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[dchenes]

Wow. I think Hero is the most beautiful movie I've ever seen. And I think I might have to obtain the soundtrack if such a thing exists. Taiko drumming and Itzhak Perlman. I like.

I wish they'd quit with the flying, though. I've seen martial artists do amazing things without it, and the whole "suspended in midair" thing just makes it patently faked. Granted, without the flying, Crouching Tiger would have been a completely different movie, but it bothers me all the same. Saying "impressive, but fake" is annoying.

I also wonder if the text at the end exists in the Chinese version. Somehow I doubt it. It felt like something they tacked on for American audiences so there would be at least a hint of a happy ending.

Despite the minor nitpicks, I very much enjoyed it.

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[melopoeia.livejournal.com]

Hero = Yum.

[sebastian-tombs.livejournal.com]

It was a very beautiful movie, wasn't it? I was taken by things like the redoing the scenes in different perspectives, using different color schemes. The sound effects of the wind and the emperor's leather were interesting. The soundtrack was fantastic, and the movie wouldn't have been anywhere near as good without it. (I loved the "violin and fiddle: Itzhak Perlman")

I'm not sure that the subtitling ever either distracted me or left me feeling that I was missing on the emotions of the characters - something that is rarely true, I find.

Was the deal with the arrows any more believable than the flying? It did make a pretty dramatic point a couple of times though (I won't give details to avoid actual spoilage).

I was very glad to see it on the big screen - I'll be interested to see if on my normal sized t.v. it looks as wonderful.

Yes, I *loved* this movie.

[dchenes.livejournal.com]

The arrows didn't bother me as much, because I knew they were computer-generated. For some reason I can accept that, but I can't sit there and accept people doing things they absolutely couldn't have done without harnesses.

I also found it interesting that the individual people in the movie walked, or ran, or did whatever they did, but the army and the courtiers all scuttled, mostly. It made me laugh every time they went anywhere en masse (although I think part of that had to do with the silly hats).

Now I want to go see it again, in a different theater. The projector they used last night was slightly out of focus.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

I didn't think the wire-work in this movie was as good as in CTHD, but it was still beautiful. The wuxia style of flying is so very mythic Chinese, how could they leave it out?

I'm not sure why you think the text at the end might not be in the HK version? (I can ask around, I know folks who saw it - I think it is.)

Hero!

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

The text at the end was there in the HK version. The two versions were similar enough (if not identical) that nothing stuck out to me upon seeing the "American version" versus the HK version I have on DVD. And yes, the soundtrack exists. :)