Ack. I just went to go see Hero

General Chatter
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This will probably be one of those movies that everybody will be raving about for months but me. It’ll no doubt rake in a lot of money. I kinda figured it wouldn’t be as good as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon when I went to go see it. Little did I realize what a backwards plotting, overwrought, and heavily pretentious movie Hero was going to turn out to be. At least Crouching Tiger had a sense of elegance and knew how to have fun every once in a while and celebrated its martial arts and warriors. Hero just loved to hear the sound of its own voice and gave me characters I could care less about.

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Didya dislike it that much?

I thought Hero was a pretty good movie for all the qualities that I liked about Crouching Tiger. Though I did like Crouching Tiger better…

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Well at the very least it’s more intelligent than most of the other Jet Li movies. But some movies I’ve enjoyed were mindless fun, like the Matrix movies.

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i thought it was beautiful; everything i expect from an art film, put to use in fight scenes and a lovely, melancholic story. everything sat well with me except for some editing tricks, particularly during the water fight. i highly recommend it.