1st February 2005, 8:42 PM
Great Rumbler Wrote:I would say that it turned me off, necessarily, but its themes didn't appeal to me as much as the ones in Hero. Plus, Jet Li was really awesome in Hero. Still, HOFD had great visual imagery and was for the most part a great movie.
Hero was a simple movie with gorgeous cinematography (by the always-amazing Christopher Doyle) and one kick-ass fight scene (the first one, btwn Jet Li and Donnie Yen). Probably the superior film overall, but HOFD is still very good if you know what it's trying to do. People expecting another Crouching Tiger or Hero are going to be dissapointed, no doubt.