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Actors: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
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Master warriors Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) and Yu Shu Lien(Michelle Yeoh) team together to retrieve a stolen treasure, the Green Destiny sword. Xiou Long/Jen Yu (Zhang Ziyi) is a young woman about to be sent into an arranged marriage. She reveals her knowledge of a sacred fighting style known only to those who have studied at a special school for it.
--Brandy Todd, Resident Scholar
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A great Chinese warrior, Master Li Mu Bai (Chow) decides to turn over his magical jade sword, "Green Destiny," to a friend, perhaps with the intention of pressing his longtime adoration for Yu Shu Lien (Yeoh), the former fiancee of an old but deceased buddy. The sword is stolen, however, and Li must track it down as well as avenge the death of his father by the evil Jade Fox (Pei-pei Cheng), who has tutored a teenage girl named Jen Yu (Zhang) in the martial arts. With sweeping shots of locations all over China, from the deserts north of Tibet to towering bamboo forests, and a stirring soundtrack of thundering drums and Yo-Yo Ma's wonderous cello, this 2000 film directed by Ang Lee astonished Western audiences and won four Oscars: for Best Original Score, Best Foreign Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Art/Set Direction. It used almost no CGI for the jaw-dropping action which demanded much of the actors physically, save to remove their safety wires from the shots.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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This movie is a classic tale of love, loss, honor and righteousness. A legendary sword is stolen by a skilled fighter. The capable woman entrusted to protect it seeks the sword and justice. But the thief is no ordinary criminal, for the thief is seeking freedom and acceptance in a world that offers neither. Freedom to be what one wants to be and love whom one wants to love are important themes in this movie.
--Danielle Petty, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 16.7%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 43.3%
Time/Era of Movie:
- middle ages
Technology/treasure/info search
Yes
involving:
- magical artifact
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Romance
Yes
Kind of movie
- traditional karate
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Age:
- a teen
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character:
- is very quick
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
- obsessed
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- ample chest and buttocks (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- karate chop
- hand to hand
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- poisoning
- diced
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Chinese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
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