I did. It was a wonderful message, and the directing was terrific, too. I particularly applaud the use of color in this film and would use it as an exemplar in a film appreciation class for that purpose. But this film moves way too slowly, and the reasons are the action sequences and the lack of story.
The fight scenes are too artificial. As you may guess, I was also not thrilled with "Crouching Tiger" and if I am missing anything, perhaps it is the reason for a fascination with fantasy during such scenes that utterly takes you out of the moment. I don't want to see people mystically defying gravity and doing mid-air stunts for 5 minutes. A little more Bruce Lee and a little less Disney would be nice. It also needed more storyline and less "action" although the latter is questionable as it was about as believable as a James Bond film.
More exposition and more realistic martial artistry would have made this film as good as everyone else is saying it is.
The fight scenes are too artificial. As you may guess, I was also not thrilled with "Crouching Tiger" and if I am missing anything, perhaps it is the reason for a fascination with fantasy during such scenes that utterly takes you out of the moment. I don't want to see people mystically defying gravity and doing mid-air stunts for 5 minutes. A little more Bruce Lee and a little less Disney would be nice. It also needed more storyline and less "action" although the latter is questionable as it was about as believable as a James Bond film.
More exposition and more realistic martial artistry would have made this film as good as everyone else is saying it is.
