Crouching Tiger, Hidden Subplot.

I'm a big fan of the Kung Fu flick. But after having seen Hero last night with the wife and a friend, I have concluded that I can't get behind the mini-movie sub-plots that completely disjoint you from what's going on. I prefer continuity-fu.

This is the third or fourth time I've come across this phenomenon, most noticeably in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon where there was a half an hour foray into the love lives of two of the characters. In 'Hero', it was in color, but it was the same damn thing. Last time it was Shaolin Soccer where the continuity was spliced so many times we were tempted to shut if off because we just didn't care enough.

I'm hard pressed to think of any other cinema where this style happens with semi-regularity.

Conclusion: Hero (). I would only give it one, but Susy thinks it deserves a little more, simply based on eye-candy. The sweet-tooth was satiated, but the plot-tooth was numb.

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