Review:
I really wanted to love this film. I've been watching a lot of "best cinematography" YouTube videos and Hero keeps coming up, so with zero knowledge of the plot, I ordered it. While I do agree that the movie is breathtakingly beautiful, everything else let me down. All of the acting is incredibly wooden and every conversation is very dry. The plot was interesting and I was on board for the first half, but the second slowed down to a crawl and I got bored. The fight choreography was pretty cool, but it quickly got goofy. I don't mind the unrealistic 1 vs 30 fights, but they lost me when people start flying. I watched the movie for the cinematography and I got what I wanted from that, but I really wanted the whole package and I really only got great cinematography.