Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon By Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a multi award winning martial arts film. The film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors. This movie was made on a $17 million budget and was a huge international success, grossing $213.5 million and is a very worthy candidate for inclusion in the film festival.
Characterisation:
The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend, Yu Shu Lien, a female warrior. Both are highly skilled students of Wudang, a form of martial arts. Mu Bai is characterised as a master swordsmen who has returned from seeking enlightenment to reunite with his love interest. He symbolically plans to gift his precious sword to Sir Te signifying his retirement. However, his last unfulfilled task as a warrior is to avenge the death of his master by killing the Wudang warrior, Jade Fox. His character is set up well in that he is shown to be of great honour and worthy of great respect. …show more content…
Her character develops as she engages in the first of many martial arts scenes in the movie in her attempt to retrieve the precious sword that has been stolen.
At the beginning of the movie, Jen Yu is made to appear as though she is the obedient daughter of a politician when in reality, she is another Wudang fighter and is keeping her master, Jade Fox, hidden. Unbeknown to her master, she has far surpassed her master’s skill level but is keeping it a secret.
Jade Fox is a Wudang warrior who uses her skill for evil purposes and encourages Jen to do the
Characterisation:
The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend, Yu Shu Lien, a female warrior. Both are highly skilled students of Wudang, a form of martial arts. Mu Bai is characterised as a master swordsmen who has returned from seeking enlightenment to reunite with his love interest. He symbolically plans to gift his precious sword to Sir Te signifying his retirement. However, his last unfulfilled task as a warrior is to avenge the death of his master by killing the Wudang warrior, Jade Fox. His character is set up well in that he is shown to be of great honour and worthy of great respect. …show more content…
Her character develops as she engages in the first of many martial arts scenes in the movie in her attempt to retrieve the precious sword that has been stolen.
At the beginning of the movie, Jen Yu is made to appear as though she is the obedient daughter of a politician when in reality, she is another Wudang fighter and is keeping her master, Jade Fox, hidden. Unbeknown to her master, she has far surpassed her master’s skill level but is keeping it a secret.
Jade Fox is a Wudang warrior who uses her skill for evil purposes and encourages Jen to do the