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Originally Posted by pocon1
The movie was so-so. It tried to outdo Tiger/dragon. Also, Jet Li can fight, but he cannot act to save his life. It was too fantastical (c'mon, fucking swirling leaves?, fighting on water?) and too chinese inscrutable (Jet li's ending.) It was really a message to Taiwan.
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The swirling leaves and fighting water are symbolic of actual ideas used in martial arts. The swirling leaves are a representation not only of using ones chi to affect your environment, usually by applying it to your opponent, but also symbolizes how your moves need to be smooth and flow like the wind. The water scene is all about how you should step lightly, always on the balls of your feet, so that you can move fast. Plus it's not all about realistic fighting, it's art. It's showing a flowing beauty of movement.
I personally loved the movie, except the let's support chinese history theme at the end. The building of the Great Wall probably killed as many people as it saved.