Oh yearh. That spin combined with the music and answer to the monk's question "Who are you?". Perfection!! I'm still not sure how the hell they executed that beautiful shot.
Zhang Ziyi is a phenomenal actress, this is one of my favourite films that she did. And it has Michelle Yeoh!!! Ultimate excellence in choreography, stunts, physical prowess… and with such elegant, feminine grace
Zhang zimou is a very no nonsense action film maker but this one and its prequel are two of best martial arts action films ever made. Ziyi zhag was not martial arts person before she made this. Zimou trained her into the ground.
The whole movie is a like a poem with a heartbreaking end but all the way through has a genuine sense of lightness and humor, even during an action scene like this one.
She just owned this scene. She just wanted to take a break and chill with some tea. It was amazing how skillful she was with the Green Des still sheathed. Just rocks it.
She learn from the best manuscript. The only one who can defeat her, while she's carrying Green destiny blade is Li Mu Bai, because unlike her, Li Mu Bai isn't self taught. This scene also shows that Li Mu Bai is far better fighter then other martial artist with or without Green destiny blade.
I rewatched this film recently and saw this scene in a new light. Initially, I had the attitude of "well these jerks deserve it for starting a fight." But Jen really is very naive about the jianghu. She flaunts the Green Destiny sword openly. When those martial men see it, they come over to find out what connection she has with Li Mu Bai. She boasts that she defeated him. Either she's a lying thief who stole his sword, or she's a true enemy of his. So maybe they challenged her because they are friends of Li Mu Bai, or maybe they challenged her because they wanted to become more famous by defeating someone so strong, or maybe they wanted to trounce a lowly thief. But her bragging caused this misunderstanding. Even when they attack, they are careful to explain to her they are attacking. They do ask for a match with her. At no point does she ever display any courtesy or respect towards them. Just based on her age, she should be a little respectful of a senior martial artist. Even if she is stronger. Her rudeness escalates the situation and turns potential friends into enemies. During the fight, she spouts poetry about how great she is and continues to insult her foes. The degree of offense she causes ensures bad feeling. If her intent wasn't to kill them all, then she had to know that this poor behavior would create a rift between herself and others. Their intent in challenging her may have been good or evil, but how she responds reveals her extreme naivete. When she runs crying to Michelle Yeoh's character, Michelle tries to explain this to her, but she still fails to understand.
It's the subject of the movie, she represent the young people who wants to be the best in a short time, without any moral. And this path send you to death.
@@mica.motion You, and often many others as they try to save you. I have known more than a few people like her, truly great, but without the ability to temper that flame. They burn bright, they burn hot, and then they burn out, and often others are left scorched in their wake.
When Tarantino makes a saber fight scene in a restaurant, it's all slashes and heaps of bloody bodies. When Ang Lee makes a saber fight in a restaurant, it's all gracious accuracy and light blows defeating brute force. Ang Lee reached the Tao.
I totally agree! This fight in the restaurant is awesome. That's why I'm watching this video. This video clip should be titled 'the invincible sword goddess'.
That's also the difference between samurai sword and Chinese sword. Chinese sword is more like foil, one-handed, light-weighted, self-defensing. Quentin's Katanas are two-handed, offensive, heavy-weighted, for the real combat. Carrying Heavy weapon is considered savage yet carrying a sword is a hallmark of nobility. Chinese two-handed Dao (like machete or katana) is only used in the army.
I love how she talks shit while she beats up these preening fools. Even the music is perfect. This and the sword fight with Michelle Yeoh are my two favorite scenes from this movie.
Something lost in translation at 3:47. She did not refer to herself as a godess, but a xian, which is an immortal being beyond all worldly matters, including gender. This is echoed near the end of the poem when she vows to defeat Eu-mei (a female-only monestary) and Wudang (a male-only monastery).
@@stevenaguilera9202 Starting from 3:44 she introduced herself in the format of a poem, which is unfortunately difficult to translate. 瀟灑江湖一劍仙， 青冥寶劍勝龍泉， 任憑李俞江南鶴， 都要低頭求我憐， 沙漠飛來一條龍， 神來無影去無蹤， 今朝踏破峨嵋頂， 明日拔去武當峰。 My rough translation: Unrestrained in the martial world, a xian with one sword. My Green Destiny is better than Longquan. Even Li Mubai, Yu Xioulien, and Southern Crane must beg for my mercy. A dragon flies through the dessert and leaves no trace. Today I stamp out Eu-mei, and tomorrow I shall pluck out Wudang.
Through most of this movie I found her character to be selfish and immature, but in this scene I fully support her kicking the butts of all those blustering fools that can't even let somebody come into town and have a meal in peace. I felt bad for the tavern owner who had a really cool place but it was trashed by one brawl. It would be cool if somebody duplicated this restaurant in real life as kind of an homage to this film
Actually that WOULD be cool. I always wondered why you don't see these kinds of restaurants anywhere. Every Golden Harvest/Shaw Bros film from the 70s to late 80s had set pieces like that, and they looked awesome. They could throw in those huge clay jugs of wine with the paper tops on 'em for good measure.
People forget why she jumped at the end. She destroyed so much. It hurt her to know what she did. It was an amazing movie. Saw it in our independent theater. It was and is amazing.
One of the best martial arts fight scenes ever made (in my opinion), and Zhang Ziyi's encore display to show off her supremacy to her antagonizing opponents probably floored a GREAT MANY viewers. Did anyone notice she never killed any of these adversaries, choosing to merely humble them with a "lesson?" The collapsing balcony/bridge at the end of this scene was a brilliant finish to this scene! She captured an awful lot of hearts with this movie, too. Need that be said?
@@barneylinet6602 This was actually Zhang Ziyi, Barney. This movie put her on the map, and she captured MANY a heart. Michelle is the accomplished, more mature swordswoman you see in other scenes.
Ziyi was trained in classical dance, and it shows. She moves with a dancer’s grace, spins effortlessly into the final pose, and holds it while the one guy she hasn’t beaten up tries to sneak away. And the gallery collapses.
> best martial arts scene Not even close. This one probably sits at the middle. There are many better ones fromJackie Chan, jet li, Donnie Yen, and Keanu reeves too
I saw this in an old theatre in downtown San Diego before it was dubbed, so it was subtitled like this version. IIRC this came out before The Matrix, and there was a silent awe in the audience as these scenes played out. We all knew we were witnessing something truly groundbreaking and felt specially favored to have been among the first to see it. Before Trinity, there was Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi.
@@tonydavis8696 Looks like I 'misremembered' some details. I must have seen The Matrix after this movie came out and thought it predated it due to when I was able to view it. I'll leave my embarrassing original comment up though, as the experience (if not the timing) was mind-blowing.
@@tonydavis8696 FYI, The Matrix Trilogy, Kill Bill I & II, CTiger HDragon and the Grandmasters, etc, the Action Scenes were all choreographed by the Same Yuen Woo-ping (age 68), a Respected long time martial art choreographer from Hong Kong. His 1978 Directed Movies "Snakes in the Eagle's Shadow" and "Drunken Master" were the Ones that launched Jackie Chan into the Superstar he is today.
Both this movie and Matrix were groundbraking, BUT they also remixed and refined the traits that already made kung fu movies great. This movie, The Matrix, Blade, and later Kill Bill, are important for presenting western audiences with wuxia and kung fu in a high-value production; in my opinion it blended good aspects of eastern and western filmmaking beautifully.
One of the all time greatest fight scenes in any movie. She is phenomenal and of course, the subtitled option is much better than the English dubbing. In this movie, there was no CGI, but there was prolific use of wires and pulleys to make the actors fly and float.
@@quirkasaurussaurus2896 @Bounmii Beagle I can see you are true masters of the patient fox of the north side mountain school. Being myself the representative of the legendary sarcastic hissing snake temple, i acknowledge you.
I saw this film in IMAX in downtown Chicago with a good friend 21 or 22 years ago. Watched it last night with my 8 year old daughters at home. Long, but good movie. I grew watching martial art movies in the 80s on Saturday afternoons or Sunday afternoons. CTHD was fun when it was released. It was still fun last night. Respect. Thanks for sharing this. 👍
I think I first saw Iron Monkey in a Chinese cinema that no longer exists in Perth. After that, I picked up a pirated VHS version which got a LOT of playing.
She just wanted an arena to show off her skill and prowess. Just looking for adventure and trying to establish a legendary name. She didn't kill anyone just teased them a bit, broke their backs and bloodied their lips, but wanted them to stay alive, to remember her, and to pass on stories about her and what she did.
The whole idea of settling every dispute, no matter how petty, with a sword and each appears to be trying to slice the head of the other off...is more than a little ridiculous. And throw in a teen 100 lbs girl taking on ten adult males and emerging without a single scratch...LOL. But the action is superb.
But shes still too young too naive and lives in her dream world. Yes she can fight well. But to have a reputation in "The Wanderer's World" need to uphold the justice and make friends instead of enemies , like Mubai.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won 4 Academy Awards (2000) and was remarkably directed by Ang Lee... who also directed many diverse movies... staged in China, England, USA.
@@gregoryf9299 Another thing I've reacted to during all the years since I first saw the movie in this scen, is the guy at 2:31. I have loads of questions regarding his weapon, it looks like a damn calculator haha! What's he going to do? Bore her to death with numbers?? :D
If I had to translate it into English: "Boss, this is going to take awhile. It's stuff that's only available from the large restaurant." "Better get going then."
Incredible balance, flexibility and skill. So many actresses can pretend to be tough but they lack the grace and fluidity of Zhang. She is convincing when she fights; love it.
This scene is a tribute to Cheng Pei Pei who played Jade Fox in this movie. She was a star of wuxia movies in the 1960s which typically had restaurant scenes like this one.
Every time I watch this scene, that one guy using an Abacus as a weapon just cracks me up. He repeatedly jumps into the fray only to get swept aside instantly every time!
One of the best scenes in Chinese moviemaking history....No offense to Yeoh but only Ziyi could've pulled this off because of her youthful innocence and classical dance training
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I'm surprised I had to scroll down this far to see a comment about this. It's actually hilarious how she takes offense of their long-winded names (and his especially) and informs him he will be the first to feel the blade, and his comedic reaction is like, oh shit, maybe I should've kept my mouth shut. Beautiful piece of comedy right there.
I think it's supposed to show the moment she realised he was wearing an iron bracer. It's not that she's hurt necessarily, it's more like that strike was more solid and painful than it should have been. So the next thing she does is rip off his sleeve, and expose him as a fraud.
Fantastic! Loved it! As a former martial artist there were some very clever little tidbits in the sword fighting. One where she breaks all of the ringlets on the other persons sword. That is supposed to be like the Grandmaster sword with the ringlets that will catch the blade of an attacking sword, but she just sliced through the ringlets making that sword more useless. It was just a blip in the scene but a clever detail for anyone who knows the different weapons. Actually it was a pretty neat display of a variety of weapons of the time. I appreciated the authenticity of that aspect. Very well done fight scene, even though of course in reality you would be hard pressed to find someone who really had those skills, but in the mythology of course they do exist, and perhaps even at some point in time they did in reality as well. After I saw my Grandmaster astral project one time I started to believe some of the mythology just might actually be true! 😊😊👍👍😉😉
Yeah I tried to do a quick hop and spin in place really fast and that did not propel me smoothly 30 feet into the air. I just felt really dizzy after and fell over.
This movie totally needs a sequel. One of the best combinations of great choreography, great acting, beautiful cinematography, and engaging storylines. I know there was a 'sequel' but it was phony because it wasn't connected to Ang Lee and didn't have the incomparable Zhang Ziyi.
I love these Chinese Kung Fu movies. They used to have earlier versions of them on TV on Sundays. Flying around, walking on the walls and ceiling. Great stuff. The hopping vampire ones were funny as hell.
In case anyone wanted to know what the subtitles say when the image appears, here's my crack at it: "Boss, this is going to take awhile. It's stuff that's only available from the large restaurant." "Better get going then."
I didn’t appreciate this film when it came out. I thought that there were more beautiful martial art films than this. However, when i became older, i came to realise how beautifully this film was made.
First time I saw this, I saw it on video so I rewound it to make sure I'd seen what I'd just saw. A friend of mine said that she saw it in the movie theater and at the end of the scene people stood up and clapped.
My favorite part is when, at 30 seconds, you cant read the subs because out of all the screen space available to put a subscribe notification we chose to put it exactly over the subs. Really conveys the intent of the channel creator. Director nailed it and knocked it out of the park.
For the Gen Z watching you have no idea how revolutionary this film was. It was perhaps the first time I was crazy over a foreign film. It’s a masterpiece
It's the wire work that helps make this crap movie very pathetic. The action choreography also makes it pretty much crap as a movie...... my nickname for this smelly turd...Crouching Crap, Hidden Shit And yes, I love Kung Fu movies. I've watched HUNDREDS... When Bruce Lee died, HK, China, Taiwan and several other countries cranked out HUNDREDS and hundreds of Kung fu movies..to find his replacement The Jose Theater, in San Jose CA, would show 3 for $1....and changing them regularly....I virtually lived in that movie theater. Most were crap......but there were actually a good many with good stories
Even mixed with violence the poetry in movement is enchanting and filled with calm. We would be lured in a swordfight and end on our back just smelling the aroma of the thea and wondering what happened. This movie is still not outdated and holds so much envigorating moments that it can compete and outclass any other movie of today (by far). 💥👌
You always pop up that subscribe button over the subtitles.
Yeah man, i missed that translation...!!
The waiter says, that's some food I gotta go to the other restaurant to get she responds, "Then hurry up"
@@phonegeekster8960 The waiter says, that's some food I gotta go to the other restaurant to get she responds, "Then hurry up"
Yeah I had to give a thumbs down because of it. Maybe you should put the please subscribe button some where else.
was just about to comment had no idea what they said.
Props to the abacus guy. He calculated his chances as 0 but tried his best anyways
To roll up to a bar fight with an Abacus is an underrated flex…
It's like rolling up to the bar fight with a solid steel folding chair, not the sheet-metal tubing kind.
When he bought an abacus to a sword fight...that was when he knew he f'd up
I wanted to see his fighting style so bad 😂😂😂
@@TheQuota2001 Don't mess with that, there must be some crazy fighting style related to it
“Who could remember such long winded names?”
LOL!
Southern duck? I dont eat anything with 2 feet! 😅
"I'm Shining Phoenix Mountain Gou"! Whats that supposed to mean
The spin at 3:40 still gives me chills all these years later, ever since the first time I saw it in the trailer. So graceful and beautiful.
Oh yearh. That spin combined with the music and answer to the monk's question "Who are you?". Perfection!! I'm still not sure how the hell they executed that beautiful shot.
@@CribNotes wires. You can see the stunt actor holding on to the wire as he spins
@@paulmark2629 Yeah, I know it was wires. But spinning and rising at the same time then sticking the landing? Wow.....
lol
@@paulmark2629 Really? I though she really did jump 7 meters up with a spin.
The facial expressions and how effortlessly she steps through each opponent... Always enjoyed this scene...
Her being absolutely gorgeous makes it that much better.
@@tedunguent156 It is the only thing.
AS a grown Up i tealis Show ridiculous this movie is xD
But If youre a child, its hilarious
Make the matrix look pathetic
'steps through', that's a great way to put it lol
Zhang Ziyi is a phenomenal actress, this is one of my favourite films that she did.
And it has Michelle Yeoh!!!
Ultimate excellence in choreography, stunts, physical prowess… and with such elegant, feminine grace
Always loved Michelle Yeoh. Terrific actress. She's not as young as she used to be ..... (sigh).
There is nothing fake about the powerful women in this movie. Zhang and Michelle are the real deal.
Zhang zimou is a very no nonsense action film maker but this one and its prequel are two of best martial arts action films ever made. Ziyi zhag was not martial arts person before she made this. Zimou trained her into the ground.
@@markdaly1648 thank you! I didn’t know that!
@Kate B his last film was the great wall with matt Damon. The less said about that one the better
The whole movie is a like a poem with a heartbreaking end but all the way through has a genuine sense of lightness and humor, even during an action scene like this one.
Agree with you 100%
She just owned this scene. She just wanted to take a break and chill with some tea. It was amazing how skillful she was with the Green Des still sheathed. Just rocks it.
yeah, she just needed some down time.
The initial parry when she is seated is bad ass.
She just want to chill and disrespect the fights greatly and drink tea in peace. No big deal
She was strutting around with Li Mu Bai's sword. She might as well have been wearing a big glowing sign that said "Fight me."
She learn from the best manuscript.
The only one who can defeat her, while she's carrying Green destiny blade is Li Mu Bai,
because unlike her, Li Mu Bai isn't self taught.
This scene also shows that Li Mu Bai is far better fighter then other martial artist with or without Green destiny blade.
This film contains some of the best fights scenes in movie history.
Ziyi Zhang in so cool in this scene.
👏👏👏
I rewatched this film recently and saw this scene in a new light. Initially, I had the attitude of "well these jerks deserve it for starting a fight." But Jen really is very naive about the jianghu. She flaunts the Green Destiny sword openly. When those martial men see it, they come over to find out what connection she has with Li Mu Bai. She boasts that she defeated him. Either she's a lying thief who stole his sword, or she's a true enemy of his. So maybe they challenged her because they are friends of Li Mu Bai, or maybe they challenged her because they wanted to become more famous by defeating someone so strong, or maybe they wanted to trounce a lowly thief. But her bragging caused this misunderstanding.
Even when they attack, they are careful to explain to her they are attacking. They do ask for a match with her. At no point does she ever display any courtesy or respect towards them. Just based on her age, she should be a little respectful of a senior martial artist. Even if she is stronger. Her rudeness escalates the situation and turns potential friends into enemies.
During the fight, she spouts poetry about how great she is and continues to insult her foes. The degree of offense she causes ensures bad feeling. If her intent wasn't to kill them all, then she had to know that this poor behavior would create a rift between herself and others. Their intent in challenging her may have been good or evil, but how she responds reveals her extreme naivete. When she runs crying to Michelle Yeoh's character, Michelle tries to explain this to her, but she still fails to understand.
A simpler interpretation is she is young, has new found power, and is feeling her oats.
She wasn't supposed to be likable.
I love her 😅. but actually in this scene she’s also not really killing someone with the sword.
It's the subject of the movie, she represent the young people who wants to be the best in a short time, without any moral. And this path send you to death.
@@mica.motion You, and often many others as they try to save you. I have known more than a few people like her, truly great, but without the ability to temper that flame. They burn bright, they burn hot, and then they burn out, and often others are left scorched in their wake.
When Tarantino makes a saber fight scene in a restaurant, it's all slashes and heaps of bloody bodies. When Ang Lee makes a saber fight in a restaurant, it's all gracious accuracy and light blows defeating brute force. Ang Lee reached the Tao.
I totally agree! This fight in the restaurant is awesome. That's why I'm watching this video. This video clip should be titled 'the invincible sword goddess'.
2 different styles resulting in a different feel for each.
Yes, 2 very different tones, but that's on purpose.
That's also the difference between samurai sword and Chinese sword.
Chinese sword is more like foil, one-handed, light-weighted, self-defensing.
Quentin's Katanas are two-handed, offensive, heavy-weighted, for the real combat.
Carrying Heavy weapon is considered savage yet carrying a sword is a hallmark of nobility. Chinese two-handed Dao (like machete or katana) is only used in the army.
Meanwhile, in real life... 😃🤣
I love how she talks shit while she beats up these preening fools.
Even the music is perfect. This and the sword fight with Michelle Yeoh are my two favorite scenes from this movie.
That beautiful, young actress was fantastic, and stole millions of hearts without even trying. She will always put a smile on my face!
i awlays remeber the scene of her on the bambootops swaying. really beuatiful scene
Yes, truly a beautiful scene
@@chagadiel Yes, the bamboo tree top scene along with the music had my hypnotized in the movie theater.
She is in godzilla movies
Yeah, I think of her when I play with myself too. 😂😂😂
The music and sound effects in this film were sublime. They really support and enhance this scene, turning it into something very beautiful.
Never fight someone who knows how to fly.
Yes that seems like good advice.
You’d think they’d have backed off after she spun into the air
Never fight someone who can fight the sword with a stick. :D
Well, they did have the numbers to at least try, lol
Or someone who's sword is Green Destiny
Something lost in translation at 3:47. She did not refer to herself as a godess, but a xian, which is an immortal being beyond all worldly matters, including gender. This is echoed near the end of the poem when she vows to defeat Eu-mei (a female-only monestary) and Wudang (a male-only monastery).
Is there a more accurate translation of the film ? And which poem are you referring to ? I am fascinated by the Wuxia realm at the moment.
@@stevenaguilera9202 Starting from 3:44 she introduced herself in the format of a poem, which is unfortunately difficult to translate.
瀟灑江湖一劍仙， 青冥寶劍勝龍泉，
任憑李俞江南鶴， 都要低頭求我憐，
沙漠飛來一條龍， 神來無影去無蹤，
今朝踏破峨嵋頂， 明日拔去武當峰。
My rough translation:
Unrestrained in the martial world, a xian with one sword. My Green Destiny is better than Longquan. Even Li Mubai, Yu Xioulien, and Southern Crane must beg for my mercy. A dragon flies through the dessert and leaves no trace. Today I stamp out Eu-mei, and tomorrow I shall pluck out Wudang.
@@commenter4898 Very epic ! I am learning Mandarin right now so I can become more immersed in Chinese culture, thank you for the response !
There's a genre in Chinese dramas which is called xianxia and its about immortals.
There's one thing she is not a goddess.
Through most of this movie I found her character to be selfish and immature, but in this scene I fully support her kicking the butts of all those blustering fools that can't even let somebody come into town and have a meal in peace.
I felt bad for the tavern owner who had a really cool place but it was trashed by one brawl.
It would be cool if somebody duplicated this restaurant in real life as kind of an homage to this film
Actually that WOULD be cool. I always wondered why you don't see these kinds of restaurants anywhere. Every Golden Harvest/Shaw Bros film from the 70s to late 80s had set pieces like that, and they looked awesome. They could throw in those huge clay jugs of wine with the paper tops on 'em for good measure.
All that wood work gone 😭😭
People forget why she jumped at the end. She destroyed so much. It hurt her to know what she did. It was an amazing movie. Saw it in our independent theater. It was and is amazing.
She had the talent, but really needed the master to teach her humility (with great power etc). That arrogance cost everyone in the end.
@@ShaolinShadowStroke I think they are all pre WWII era
One of the best martial arts fight scenes ever made (in my opinion), and Zhang Ziyi's encore display to show off her supremacy to her antagonizing opponents probably floored a GREAT MANY viewers. Did anyone notice she never killed any of these adversaries, choosing to merely humble them with a "lesson?" The collapsing balcony/bridge at the end of this scene was a brilliant finish to this scene! She captured an awful lot of hearts with this movie, too. Need that be said?
As a Westerner, i recognized this scene from many an American Western: The classic barroom brawl. LOL! Michelle Yeoh = Gary Cooper!!!!
@@barneylinet6602 This was actually Zhang Ziyi, Barney. This movie put her on the map, and she captured MANY a heart. Michelle is the accomplished, more mature swordswoman you see in other scenes.
Ziyi was trained in classical dance, and it shows. She moves with a dancer’s grace, spins effortlessly into the final pose, and holds it while the one guy she hasn’t beaten up tries to sneak away. And the gallery collapses.
It's the rule of that world, you can not kill ppl without a reason.
> best martial arts scene
Not even close. This one probably sits at the middle. There are many better ones fromJackie Chan, jet li, Donnie Yen, and Keanu reeves too
great move inserting Scene City over a good portion of the subtitle. Really makes me want to watch these clips.
Yeah, I still didn't get the exchange between her and the waiter because the big sign covered the whole subtitle.
Zhang Ziyi is so awesome in this movie, actually in all her movies 😃 Crouching Tiger & Hero are my favorites
Mine would be Crouching Tiger and House of Flying Daggers. The way she portrays a blind dancer in it is just awesome.
Those are my favorites as well. Incredible stories in both.
I saw this in an old theatre in downtown San Diego before it was dubbed, so it was subtitled like this version. IIRC this came out before The Matrix, and there was a silent awe in the audience as these scenes played out. We all knew we were witnessing something truly groundbreaking and felt specially favored to have been among the first to see it. Before Trinity, there was Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi.
The Matrix came out in 1999, and this movie in 2000. Of course I'm not sure if this part of this movie was recorded before the release of the Matrix.
@@tonydavis8696 Looks like I 'misremembered' some details. I must have seen The Matrix after this movie came out and thought it predated it due to when I was able to view it. I'll leave my embarrassing original comment up though, as the experience (if not the timing) was mind-blowing.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Matrix were both ground breaking in that the fight choreographer had spent decades honing his craft.
@@tonydavis8696
FYI, The Matrix Trilogy, Kill Bill I & II, CTiger HDragon and the Grandmasters, etc, the Action Scenes were all choreographed by the Same Yuen Woo-ping (age 68), a Respected long time martial art choreographer from Hong Kong.
His 1978 Directed Movies "Snakes in the Eagle's Shadow" and "Drunken Master" were the Ones that launched Jackie Chan into the Superstar he is today.
Both this movie and Matrix were groundbraking, BUT they also remixed and refined the traits that already made kung fu movies great. This movie, The Matrix, Blade, and later Kill Bill, are important for presenting western audiences with wuxia and kung fu in a high-value production; in my opinion it blended good aspects of eastern and western filmmaking beautifully.
I love how everyone just books it out of there the moment the guy hits the table, a real energy of 'well shit, I can see where this is going.'
"A brawl is surely brewing!"
hahaha....yeah like, "Uh oh.....the martial arts guys are gonna start brawling. Time to go!!"
It's like a Chinese version of a gun fight in a salon during the wild west days and everyone scatters cuz shits gonna hit the fan.
People already started to book it when Iron Arm Mi & the others showed up.
The Restaurant scene is the best part of this movie. Such a great fight, well, apart from the fight between Zhang and Michele.
The restaurant scene is based on the same scene from Come Drink With Me .
Those final moves and stance are a work of art! Zhang Ziyi was something special!
One of the all time greatest fight scenes in any movie. She is phenomenal and of course, the subtitled option is much better than the English dubbing. In this movie, there was no CGI, but there was prolific use of wires and pulleys to make the actors fly and float.
There were occasion use of CGI but they were subtle.
You mean she wasn't floating and flying out of sheer ability????
@@bounmiibeagle7550 I know, right? Talk about bursting one's bubble... 😞
@@quirkasaurussaurus2896 @Bounmii Beagle
I can see you are true masters of the patient fox of the north side mountain school. Being myself the representative of the legendary sarcastic hissing snake temple, i acknowledge you.
Michelle Yeoh was more impressive
I saw this film in IMAX in downtown Chicago with a good friend 21 or 22 years ago.
Watched it last night with my 8 year old daughters at home.
Long, but good movie.
I grew watching martial art movies in the 80s on Saturday afternoons or Sunday afternoons.
CTHD was fun when it was released. It was still fun last night.
Respect.
Thanks for sharing this. 👍
To this day one of the greatest movies ever made. Iron monkey and wing chun - in 94 also
Yes! Iron Monkey!
I think I first saw Iron Monkey in a Chinese cinema that no longer exists in Perth. After that, I picked up a pirated VHS version which got a LOT of playing.
Wing Chun is great. 👍
I liked Triple Irons too.
She just wanted an arena to show off her skill and prowess. Just looking for adventure and trying to establish a legendary name. She didn't kill anyone just teased them a bit, broke their backs and bloodied their lips, but wanted them to stay alive, to remember her, and to pass on stories about her and what she did.
The whole idea of settling every dispute, no matter how petty, with a sword and each appears to be trying to slice the head of the other off...is more than a little ridiculous. And throw in a teen 100 lbs girl taking on ten adult males and emerging without a single scratch...LOL. But the action is superb.
She was better in bed! Even Lu bai was attracted to her!
@@anti-apathy9715 that's what a duel is... you can kill your opponent in a duel.
But shes still too young too naive and lives in her dream world. Yes she can fight well. But to have a reputation in "The Wanderer's World" need to uphold the justice and make friends instead of enemies , like Mubai.
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won 4 Academy Awards (2000) and was remarkably directed by Ang Lee... who also directed many diverse movies... staged in China, England, USA.
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Those who gave Oscar to this movie are stupid.
He make too many white ppl movies anyway.
lol Gou trying to turn slowly after he realizes he pissed the champ cracks me every time
0:29 why did you have to cover the subtitles
He said something about the wine being in the other restaurant and she told him to get it I think… can’t rlly remember
Funniest scene of any Kung fu film. She really makes me laugh - and the final Kata is just awesome.
Did she really say “I leave no trace” with a straight face as she destroys that inn??
🤣😂
that's exactly what I was thinking
To be fair, it was mostly the other fellas who wrecked the place xD
Haha solid point!
@@gregoryf9299 Another thing I've reacted to during all the years since I first saw the movie in this scen, is the guy at 2:31. I have loads of questions regarding his weapon, it looks like a damn calculator haha! What's he going to do? Bore her to death with numbers?? :D
Absolutely mind blown by this sequence, wow! Zhang Ziyi totally blew the roof with this performance!
0:29 The waiter says, that's some food I gotta go to the other restaurant to get she responds, "Then hurry up"
Pretty bad when we need a third party to tell us what's being said instead of being able to read the subtitles due to incompetence.
Thanks for the translation! Really appreciate it.
If I had to translate it into English:
"Boss, this is going to take awhile. It's stuff that's only available from the large restaurant."
"Better get going then."
@@bellgrand Thanks. Appreciate the assistance.
@@bellgrand I feel my translation was way more accurate.
Incredible balance, flexibility and skill. So many actresses can pretend to be tough but they lack the grace and fluidity of Zhang. She is convincing when she fights; love it.
She was an professional dancer before she was an actor. I guess that’s why.
@@LadytheKingsmother Yup, I definitely think so!
I remember having the super resolution DVD of this when it first became available....This deserves a 4k HDR 10 remaster if it doesn't already.
This scene is a tribute to Cheng Pei Pei who played Jade Fox in this movie. She was a star of wuxia movies in the 1960s which typically had restaurant scenes like this one.
this always happens to me when I order tea at Starbucks. They told me not to return.
You too?!
Wow, I'm not the only one? I don't feel so lonely any more...
😆😆😆
Maybe your last name is Gou
I feel as long as you tip well, it's okay.
This is a perfect movie. Pure art. Pure mythology. Wonderful.
I agree.
This channel's subscribe advertisement is annoying. It blocked a good chunk of the subtitles. Not all of us are fluent in Chinese
Give it a dislike.
You cannot help but fall in Love with her and Michelle in this great movie!
Fact.
The way that guy sits down in the chair around the one minute mark is how I'm going to sit from now on.
Every time I watch this scene, that one guy using an Abacus as a weapon just cracks me up. He repeatedly jumps into the fray only to get swept aside instantly every time!
His abacus is actually very lethal🧮 😂
I have very much same feelings seeing my boss entering the canteen when I am just enjoying my coffee during a ten-minute break.
I love it when Ziyi is playing the role of an aggressive woman. 😍
I love how irreverent and rude she is, it makes it hilarious! "Southern Duck? Who can remember such long-winded names!" hahaha
I saw the movie in Honolulu when it was released. I loved it. Michelle Yeoh is a goddess. And Zhang Ziyi is hot. ❤️❤️
Michelle Yeoh's motorcycle stunt in Supercop is astonishing.
This was what China used to be like before communism. People used to be able to fly life was good.
@@西岚箱子 usd? lol
@@西岚箱子 not anymore if you live in Shanghai in the past few weeks though...
@@斯-y5c Internet business is booming.
Hows the Covid lockdowns? 😂 looks like a living hell to be locked inside your apartment with no food, too bad you can’t fly away like in the movie 😆
China doesn’t even have 1,000 nukes 😂
One of the best scenes in Chinese moviemaking history....No offense to Yeoh but only Ziyi could've pulled this off because of her youthful innocence and classical dance training
Taiwanese movie making*
Quick grab your weapons a master has arrived
That one guy: *grabs an abacus*
He's the town undertaker counting profits.
He's reliable; you can count on him.
Beautiful, I've forgotten the elegance and beauty powering this.
I always rewind this scene over and over again and played slo motion on the DVD back in the day it is such a masterpiece epic scene.
One of my favorite films of all time
so do I
Serves them right for knocking her pint over. 😂
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Prince camping training prince Philipinnes ryana son probably marking Chung makey maerbtina
@@jessicagu8574 Yes
Bad day to be named Gou lol Damn I forgot how good this movie is
one of my favorite movies. I always have a box of tissues at hand
That forehead slap is fantastic. They did a really good job of the sound effects in this film.
I love how Gou sort of realizes he made a mistake and just tries to turn away. Like it's going to be that easy.
I'm surprised I had to scroll down this far to see a comment about this. It's actually hilarious how she takes offense of their long-winded names (and his especially) and informs him he will be the first to feel the blade, and his comedic reaction is like, oh shit, maybe I should've kept my mouth shut. Beautiful piece of comedy right there.
This will always be one of my favorite movies of all time.
this is one of the greatest movies ever made
Love this scene, the fighting, the stunts, the dialogue, the flute music in the background. Brilliant!
Love how your logo is so huge that it covers the subtitles. Ugh.
The best martial arts director ever.
I love that little wrist flick she does at 1:58 *and* I appreciate them showing how that would really hurt if you're not trained right.
I think it's supposed to show the moment she realised he was wearing an iron bracer. It's not that she's hurt necessarily, it's more like that strike was more solid and painful than it should have been.
So the next thing she does is rip off his sleeve, and expose him as a fraud.
@@Flangel66 well actually no some martial arts include accessory pieces like hung gar kung fu iron rings
Fantastic! Loved it!
As a former martial artist there were some very clever little tidbits in the sword fighting. One where she breaks all of the ringlets on the other persons sword. That is supposed to be like the Grandmaster sword with the ringlets that will catch the blade of an attacking sword, but she just sliced through the ringlets making that sword more useless. It was just a blip in the scene but a clever detail for anyone who knows the different weapons. Actually it was a pretty neat display of a variety of weapons of the time. I appreciated the authenticity of that aspect. Very well done fight scene, even though of course in reality you would be hard pressed to find someone who really had those skills, but in the mythology of course they do exist, and perhaps even at some point in time they did in reality as well. After I saw my Grandmaster astral project one time I started to believe some of the mythology just might actually be true! 😊😊👍👍😉😉
Camera work is better than many modern movies.
The guy at the end trying to sneak out always cracks me up.
Those days were awesome when gravity didn't exist... damn Sir Isacc Newton had to ruin it all.
HAHAHA
Yeah I tried to do a quick hop and spin in place really fast and that did not propel me smoothly 30 feet into the air. I just felt really dizzy after and fell over.
Yoda: my cane you hold
This movie totally needs a sequel. One of the best combinations of great choreography, great acting, beautiful cinematography, and engaging storylines. I know there was a 'sequel' but it was phony because it wasn't connected to Ang Lee and didn't have the incomparable Zhang Ziyi.
Everytime she spins up to the second floor I get goosebumps!!
Seen this movie many times, never gets old
It’s a pity Zhang Ziyi never conquered Hollywood the way it seemed she was going to. She was such a beauty.
I think she is happy.
she got eaten out at the great wall and settled
@@nickclark18 ?
I believe she wanted to stay clear of Harvey Weinstein.
Just like another beautiful woman, Annabella Sciorra wished she would have.
Hollywood is over-rated. She had a lucky escape.
She’s my favorite artist . I love to watch all her movies !!!
This whole fight scene is beautiful. Better than hollywood puts out.
I love these Chinese Kung Fu movies. They used to have earlier versions of them on TV on Sundays. Flying around, walking on the walls and ceiling. Great stuff. The hopping vampire ones were funny as hell.
Hahaha! I remembered that hopping vampire film!
Good job on blocking the subtitles with your logo. Well done.
I always loved how she sneered and showed disdain for them as they had a go at her. Best bar fight scene ever? Restaurant?
In case anyone wanted to know what the subtitles say when the image appears, here's my crack at it:
"Boss, this is going to take awhile. It's stuff that's only available from the large restaurant."
"Better get going then."
I didn’t appreciate this film when it came out. I thought that there were more beautiful martial art films than this. However, when i became older, i came to realise how beautifully this film was made.
First time I saw this, I saw it on video so I rewound it to make sure I'd seen what I'd just saw. A friend of mine said that she saw it in the movie theater and at the end of the scene people stood up and clapped.
the wire work was amazing in this movie....
Great movie and I’ll always remember the great ending of that last scene.
I love this movie so much and I remember 13 year old me falling in love with this actresses.
Love this movie. The sheer ridiculousness is amazing!
Pantomime!
My favorite part is when, at 30 seconds, you cant read the subs because out of all the screen space available to put a subscribe notification we chose to put it exactly over the subs. Really conveys the intent of the channel creator. Director nailed it and knocked it out of the park.
that movie is still incredible
For the Gen Z watching you have no idea how revolutionary this film was. It was perhaps the first time I was crazy over a foreign film. It’s a masterpiece
I also watched this when it first came out. Theatre in NoCal. It still holds up as a good flick!
2:47 Why did she have to burn my boy Gou like that? 😂😂
Naturally that scene was shot with wire work but it was shot beautifully that's for sure.
Not really
It's the wire work that helps make this crap movie very pathetic.
The action choreography also makes it pretty much crap as a movie...... my nickname for this smelly turd...Crouching Crap, Hidden Shit
And yes, I love Kung Fu movies. I've watched HUNDREDS...
When Bruce Lee died, HK, China, Taiwan and several other countries cranked out HUNDREDS and hundreds of Kung fu movies..to find his replacement
The Jose Theater, in San Jose CA, would show 3 for $1....and changing them regularly....I virtually lived in that movie theater.
Most were crap......but there were actually a good many with good stories
Sometimes I think the wire detracts fromthe scene. Zhang had so much skill and flexibility she could have overcome them all without flying.
THAT MOVIE IS A CLASSIC. GOOD STORY. LOTS OF ACTION.
This is a really beautiful fairytale movie.
I still love it every time I see it.
I got to be honest after all these years this movie still holds up
Martial Arts movies were never the same after this came out
This is about the only movie I've seen where I wanted to buy another ticket as soon as it was over and watch it again.
I love you Zhang Ziyi
That final flourish when she finished was awesome she busted some amazing moves .
@3:38 that spinning high jump is so satisfying 😌
Even mixed with violence the poetry in movement is enchanting and filled with calm. We would be lured in a swordfight and end on our back just smelling the aroma of the thea and wondering what happened. This movie is still not outdated and holds so much envigorating moments that it can compete and outclass any other movie of today (by far). 💥👌