Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly said, “Soaring and romantic, wild and serene, feminist and gutsy, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is one of the best movies of the year.” The movie is powerful and a terrific film all in the same time. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, a movie’s plot based around a sword. The movie is very action packed and it is like the Matrix all over again. The choreography was done by the same choreographer as the Matrix. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon isn’t all about the action of trying to retrieve a stolen sword, but the movie also has a basis of a love story or love stories.

Master Li Mu Bai, played by Chow Yun Fat, has had the Jade sword and used it in combat. Now, he was going to place it in Governor Yu’s care. Yu Shi Lien, played by Michelle Yeoh, offers to bring the sword to the Governor. Secretly the two masters have feelings for each other, but because of who they are they don’t speak about their relationship. When Yu Shi Lien arrives to the Governor’s house, she meets Jen Yu, played by Zhang Ziyi. Jen Yu will be married off in a couple of days, but that is not what she wants. Yu Shi Lien never had to be married off to someone she didn’t know, she was in control of her own will. Jen Yu looks up to Yu Shi Lien because of that fact. Women weren’t supposed to learn how to fight, but Yu Shi Lien learned too. Also, women were supposed to be wives, but Yu Shi Lien had feelings for Master Li Mu Bai. She was a feminist character. A thief steals the sword when it arrived to the Governor’s mansion. The thief ended up to be Jen Yu, the Governor’s daughter. From the point when we know Jen Yu was the thief the story begins to unravel the love story behind the motives.

The story plot was very well thought out, very well structured. All questions were answered by the end of the movie. There were no confusions whatsoever. It was odd to listen to the dialogue of the movie. The characters spoke in a flowery way. Everyone was well mannered and proper to one another in the movie, making the time period of the movie old. The only big symbol of the movie was the Jade sword. The sword was what revealed Jen Yu’s love story, and also it contributed to Master Li Mu Bai and Yu Shi Lien to get closer. The theme of the movie was all about love.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon consisted of a very magnificent cast. Ziyi played her role very well, along with Yeoh and Chow. The sets were beautiful with ancient Chinese architecture, making the time period really believable. Also, on top of the fantastic buildings, the scenery was what made the movie eye pleasing. The fight between Jen Yu and Master Li Mu Bai was taken place in a forest of bamboo. The very green baby made the two white dressed characters stand out, and easy to catch. The great story line and amazing scenery made the movie worth seeing. Even though it’s an ancient Chinese film and people have progressed, the movie has a strong theme of love and great choreography for everyone to enjoy.

The Two Young Male Actors

A sequel to Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and second movie of a trilogy was nothing but spectacular. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was the most action packed movie out of the three. The movie continued where the first movie had left off, and it begins with Frodo, Sam, and Golem (also known as Smiggle) journeying their way to Mordor. Elijah Wood played the hobbit Frodo Baggins, and throughout the trilogy he was the ring carrier and was given the task to destroy the ring. Like Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel said from Time, “But the film’s true battle is between Frodo the Hobbit (Elijah Wood) and the great Ring in his care. Frodo can feel its power to sap and seduce.”

The whole story is surrounding the ring, and Frodo (Elijah Woods) plays the biggest part of the movie. He’s the ring carrier and the character is tempted and is restless with the ring surrounding his neck. Wood being one of the attractive male actors on set plays Frodo Baggins character quite well. From The Adventures of Huck Finn to Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, Wood is a very versatile actor. Wood has to play a hobbit that is becoming weaker and less able to withstand the ring as he travels to Mordor. He struggles to trust between friend and foe. Sure, Golem (and his other personality Smiggle) helps guide Frodo to the black gates, but all throughout the journey he wants the ring for himself. Frodo gives Golem a chance and trusts him, but then struggles to listen to Sam, his companion hobbit. Wood does a very good job at acting weak and vulnerable. He is able to make himself look restless and paranoid of everything around him. When the Ringwraith goes flying through the swamp searching for the ring, he’s acting of the pain the Ringwraith left him was very believable. Holding onto the place where the Ringwraith had cut him and rolling his eyes back showed how much pain he was in. Frodo was a job well done by Wood.

The story also follows Aragon (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies). The trio tries and follows Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) and end up at Rohan trying to save the king Theoden (Bernard Hill) from the evil grasps of Saruman (Christopher Lee). Saruman wants to take Rohan down, and the trio stays and fights. Legolas played by Orlando Bloom (another very attractive male actor) made his debut in The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring. He didn’t play any other major roles in movies before the trilogy. Behind the scenes Bloom was seen as a very outgoing and adventurous person. He did a lot of extreme sports and was said to have made some injuries while doing them. Bloom seemed to be like any other boy, very into sports, getting tattoos, and getting mohawks. His wild personality was not seen on film. The elf prince Legolas is a beautiful and very graceful character. He was also very strong in battle. The scene where Legolas skateboards down the stairs on a shield, while shooting arrows repeatedly was one of the times who got to see a little of the real Bloom. Yet, Bloom was able to play an elf prince beautifully. With his graceful strides, and effortless speech he was able to portray what an elf prince should be like. Who knew, underneath the tights, armor, blue eyes, and long blonde hair laid a versatile actor.