My wife and I saw this movie in the theater, loved it, later bought the DVD. We're fans of pretty much everyone involved (Ang Lee, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat, Zhang Ziyi, et al). I accidentally let my 6yo watch a few minutes of the first fight (Shu-lien vs masked thief) and his eyes opened as wide as an anime. He's now crazy about wire fu. But the rest of CTHD really isn't kid-appropriate. So we got Shaolin Soccer and all is well.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Amazing, magical martial arts fairy tale.
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for Ages 12 and Up
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About Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Parents need to know that this movie features a lot of martial arts battles. Most are bloodless, but one character is killed when a blade is hurtled into his forehead. Major characters are killed, and one death could be interpreted as suicide. Although the women in the movie are treated with complete equality and are equal to or superior to the men in judgement and combat, one female character expresses bitterness that she was not permitted to train as a warrior. There is brief mild language.
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- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
One of the greatest wire-fu epics
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
One of the few action films that is as emotionally resonent as it is visually beautiful.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
fascinating
I was disappointed that the movie I got from Netflix was dubbed into English since I hate dubbed movies and I saw it originally in Chinese. However the kids loved the martial arts action and the beautiful cinematography and I liked the women who were just as strong as the men.
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
UGH
dont watch it. it was one of those stupid pointless kung fu movies like hero that give all of them a bad name. lots of pointless fighting scenes...fearless is WAY better it actually has a STORY.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Intriguing for kids into martial arts
I watched this movie with my 9 year old son who is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He thought it was one of the best action films he's ever seen (which is not a lot). I think it's great that the main warriors in this story are women. Three things I'd wish I'd known: 1. There is a sex scene between the two younger lovers which was a little more than I wanted him to see at the time. 2. In one fight scene a large "knife-weapon" gets lodged into the head of a man - which was pretty gross. 3. In the final fight scene between Jade Fox and the three others, there is a pretty graphic scene of poison darts that go right into the eye of Jade Fox. That was kind of gross as well. Overall, the acting, directing and story are excellent. Even my 9 year old understood the moral of the story which had to do with living your love while you can. It also has an amazing soundtrack with Yo-Yo Ma doing cello solos.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Dumb. don't see it.
You could almost see the wires hanging off of them. I like kung-fu movie but this was stupied.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Phenomenal!
Undoubtedly the best martial arts film ever made. A truly brilliant masterpiece with some exciting and epic kung fu fight scenes. Great for anyone over the age of 10, although there is one sexual scene and some violence.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Amazing Movie
This movie is amazing. Nothing too graphic. Highly Recommended.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Brilliant movie
Mr Anonymous knows not what he talks about. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is not merely just another chop socky film. It's a martial arts movie with heart. It's poetry not just in the visuals, but in the music and in the emotional bonds between the characters. It teaches lessons like honor and that stealing is wrong and that even warriors can't always use violence to win and that sometimes good people die. The movie only gets an iffy for violence for one scene where a character's mouth gets cut open.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Average and extremely overrated
I reccomend "Hero" in place of this movie.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Crouching Nap Time, Hidden Wire
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