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I saw both. Crouching Tiger was excellent, & deserving of it's critical praise.

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on March 18, 2006 at 10:45:11

In Reply to: Hated "Crouching", missed "Hulk" (deliberately)... so what are you saying? posted by clarkjohnsen on March 18, 2006 at 08:43:22:

Brokeback Mountain also received praise, Ang Lee winning the Academy Award as Best Director this year for his abilities as a filmmaker even after the horrendous Hulk misfire. My point being that any creative filmmaker can make missteps along the way. So, I wouldn't judge the Wachowski brothers quite so harshly if I were you, especially if you're basing your criticism on films like Matrix II or III which were put on the fast track after the unexpected success of Matrix I.

>>> "...I haven't actually *read* the reviews, although I glimpsed at the last sentence in EW's review (a big C): "A rage against the machine, made by the machine." Not terribly encouraging." <<<

All I can say about Entertainment Weekly is ...EW (as in whew!); I haven't read that zine for years because their film reviews were so often off base and don't even glance at it these days (I still prefer Rotten Tomatoes as a good cross section of critical opinion to use as a gauge of which films have merit)!

The bottom line: V for Vendetta shocks & rocks in a manner not unlike Bill Shakespeare's Richard III (the award winning albeit controversial '95 WWII-era reimagining of the Bard's work); you should check V out for yourself and then rent Richard III, if you missed it! As Monk would say, you'll thank me later! :o)

AuPh

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