Hero Critique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsKEgUJyUQ

This scene is soooooo sick!  I especially love the music that the old man is playing I literally want to get one of those dulcimer things and learn how to play it like that.  Totally Zen.  And this scene is the best example of what I refer to into my critique.  So here it is:

The film Hero is a piece of art that resonates a surreal effect on the viewer.  Its formalistic style is unorthodox but truly beautiful if embraced.  Among many other things, the use of movement creates this environment.  This movie uses camera movement that makes this movie what it is.  Not everyone accepts and appreciates the type of movement used in this movie.  Some dismissed the fight scenes as unrealistic and silly.  I noticed during the parts when characters would appear to be flying in the air many people were laughing.  I don’t think they understood the meaning behind it.  My intention is not to imply that I have a greater sentience but I felt a sort of beauty and elegance towards the movie.  To fact that the characters were able to defy physical boundaries and perform such exquisite technical skills wasn’t of any importance.  I think that martial arts are spiritual in nature and this movie honors that by displaying and an enlightened version of pre-unified China.  The fight scenes are mostly where this is displayed.  The camera would twirl and move in move in ways that wouldn’t be possible for a person to do.  This enhanced the effect of the surrealism used in the shots.
  Without this type of camera movement this experience would not be captured.  Camera movements creates an atmosphere that makes the viewer feel like they are on a spiritual journey and that is why this is such a well made film.