What a fucking awesome movie. It's a very different kind of movie than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. So I can't say the one is better than the other, but they are both gorgeous, astounding epics. I've never watched a subtitled movie in a theatre before and was apprehensive but 10 minutes into it I forgot I was reading. I took my 6 year old (great reader) and she had no problem following it. I wholeheartedly suggest you catch this in theatres, guys. The big screen makes this movie better than fantastic.
I won't give anything away but my favorite scene is the one with Snow and Moon in those swirling yellow leaves. And I will say this: I went to that movie to drool over Jet Li, but I would have happily taken ANY one of the actors, including the women. If you all think Ziyi Zhang is hot, wait till you see Maggie Cheung in action.
I hope the success of this movie here brings us House of Flying Daggers all the more swiftly. Takeshi Kaneshiro is my favorite actor.
Quentin Tarantino is a fucking genius. He didn't direct this one, but his great eye and willingness to act where others will not is the reason I got to enjoy seeing Hero on the big screen. :nworthy:
