I watched "House of the Flying Daggers" last week-end. This film is by Zhang Yi Mou, the same guy who made "Hero". I had high expectations before I went because I'd heard such great reviews. The film stars the beautiful Zhang Zi Yi and the pictures had looked astonishing. That much was true. The pictures and colours are vivid, and gorgeous.
But the film lacked soul.
I haven't been used to martial arts films from Hong Kong, so I watch those films with new eyes. Still, the difference between those beautiful objets d'art and Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is clear to me. I was moved by the story in Lee's film, and it possessed a grace absent from the two others by Zhang Yi Mou.
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