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New Critics who are down don't understand the Japanese story
Americans simply aren't used to having major portions of the plot be so dependent upon mysticism and symbolism. Watching a bird fly away after the death of a major character is unfortunately what most Americans would call "anti-climactic"; but here it is the entire resolution of the climax.

As far as the lip-synching goes (answering the previous post), I have to say that it was so much better than almost anything else out there, that I really enjoyed it--it wasn't jarring to me at all (okay, after the first 30 seconds :).
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New I'll say...
Americans simply aren't used to having major portions of the plot be so dependent upon mysticism and symbolism.

I just say "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and the ending was a bit odd to me.
Jay O'Connor

"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"
New That's how I've been describing the film...
as very Japanese. This was quite a surprise to me after seeing the previews that painted it as some kind of animated version of 'Aliens'. Unfortunately, at the time I saw it, the audience consisted mostly of teenage boys who seemed a bit put off by the plot. I've been recommending this film to folks who got the wrong idea from the preview.

In a sense, it's kind of a 'chick flick'. At least, my wife liked it.

I've also found that many critics have trouble following the plots of sf/fantasy movies and on that basis give them lower marks. (for example, Siskel had this problem but Ebert didn't.)


New Interesting point.
About sci-fi/fantasy plots, I mean.

I'm part of a community theatre company* and the previous play we did was called "Communicating Doors". It involved time-travel as a fairly important plot-device via a door in a hotel suite - hence the title. But that made it a little unusual for much of our normal clientele, since they weren't used to that sort of thing. Oh, it was well-scripted, though it allowed history to be altered - not the way it should work by my way of thinking - but I remember my Dad couldn't follow it, even though he practically saw all 6 performances (he does the tech for it).

Hmm.

Wade.

* They used to be called amateur theatre.

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