Customer Reviews

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon / Curse of the Golden Flower / House of Flying Daggers Trilogy [Blu-ray]

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1 star:		(12)

 

 

These are three of my favorite Asian epic films; with other favorites being "Musa The Warrior", "The Legend of Suriyothai", "Painted Skin", "Hero", "The Emperor and the Assassin" and "The Banquet". Many people are upset about having to buy this set in order to get the blu-ray for "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". I previously bought "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "House of Flying Daggers" on blu-ray as well. Once I heard about this three pack blu-ray set, I traded them in towards something else. I ordered this set from Amazon and received great service and fast shipping. "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" looks fabulous on blu-ray as does "Curse of the Golden Flower". The mpeg2 encoded, 25gb "House of Flying Daggers" disc is a mixed bag visually. But overall, the box set is worth it. Can't wait until "Hero" comes on blu-ray on September 15th. But which version of "Iron Monkey" will be released on blu-ray September 15th, original or edited version. Here are some of my other foreign film blu-ray recommendations: "Re-cycle", "The Host", "Kung Fu Hustle", "In The Realm Of The Senses", "CJ7", "Let The Right One In", "District B-13", "Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence", "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children", "Dragon Tiger Gate", "Invisible Target", "20th Century Boys", "The Storm Riders", "Death Trance", "Old Boy", "Chocolate" and "Fearless". Hopefully "Ong Bak 2" will be released on blu-ray this fall.

I own all three of these titles, including Curse on BluRay. I like all three, though Flying Daggers a bit less than the other two. I'm not keen on a bundle-only option, but both Curse and Flying Daggers are available (from Amazon) on BluRay (both for about 1/3 the price of the bundle. Crouching Tiger still isn't out on BluRay, so I can see some irritation if you only want that movie. That said, the bundle is a good deal if you liked Crouching Tiger and might like other movies in the same genre. My concern is whether the BR of Flying Daggers or (when it comes out) Crouching Tiger has more special features than the regular DVDs did. The special features on the Curse BR are pretty thin.

i already owned the dvds to these movies but there is so much detail to see with the blu ray. especially curse of the golden flower. its like seeing a moving piece of art.

This is the only way to buy Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on Blu-Ray in the U.S. The two other movies have been on Blu-Ray for over a year. Anyone interested in these movies probably already has those two. This set could be acceptable at half the price, or if Curse of the Golden Flower or House of Flying Daggers were new special edition releases. But at this price point, we're paying full price for these older discs.

Me animé a comprar esta edición triple de películas chinas contemporáneas porque la publicidad en Amazon decía que venían subtitulados en español. Especialmente Crouching Tiger. Para mi sorpresa, el dvd no viene con subtítulos en español, a pesar que en la propia caja del disco dice que sí. A esto se le llama, "publicidad engañosa" y es lamentable.

I encouraged her to buy this edition triple of contemporary Chinese films because the publicity that came from Amazon said Spanish subtitles. Especially Crouching Tiger. To my surprise the dvd does not come with subtitles in Spanish, although in-house disc box says yes. This is called "misleading" and is regrettable.

I have the Blu Ray stand alone versions of Curse and Daggers....Curse is a story so depressing, you will wonder why you sat through it; Daggers was a poor Blu Ray transfer- the DVD was in fact superior---
The Blu Ray version is washed out. Daggers should have been as visually stunning as Crouching but instead is inferior--...the rich and vibrant colors of the spectacular forest scenes in Daggers should have jumped right off the screen and instead was in fact very much a let down--one can only hope that Crouching was a better transfer;

Although I can certainly see the frustration of those who already own 1-2 of these movies, I don't own any of them on Blu-ray and I think its a pretty good deal! About $20 a film.

I agree with other 1-star review. I'm tired of studios releasing these PACKAGED BUNDLES with no option to simply buy your INDIVIDUAL title of choice. But hey that's fine... I'll simply send my money overseas to Amazon.UK where I can buy region free Blu-ray's of the titles I want, like The Bourne Identity, The Matrix & The Matrix Reloaded, (but not that 3rd piece of dung), a couple of the Dirty Harry sequels (none of which have been made available INDIVIDUALLY!)... Oh and guess what...? - They already have a singular listing for CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. -- I prefer spending my money in this country... but NOT if were not going to embrace the concept of free enterprise.

Greedy Sony's bundling the Crouching Tiger on blu-ray for the first time with these other two movies. All three are great, but I already have House of Flying Daggers on blu-ray and I don't want Curse of the Golden Flower. I ONLY WANT CROUCHING TIGER!

Greedy corporate jerks suck.

With Sony hemorrhaging money left and right, they try to make up with unwanted bundles. Well, anyone that just wants to purchase CTHD, just go to Amazon.co.uk and place the order there. It cost me around $18 and it plays in my BD player. Problem solved.