The Texas-based Austin Daily News says it's an epic work of perfect craftsmanship and elegance.

FilmNewspaper International described the process of watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as a wonderful, exciting, hallucinatory flight.

Female film critic Marianne Joansen said that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will make you fall in love with movies again.

If there's nothing in this film that catches your heart, it's time for you to see a doctor.

"Apollo Guide" said bluntly - this is an exciting, mysterious, romantic film, it does put "art" into "martial arts film".

And "Seattle Times" did not hesitate to praise - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is exactly what Hong Kong fans have been looking forward to: a martial arts film for adults.

"Fable of the Movie" recommends to readers that (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is an excellent blend of romance, philosophy and martial arts action.

The Houston Times, even if you're not a fan of martial arts movies, will cheer those fight scenes, which are absolute visual poems.

"Popcorn" - love, pity, fear and humor, all so beautifully done. This is not only a great martial arts film, but also an Ang Lee movie.

The Otawa Resident praised [it] a jaw-dropping film, a melodrama about passion and failure that will take you into the air.

"Salt Lake City Desert News" even exaggerated - forget about the martial arts movies you have watched, all martial arts films in the future should be like this.

It's been a long time since a film from Asia has been able to receive rave reviews from the North American media collective, and the last Asian director to receive such praise may have been back in Kurosawa's time.

Because of this, although it was not released in North America until December, the box office curve of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has been rising, which can be described as a standard low start and high walk.

For this nominal Chinese Taiwanese film, but in fact a Hong Kong Chinese film, the evaluation has always been that there is a flower inside the wall and a fragrance outside the wall.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has received rave reviews and word-of-mouth in Europe and the United States, but the response in Hong Kong and the mainland has been mediocre, and only Taiwan, Ang Lee's hometown, has saved some face for him.

Many people think that it is "completely unattractive", they don't know where it looks good, and they don't understand what these foreigners are pursuing.

In fact, from the perspective of both the East and the West, we can understand why there is such a phenomenon of incense inside the wall and outside the wall.

For audiences on the other side of the ocean, what are martial arts films used for?

Don't fight!

The style of people like Tsui Hark and others is like this. is also because in the early days, represented by the most popular period of Hong Kong films, the technical strength of oriental films was actually relatively poor.

Especially in terms of film special effects, with the advent of the new century, the gap between the East and the West has gradually widened.

Therefore, in this environment, martial arts films are actually an important branch of oriental action movies, which meet the audience's demand for exciting action-adventure elements.

That's why there are many oriental audiences who think that "the fights in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are not as good as Tsui Hark's", which is neither exciting nor exciting.

But North American audiences did not watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" from the perspective of an action movie. If you want to watch an action movie, you can go to see a big-scene movie of Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Bang Bay, do I need to watch any more martial arts movies?

Therefore, the perspective of the North American audience can be described as another trend that has been popular in the East for more than ten years - Xianxia and Xuanhua.

Westerners always have a kind of mysterious fantasy about the East, whether it is the mystery of Shangri-La or the ethereal Taoism of the East, the kind of fairy-like scenes, poetic feelings, are the unique oriental feelings of Westerners. This can also be glimpsed by looking at the famous opera "Turandot", which can only be performed in the West.

And "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can be said to have perfectly hit this sentiment of European and American audiences, and the whole movie is actually a bit like using the perspective of a voyage adventurer like Marco Polo to tell an oriental adventure story that European and American audiences look forward to.

And such a story, with fairy fights, love and hate, and the distinct personalities of the main characters, it is strange that such a movie is not successful.

"This kind of movie is only made by Ang Lee. Sid shook the latest issue of Variety and said to Britney with a smile.

"Eh, really?" Britney asked, surprised, "Sid, can't you either?"

"If Ang Lee is not a director, he will definitely be a poet, and the things that such people shoot have their own unique characteristics, which are difficult for others to imitate. Sid shrugged, "And I don't feel the need to imitate it." ”

"Everyone can only shoot something that is unique to them, and what I can shoot, no one else can shoot. Sid, who said this, had a confident glint in his eyes, and Britney's heart fluttered for a while.

"Ahhh——, Sid, you're so handsome. ”

"Hello again?" Sid smiled and hooked his finger at Britney, and Nizi ran over like a gust of wind and crashed into Sid's arms.

"Ouch, my stomach—" Sid couldn't help but let out another "wail".

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"Hmph, I'm glad I was prepared. Ali Emmanuel smiled as he looked at another thick stack of manuscripts on Sid's desk.

After Sid and Britney returned from New York, and before returning to post-production of Harry Potter, he called his agent, Ali Emmanuel, on another phone call.

And when Ali saw another familiar scene, he was no longer afraid of Sid's trial, and he said with a smile: "I have called five agents in advance, and today's twelve book manuscripts will be moved back!"

"Oh, really?" Sid looked up and smiled, his smile making Ali feel that something didn't seem right there, but he shook his head with a determined expression.

"I didn't expect you to finally have the foresight this year, Ali. Sid clapped his hands slightly, and he pointed to the twelve manuscripts piled in front of him, "(Super) Heroes, Bloodthirsty Forensics, Spartacus Blood and Sand, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Gossip Girl, Young Wolf, Rivals of Love, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Hangover, 17 Again, and Frozen. ”

"As you wish, there are twelve scripts in total. Sid's words immediately alerted Ali Emmanuel

"Script!?"

Sid smiled meaningfully, then pressed the intercom on the desk and said to the secretary outside, "Kelly, let Mr. Baker in." ”

Then a middle-aged man wearing small round glasses walked in, Ali didn't know, but the other party knew him, "Good afternoon, Mr. Leon, Mr. Emmanuel." ”

"Are you?" asked Ali, confused.

"I'm a script entry registrar for the Screenwriters Guild. The middle-aged man Baker replied politely, and then he looked at Sid, "Mr. Leon, may I get to work?"

"Of course. Sid nodded, then pointed to the stack of scripts in front of him and said, "That's it, Mr. Baker." ”

"Okay. Baker nodded, removed the registration papers from the briefcase he had brought, and picked up Sid's script and registered.

Seeing this, Ali Emmanuel didn't understand, he pointed at Sid with an "outrageous" expression: "Sid, you, you, you...... , you actually wrote the script directly to the Screenwriters Guild for registration!"

"Bingo!" Sid smiled slightly, "So, I called you here today just to make you a witness." ”

"Oh, Nooooooooo——!!" Ali was tricked by Sid again.