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I was wrong...again.

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Saw Crouching Tiger for the second time, well, actually for the first. In the theater, I walked out when the youngsters got to the cave.
This time, at home on DVD, I not only got through it, I thought it was damn close to a masterpiece. Brilliant story, cinematography, acting, and...heart.
My only quibble is that in this film, like many Asian films, the martial arts scenes get repetitive. Some tighter editing would make me ecstatic.
Most any modern actor could learn from the master, Mr. Fat, how to express an entire emotion without stirring a muscle...by a mere "look" in his eyes.
His mature love interest was his match in skill, too.
The female apprentice is unmatched in the West for beauty and talent. What a magnificent ensemble piece.
Surprise of surprises, for I am not an Ang Lee fan, at all.
I will watch it again.
What a shocking turnaround. Anyone else have such changes of heart over a film?

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Yea, Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Road Warrior 12:48:50 03/28/05 (0)
Dumb me, I simply didn't get it. Perhaps it was the "impossible to live up to" buildup from friends, perhaps the mood of that particular evening. Walked out halfway thru. Big mistake. Have prolly seen it dozens of times since then, own it on VHS and DVD.
"Bring out yer dead, bring out yer dead"
"Run away, run away"
"I fart in your general direction"
"A Shrubbery"
"Serious wound? Nonsene, only a little nick"
Zhang Zhayi(?) is possibly the most excquisite creature on earth! - Duilawyer 07:55:04 03/26/05 (0)
They called her "teen dream" when the flick came out. And no, it did no better for me the second time. IF the woman hero could fly over rooftops, why did she not fly to get the medicine?
Re: I was wrong...again. - Analog Scott 07:50:19 03/26/05 (0)
"What a shocking turnaround. Anyone else have such changes of heart over a film?"
Absolutely. Bladerunner and A Clockwork Orange come to mind. Oh yeah, Spinal Tap. For me it is usually a matter of expectations.
Anyone else have such changes of heart over a film? - James L 01:24:16 03/26/05 (9)
To a degree, but there's generally 10 to 20 years between such turnabouts. Something I hated when I was 15 I appreciated at 35. Something I might have liked at 20 I can't stand to watch at 40. Never such a turnabout within a year or two.
- Umm, to a degree, The Cure. I did not like it first time - Duilawyer 09:19:35 03/26/05 (0)
  but it got in my bones. The second time, when I caugh the nuances, (not to mention the opening 10 minutes) especially the ending, it went WAY up.
- Re: Anyone else have such changes of heart over a film? - patrickU 05:26:53 03/26/05 (6)
  Yes, mostly films I did see in my youth. But that scarcely happen.
  - "A foolish consistency is the hobglobbin of little minds." - tinear 05:41:16 03/26/05 (5)
    You must have a similar sentiment expressed in a French aphorism?
    Anyhow, c'mon! You've NEVER seen a film the second time, within a fairly short period of time, and felt you've overrated it?
    Mon Dieu!
    - Re: "A foolish consistency is the hobglobbin of little minds." - patrickU 05:54:05 03/26/05 (4)
      You see, when you are young many things are left in the shadow. After a time when you get to what you were aimed to be, then you are turning to a man of some experiences.
      That don�t mean that you are a complete inflexible idiot.
      But you have learnt. And you use your knowledge add to what your genes gaves you on its way.
      If there is a change, then the other way around. Mostly films I did find ok, that after a second or third viewing don�t find grace anymore in my eyes.
      As for "A Foolish..." That is plainly rubbish!
      Your little mind.
      - Ah, I'm still young then, at least - tinear 07:46:24 03/26/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: "A foolish consistency is the hobglobbin of little minds." posted by patrickU on March 26, 2005 at 05:54:05:
        
        compared to you and that ol' dinosaur, Victor.
        
        Re: Yes " Young "... - patrickU 07:50:34 03/26/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Ah, I'm still young then, at least posted by tinear on March 26, 2005 at 07:46:24:
        
        The problem is that you will never mature...He-he...
      - A plain rubbish it was - Victor Khomenko 07:08:22 03/26/05 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: "A foolish consistency is the hobglobbin of little minds." posted by patrickU on March 26, 2005 at 05:54:05:
        
        I guess tin is still in that part of his life where you sleep with someone when dead drunk, and are horrified in the morning.
        You can't fool US like that any longer!
        I don't recall any big tirnabouts... minor changes, sure, but not from love to hate and vice versa.
        
        Re: And horrified in the morning..... - patrickU 07:22:07 03/26/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: A plain rubbish it was posted by Victor Khomenko on March 26, 2005 at 07:08:22:
        
        When he find the false hair and teeth near the bed. And that it was not a girl at all....
        But it was a Aldomovar film....
- So, it's just........................... - tinear 04:36:59 03/26/05 (0)
  gulp, me???
  How about an example of a movie that you 180'd on---and why.

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