CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - Jen vs. Shu Lien

[princessuchiha1994]

this is hella cool kung fu?

[JustinCipriano4]

ok what song is this! on sound track!

[crazylozfan9000]

the hook sword are awesome

[MrMortalkombat99]

I love this movie!

[arturogo7]

Anakin Swywalker dont like.

[1OmegaShoutmon]

Just amazing video, qreat quality, great fight, heck decent enough movie though the plot made no sense at points and some of the fight scenes in particularly the first one between these two are highly exaggeration such as them jumping between buildings and almost gliding through the air. This fight though seemed to make an effort to stay as realistic as possible which I think is one of the main reasons why it's one of the best fight scenes and certainly the best girl fight scene for a movie ever

[Price1way]

1:27 That is such a badass move!!!

[NinjaxPrime]

What on earth is that club weapon thing she uses? The one that breaks the stone floor? I don't think I've ever seen it before.

[cuntingham54]

I love the English dubbing. What,?? Do you all understand Mandarin now?? Lanbis all of you!!!. That means cunts in Mandarin but I guess you knew that!!!

[Shmucko21]

@cuntingham54 No, we don't NEED to understand it. The shitty dubbing KILLS the mood. Subtitles are just fine.

[TheMetapod]

@cuntingham54 are you like, alright? LOL

[cuntingham54]

@TheMetapod I am Thank you.

[TheMetapod]

@cuntingham54 you seem quite angry there LOL

[0981462]

fucking awesome.

[Conqbl]

lol stupid english .that ruin the moment xD .... original is just epic !!!

[lingling888]

wow they ave an english version? lol ... they tried their best to suit the mouthin of mandarin

[maiii0608]

michelle yeoh is an awesome warrior!

[StudentOfObjectivism]

Is there anything worse than dubbing? I think everyone involved in the dubbing of films ought to be put to death in as systematically brutal and unnecessarily painful way possible.

Just sayin'.

[dewakeadilan]

-quan chi [mk deadly alliance]

-zhao yun [dw]

-mavado [mk deadly alliance]

-sha gojyo [failed lol]

-taishi chi [dw]

-cao cao [dw]

all vs1 sword.....

[1albuseverus]

So who won? I mean i'm not sure.

[SuperThalberg]

@1albuseverus I would say Michelle Yeoh won (the one who fought with various weapons). Right in the very first move, she threw Jen off balance and got her sword right up to Jen's neck, showing she could have killed her instantly. Then, she fights with tons of different weapons, and Jen is clearly stressed out and put in tons of humiliating, stressful positions (slammed on the floor, etc) while Michelle Yeoh is always perfectly composed and in control. It ends with her sword to Jen's throat.

[NinjaxPrime]

@SuperThalberg But...she sliced it in half...

[garyojlai]

@SuperThalberg Agreed, Michelle Yeoh would've won entirely if Jen didn't have that particular sword. Just look at the precision and the speed that Michelle has, any person who has done kung fu or knows about it can tell you the same thing. Jen was all over the place.

[Buuub08]

@garyojlai Dude, hate to break your faith but its a movie, and neither one of the actresses is actually martial artist. Both are dancers. Michelle has more experience with action cinema though than Ziyi (thats the name of the other girl not Jen).

Also there aint a martial art called "kung fu", never was and will never be. Anyone with relatively little knowledge of Chinese MA can tell you that.

[garyojlai]

@Buuub08 Dude hate to break your attitude, but I never said that any of them have had are martial artists. I was referring to the battle scene where it is implied that Michelle's character has had much more experience in training in kung fu than Jen, and thus without the sword, Michelle would have won. Also, martial arts, in Cantonese, my native Chinese language - is kung fu, and in Mandarin - also my second Chinese language - is wu shu. Anyone who wasn't being a smart-ass can tell you that.

[Buuub08]

@garyojlai As far as the characters in the movie go - yes, correct.

Martial Arts in Cantonese isnt Kung Fu.

Kung Fu in Cantonese means the same as Kung Fu (or Gongfu in pinyin) in Madarin.

Wushu is wushu and gongfu is gongfu. Gongfu was never a martial art, but is merely a term used in reference to someone having a high skill in SOMETHING (cooking, dancing etc). Prior the 60s the term wasnt even used in MA reference. It became a part of MA popculture in the west.

[Buuub08]

Even today the term gongfu/kungfu/gungfoo is used rarely and NEVER used as a synonym for wushu or wugong in China. Might be the case in the west though.

Im not doubting your Chinese language abilities but you are quite off there if you actually meant it seriously.

To sum it up 功夫 isnt the same as 武術.

[garyojlai]

@Buuub08 No, I completely understand. I've just been brought up in a culture where kung fu has often (even the family that I have in HK) has been loosely used as a reference to martial arts. I am completely aware that there are other terms for martial arts. Though you are wrong in saying that kung fu is rarely used/never used as a synonym. At the present moment, the official term for a lot of martial arts is wu shu - though there is some reference that kung fu, is still a term for martial arts.

[garyojlai]

@Buuub08 Most common example I can give you is commonly referred Shaolin Kung fu. I did gather facts before I presented this, so I don't make a fool out of myself - but many people nowadays use "kung fu" for martial arts, and rather use "kung-chok" for work. Very rarely do people say you're good at cooking by saying it's a "kung fu". So yes, you are right in one aspect, but saying it is rarely/never used is a wrong aspect. If you still don't believe me, type in "kung fu" into a search box.

[Buuub08]

@garyojlai Being from HK myself im pretty well aware of how things stand.

Kung Fu is used in the west a lot, and it might even be the primary (although generally incorrect) term used for Chinese MA. It started with a 60s TV show and HK movies that popularized the term. What i meant with it being rarely used is that its rarely used in China, specifically the mainland. Shaolin kung fu also a very westernized term, the monks themselves use wugong for their martial arts.

[garyojlai]

@Buuub08 That's great, then I'm sure you would've heard it "incorrectly" used over and over again. And yeah, well I've never really been to China - and from what I understand, doesn't the Chinese government officially recognise wu shu as a sport rather than a martial arts - because i know that's what confuses some people who are western over here.

Anyway, I tend to refer it as kung fu simply because that's the term I was brought up with and it's commonly accepted wherever I go.

[Buuub08]

@garyojlai Yep ive heard it, and it pisses me off most of the time that Chinese used misinterpreted westernized terms for core elements of their ancient culture.

Wushu is both a sport and a martial art. The sporting part, in its present form, appeared in the late Ming dynasty, if i recall correctly. Full contact MA were banned in late 30s i believe after numerous deaths in Leitai competitions, the ban was lifted about 20 years ago though, now China has its own MMA league.

[SuperThalberg]

@1albuseverus The little jab at the end was a cheap cheating move on Jen's part, and afterwards Michelle Yeoh remarks that she just didn't have the heart to kill Jen, showing she easily could have, had she chosen to do so.

[Glitcher2000]

3:07 - Link called. He wants his spin attack back.

[youtheee]

@Glitcher2000 Link couldnt do half the spining that she did, even if you pressed all the buttons on that stupid controller.

[HarveyQuin]

correction, the thing that was too heavy for her is called a monk's spade

[Xavier34111]

can someone list the weapons michelle Yeoh uses in this scene?

[HarveyQuin]

@Xavier34111 in order: broadsword which became dual broadswords, spear, hookswords, some kind of double voulge (i doubt that that's the correct name), club, and lastly a two handed longsword

[crazyguy3730]

baaaaaadassery

[bluelou247]

Jen gets OWNED...

[VF5]

Michelle's character Shu Lien is stronger than Jade Fox, right?

[MassiveJetGrind]

Man, I haven't seen this in forever. Brings back good memories.

[RoyalGuard503]

Michelle Yoeh and Zhang Ziyi need to be in every movie, together, ever made. They're just pure magic on screen. They can play ruthless enemies (Crouching Tiger) or awesome friends (Memoirs/Geisha), and it works.

[wnlcook]

This is still to this day one of the best choreographed fight scenes of all time

[jreckdahl]

03:07 BEST PART

[310sucks]

2:18 Sandy's weapon of choice!

[MsBabbi]

Hate Zhang Ziyi in english :O Who DUBBED this beautiful movie!?!?!? Jerks

[hku99]

great fight

[judahbenkenobi]

I love the little smile ziyi gives her when the other lady shu lien can't pick up the weapon, she is so fine. I vont her badly.

[rrrevan]

2:22 - Zhangs makes her cute face

[webryder]

Love Zhang Ziyi!

[eelsarecool]

Is anyone else sick of douchebags fighting on youtube comments?

[tealmm]

@eelsarecool YES

[MyDiabollo]

@eelsarecool It is amazing what they type,thoughtlessly.

[doomsy]

@eelsarecool why bother reading them? I don't and am happy as can be

[SRtakashimanga]

@eelsarecool shut up you asshole lol jks

[matanduc]

zhang ziyi is so mean!

[deathwish014]

on 0:43 how come did the sword become 2 LoL.......

[anddudewaslike]

@deathwish014

i think the idea might be that Ziyi cut the blade directly down the center with the Green Destiny, in effect halving michelle's sword?

[xmaster2]

@anddudewaslike In the special features Ang Lee mentions he liked the idea of her sword splitting in half to have two sword, so I think it's supposed to have been built for her to do that, if that makes sense.

[Gothic238]

@anddudewaslike No, its a type of Chinese sword called a Butterfly Sword. They can be used as one or taken apart and used as a pair.

[Arkillria]

I don't know about you guys, but this was in a foreign language when I saw it, and it totally sucked. I would never recommend it to anyone

[St3nic3]

@Arkillria dumbass

[Arkillria]

@St3nic3 Your entitled to your opinion just as I am entitled to mine; so grow up.

[St3nic3]

wrong.. u talk about opinion i talk about facts.. u cant have an opinion on something u dont understand - thats a fact as much as if u think u do - u are a dumbass 

[Arkillria]

@St3nic3 How the heck is you calling me names a fact when you don't even know me? I don't care what you think about the movie. I watched this movie with twelve other people and we all agreed that it sucked. Why is my opinion annoying you so much? Why don't you just go act like an idiot in front of someone else and leave me alone.

[BayWolf00]

at 2:32 whats the name of that weapon?

[katherineiiish]

Lol, Shu Lien almost Megaton hammered Jen with that metal rod.

[Goku1597]

the voices r slightly higher pitched 0.0

[Blackthorne369]

This was perfectly filmed and performed.

[TaintedLove50]

i can fight like that!

[IdiotFest101]

pwnage =D