Film: It’s a perfect work of art. It’s the reason movies should exist. Fantastic action and adventure coupled with a rich plot, deep and complex characters, solid acting. Sucks you in and makes you a child again. You’ll get misty-eyed just writing capsule reviews of the damned thing.
Rating: 5/5
DVD: For such a majestic, sprawling, effects-laden movie, the DVD’s a bit of a letdown. Lee and screenwriter James Schamus provide decent commentary, and there is an interview with Yeoh and a making-of documentary, so It’s not a total loss, but a film like this leaves you
yearning for a two-disc special edition. Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
Easter Eggs: None that we can find.
Rating: 3/5
Five Degrees of Seperation
Iron Monkey — the second-greatest martial-arts period piece; Zorro
in ancient China.
The Matrix — Yuen Wo Ping did the action here and in “Crouching
Tiger,” and directed “Iron Monkey.”
The Ice Storm — Ang Lee makes great movies.
Sense and Sensibility — Ang Lee makes great Jane Austen adaptations.
Tomorrow Never Dies — Would’ve been a better movie with James Bond cameos in a Michelle Yeoh film, rather than vice versa.
Tags: ang lee, china, martial arts, michelle yeoh, Yun-Fat Chow, Ziyi Zhang
