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As Good As It Gets

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The biggest problem with Zu Warriors is its inability to tell a coherent story and to keep its audience captivated. The actual setting and story are both interesting enough, if you're into the fantasy martial arts genre. It has relatively few original ideas, but the basic setting of supernatural mountain clans defending their realms against an evil entity has its merits and could make for some awesome visuals and fight scenes.The problem is, half of the time I had no idea what was happening on the screen. Either this movie pulls heavily from Oriental mythology and I would have to know a lot more about the myths and legends to get the plot, or alternatively it just makes stuff up and even Asian viewers are confused. Some scenes lean more towards the former, some towards the latter. The basic problem remains that it's very confusing movie to watch. This leads the viewer to not care what's happening or to whom its happening.The special effects are also awful. And there are a lot of them. I have read that they were fairly good for their time, but they have not aged well at all.Zu Warriors has its upsides. The fight scenes, while nothing groundbreaking, are fun to follow and some of the visuals are genuinely nice. If only the plot had been a bit more coherent, or the characters more interesting, this could have been a lot better.

This movie gets filed in the 'silly movie' category.Honestly? What was this... Flying ninjas with super powers? I don't care if you call them immortals but really... enough is enough... there is NO story to follow or if you cant follow it pretend you are watching mortal kombat it is the same basic recycled garbage that we have seen 1000 times in just about 1 out of every 10 movies out there. Cons: Flying ninjas LOL Too many explosions <--HAHAHA YES EXPLOSIONS!!! BOOM! Cheesy special effects! Go watch the original godzilla Please!You would like it if you are a huge DragonBallZ fan... and thats about it!

Tsui Hark's visual artistry is at its peek in this movie. Unfortunately the terrible acting by Ekin Cheng and especially Cecilia Cheung (I felt the urge to strangle her while watching this, it's that bad :) made it difficult to watch at times.This movie is a real breakthrough in the visual department. When I first saw this, my jaw dropped repeatedly and I thought to myself that I've never seen anything remotely like it but this is how it should be done in order to do full justice to the mythical world of Chinese historical kung-fu novels! Without a doubt this is one of the best-looking Chinese historical kung-fu epic ever made.But alas, Tsui Hark hasn't improved much in the writing department, and the story and dialog are rather juvenile (his apparent obsession with the silly and overly-long depiction of the evil guys didn't help either). To make it worse, this movie is very badly cast. They decided to use the "hot" popular Hong Kong idols as lead characters, but unfortunately both Ekin Cheng and especially Cecilia Cheung are totally unsuited for historical kung-fu dramas because they lack the nobility and mystique that such characters are supposed to embody. Adam Cheng Siu-Chow and Brigitte Lin in the 1983 version are infinitely better.I wish that someday Zhang Yi-Mou and Tsui Hark can join forces and produce a movie that has the visual artistry of Tsui but with the maturity and story-telling poetry of Zhang...

This movie is well done on so many levels that I am in awe that the score is as low as it is (5.9/10(576 votes) as of this writing). This movie has incredible special effects, a true epic storyline, complex great character interaction, and mind-blowing battles - they have to be seen to be believed! The only complaint I have is the subtitles on the HK DVD version I got (some lines were not translated - ???).I just don't understand when I read & hear from various sources: "it has a confusing plot....", "I couldn't follow the story...." or "Characters came from nowhere...". From the very 1st time I watched this movie, I understood it, followed it, knew why characters were there, and I absolutely loved it! I've watched it about 8 times already and each time it is pure enjoyment. Oh, and this is not just my opinion, because I've shown this movie to many fellow Americans (people who have never seen an HK film before) who feel the same way. Not one of them failed to follow the storyline and each person declared their love for this movie. Oh man, why can't we have stuff like this coming out of Hollywood? At least Lord of the Rings had a nice marriage of special effects, character development, and storyline.This is not coming from a Asian film lover newbie either. I own an extensive library of Asian films and I must say that this movie is one of my greatest DVDs. When you watch it you will be blown away by the amazing special effects and epic feel of this movie. You will be drawn into this fantasy world and you won't want to leave! I've seen both the 1983 version and the 2001 (both done by Tsui Hark), and the 2001 is far better in comparison IMO.Besides the subtitles, I have one additional complaint about this movie: I didn't want it to end.... I'm begging you Mr. Hark - can we please have a sequel?