For those of you who plan on seeing this beautiful movie, please pay attention to the SOUND. You have to see it in a theater with a really good sound system, like THX. The Echo Game and bamboo forest fight scenes are particularly breath-taking. Some of the music is quite lovely, too.
I can't wait to get the DVD and see how well my little home theater system can take it.
Otherwise, of course the plot is hokey and they really stretch our ability to suspend disbelief. But that's not what these kind of movies are about. They are meant to be absorbed, not analyzed. Just go with it. Pretend you're watching a live-action cartoon, or a puppet show.
I can't wait to get the DVD and see how well my little home theater system can take it.
Otherwise, of course the plot is hokey and they really stretch our ability to suspend disbelief. But that's not what these kind of movies are about. They are meant to be absorbed, not analyzed. Just go with it. Pretend you're watching a live-action cartoon, or a puppet show.