Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has opened nationwide in the US. What's your opinions of this movie?
Check out this month's cover story on Kung Fu Online for my review and some cool pics from the film.
http://www.kungfuonline.com
Is Crouching Tiger the first consistently Taoist Martial Arts Movie?
I know there is already a Good movie/bad movie thread. I just want to talk about the representation of Taoism in the movie.
I posted on another thread about the Taoist perspective Croaching Tiger presents.
Okay a couple of examples:
The Green Dragon was very flexible and a Wudang warriors weapon. Every other jian in the movie was far more rigid.
No matter what a little sh!t Jen was, she was never made out as bad or good. The worst she was called was a potential "poisoned dragon" or "you are not my sister." No good or evil except for Jade Fox, but she had a history with White Crane...maybe she was just a bitter jilted lover...not truly evil?
What do you think? Most martial arts movies are "Shaolin/Confucian" in technique and philosophy(even Tai Chi Master). CTHD seems to be consistenetly Taoist/Internal.
One must toughen up without losing one's tenderness.