10 Films Coming In 2016 That Really Shouldn't Exist
6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Whats the best way to celebrate a genre-defying film? A motion picture so highly-rated across the board that it could fairly have been renamed Five Star Dancing with Swords? An international film so unanimously hailed as a success for its cinematography, acting, story and fight scenes that it scooped four Academy Awards? Why, its to make a Netflix sequel! Of course, theres no reason to get original director Ang Lee involved, nor cinematographer Peter Pau, nor composer Tan Dun. Nor, even, to retain the subtitled Mandarin that made the first film so captivating. Indeed, its probably enough just to get leading lady Michelle Yeoh back in to do some stormy pieces-to-camera in English. In fact, Netflix, why not simply replace the storyline, emotional tension and wire work of the wondrous wuxia original with, maybe, heaps of CGI? That should work just fine. Talk about taking beautiful film-making, pulling the proverbial pants down and doing a big, fat Hollywood mess all over it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhvxJZDqzU
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