Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

MiCr0

any one got this on dvd yet?
it was released 16th June

Yossarian

16th? thought it was supposed to be realesed on the 18th?
Have mine booked, should have it today

Ping Chow Chi

aye, it is released today, I will be getting mine on the way home from work

Lucy_la_morte

How much is it?

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Hobbes

I got it 1.5 weeks ago for $19. Well worth the cash. V.sad movie though

Hecate

got it right here, lots special features, looks like a good disk.

There was a special edition one for the same price (??) that you get the soundtrack with, but i have that already.

TwoShedsJackson

Yeah just got it myself for 21.99 in HMV, I also got the non-special edition as it has a nicer cover and I alrady have the soundtrack

MiCr0

are there 2 versions?
i can only find one

Figment

Pigsback are selling a version for 15.99 inc delivery.

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TwoShedsJackson

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MiCr0:
are there 2 versions?
i can only find one</font>

2 versions, different covers, the only difference between them is that the 'limited edition' also contains a CD with some of the soundtrack on it. Both are widescreen and have the same features etc.

adnans

saw it last night for the first time (i love that feeling when you know that the movie you gonna watch is gonna be a good one ) , excellent. the people in work will think im nuts doing all mad moves and fighting the watercooler. pity for the sad ending.

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sutty

Saw it lastnight......that is one class flick

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MiCr0

got it yesterday :-)

mewso

Yeah saw it for the first time myself. Very good film but I agree with a review I read recently that the media were crawling over each other to praise this film for it's fantasy Kung Fu fighting, beautiful photography, haunting music and top-notch story, something that has been done, dare I say, even better in other classic Kung Fu movies.

MiCr0

this film seems to have a bit of everything, it doesn't have the best plot ever, or fight seq's. but all together is an excellent film. a must have

fisty

heard loads about that film
think ill rent it tonight...

Xterminator

Is this a subtitled version, or is it dubbed?

If it is dubbed, how well is it done?

TinCool

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MiCr0:
yep
got both dubbed (bad) and original mandarin version's on the dvd</font>

Mmmmmm, Mandarins

Mills

It's got both afaik, original with/without subtitles and "Ang Lee approved" dubbed version.

MiCr0

yep
got both dubbed (bad) and original mandarin version's on the dvd

mrblue

The dubbing is pretty poor. The last line of the film is pretty important & is changed totally in the dubbed version.

Swifty

Excellent flick.

Hobbes

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MiCr0:
it doesn't have the best plot ever</font>

It's actually based on a Chinese fairytale.

Mythago

Saw this flick at a Norwegian Cinema.... never even occured to us that it was in Mandarin & would be subtitled in Norwegian!! Needless to say the Film was a lil disappointing & difficult to follow

Samson

After all the hype, I got this out on DVD yesterday for a night in with the missus.
I was very disappointed, so much so that I fell asleep.

P.S. I think the decision to release an overdubbed version rather than subtitled was a bad one.

Ping Chow Chi

surly your DVD had the subtitles as well

Samson

Yes I think so, but those subtitles would be for deaf people I would imagine therefore the movie is still overdubbed.
Or can anyone contradict this and tell me if the original language version was on the DVD too (I didn't look)?

TwoShedsJackson

Yes it is. You can (and should) watch it in Mandarin with English subtitles which is how it was released in the cinema.

There's also a dubbed version, seemingly approved by Ang Lee, which I have seen a bit of and they seemed to do a pretty good job on the dubbing. (unlike Das Boot for example).

Apart from those there's the usual language options and subtitle combinations for endless variety!!

rymus

yeh the dubbing is probably the best I've ever seen. They could be mistaken for actually speaking english its so good. Class film, though when I buy it I'll be getting the original subtitled version.. thats the way its meant to be!

leelu

Weird question I know....

but you know the sequence where they're chasing each other over the rooves? well has anyone ever had a dream like that? The person I saw it with was almost poo-pooing the fact they could "fly" but it struck a chord with me...

am I the only one out there with these weird floating dreams?

Lucy_la_morte

I saw it, had to watch it in Subtitles because I don't understand Mandarin and I refuse to watch any film dubbed. It ruins the film to watch it dubbed, I can read fast enough so Subtitles aren't a problem. I thought it was quite amazing, a little too short, but then I'm finding that with most films. I wish there had been more about the Wudan training, the whole flying/gliding thing confused me. Apart from that, yes, quite amazing.

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yellum

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lucy_la_morte:
... I thought it was quite amazing, a little too short, but then I'm finding that with most films. I wish there had been more about the Wudan training, the whole flying/gliding thing confused me.
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Wait for the Prequel(s) and you'll see ! I think that CTHD was based on book three of the story.

MiCr0

books is by Du Lu Wang
any idea what its called?

TinCool

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rymus:
yeh the dubbing is probably the best I've ever seen. They could be mistaken for actually speaking english its so good. Class film, though when I buy it I'll be getting the original subtitled version.. thats the way its meant to be!</font>

You get both subtitiled and dubbed versions on the same DVD