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DUH...That's because CTHD isn't a martial arts flick.

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Ummm...Wherever did you get that idea??? Yes, CTHD uses fight choreography , wire work and elements from the genre. Without the martial arts tradition CTHD would probably not exist. But Ang Lee was after something quite different than "kicking ass". He didn't make this film for martial arts fans. Lee used the conventions of the genre to tell a multilayered, mythic *story*.

CTHD a martial arts flick? Nah...It's like saying the first LA Confidential is just about cops 'n robbers, or that Lord of the Rings is just about fairies and monsters, or that The Searchers is just about cowboys and Indians.

If you don't geddit, there *are* plenty of "true" martial arts genre films from which to choose for the die-hard aficionados.

I don't AGREE - I think CTHD *is* gorgeous. And wonderful.


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