Wo Hu Cang Long
Number 114 on IMDb’s Top 250
Nominated by ... Me
The disappearance of a magical jade sword, the Green Destiny, spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li (Chow Yun-Fat) is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu (Michelle Yeoh) is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape. Hilarity ensues.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man's world. It is not unbelievable that zen warriors float through the air, skim the water and battle in trees and on rooftops. Pain, revenge and duty are the stuff that bind us in this world and are the main plot line of the movie, but in the afterlife love and faith linger on.
Trivia: "Crouching tiger hidden dragon" is a quote from Chinese mythology. It refers to hiding your strength from others; advice which is followed too well by the characters in the film. In 2001, this became the first foreign language film to earn over $100 million in the United States. The film holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a "foreign" film. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music (Song), Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design.
Before winning the Oscar for directing Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee was nominated for directing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and you can see a lot of similarities in the two stories. Both stories revolve around unrequited love, both use breathtaking scenery of mountains. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon also uses the Chinese Martial Arts movie making style with a lot of wire work. In the Chinese fantasy style warriors can fly and perform amazing martial arts movements and choreography. It is truly like watching a fatal dance with the beautiful movements and sword play. Cool movie. Thanks Will.
Nominated by ... Me
The disappearance of a magical jade sword, the Green Destiny, spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li (Chow Yun-Fat) is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu (Michelle Yeoh) is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape. Hilarity ensues.Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is a timeless story that takes place in QING China when miracles were credible and spirits and gods were present in man's world. It is not unbelievable that zen warriors float through the air, skim the water and battle in trees and on rooftops. Pain, revenge and duty are the stuff that bind us in this world and are the main plot line of the movie, but in the afterlife love and faith linger on.
Trivia: "Crouching tiger hidden dragon" is a quote from Chinese mythology. It refers to hiding your strength from others; advice which is followed too well by the characters in the film. In 2001, this became the first foreign language film to earn over $100 million in the United States. The film holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a "foreign" film. It was nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music (Song), Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Best Film Editing, and Best Costume Design.
Before winning the Oscar for directing Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee was nominated for directing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and you can see a lot of similarities in the two stories. Both stories revolve around unrequited love, both use breathtaking scenery of mountains. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon also uses the Chinese Martial Arts movie making style with a lot of wire work. In the Chinese fantasy style warriors can fly and perform amazing martial arts movements and choreography. It is truly like watching a fatal dance with the beautiful movements and sword play. Cool movie. Thanks Will.
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I still need to see this one.
I guess I'll take that Will guy's advice.
BTW, slow down, I'm trying to catch up to you. I'm up to 106 and I only need to watch two more and I'll have seen the entire top 25. And they're both Sergio Leone westerns.
When you first did your list and I saw that I was only ahead of you by about ten movies I said to myself, "Oh crap, I'm only ahead of Mick by about ten movies! Then I found out I was only ahead of Kim by fifteen or so."
Let me know and you can borrow the ones I have from the top 250. I have the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Well, I'm getting that one tomorrow. You can see my list from the link on the bottom of my photoblog.
Don't worry, you're about 225 ahead of me.
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By the way, I'm concerned with your fascination for this type of movie. Are you sure there isn't something you'd need to tell me?
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Don't Worry, Crouching Tiger is straight and a whole lot better then Brokeback.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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