11:46:54
Wetn to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon last night - yes, it's a bit hackneyed ot say it's a great film, but it is. The cinematography is superb - the shot over Beijing is just breathtaking (though of course, totally unreal as there would have been hundreds of wood fires burning and a pall of smoke over the whole place, and the city was way too clean!). My only misgiving was that I would have much preferred a conventional Western happy ending rather than a Chinesse ending where honour and destiny are satisfied. Sad films make me sad, and it is not a favourite European emotion I don't think.