For those of you who are unaware, Ang Lee's wonderful martial arts film, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is back in movie theaters. Having a 23-year-old Chinese movie back in major U.S. movie theaters is something I didn't see coming, but I am so glad this happened. This movie is just as great now as it was when it was first released (though I admit, when it was first released I was too young to enjoy a movie like this). Despite all the has been done with special effects in recent years, the action scenes here are still fantastic and simply a joy to watch. While I know many will disagree with me, these action scenes hold up a lot better that those in The Matrix (1999), released only a year earlier. Yet there is a lot more to this film than just wonderful action scenes. The acting is simply wonderful, the story (while not always easy to follow) is wonderfully engaging and the dialogue is fantastic. Adding to all this is that the film has a new 4K restoration and it simply looks amazing, especially on a big movie theater screen. If you get a chance to see this wonderful movie in a theater, you should definitely do so. Check the movie theaters around you to see if you can find this playing there.
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