# I just got my Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon DVD. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777 "2001-02-01T22:36:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/1 "2001-02-01T22:36:40Z")
Whoa baby. It’s gorgeous. As much as I might rattle on about this being a very good movie but not the best of its kind, it is by far the best DVD treatment such a film has ever received. Anyway, I just wanted to brag. Excuse me now, I have to go look at the pretty colors. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/2 "2001-02-01T22:53:48Z")
Lucky bastid. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/3 "2001-02-02T01:44:38Z")
Where did you get it and how much? ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/4 "2001-02-02T02:47:18Z")
It’s already on DVD? I just saw it in theaters. It does have some gorgeous imagery in it. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/5 "2001-02-02T07:23:32Z")
It is only available on Region 3 DVD. Usually that would mean the version wouldn’t be as good as the Region 1 release that is supposedly to be released maybe in early summer, but supposedly they are identical feature-wise, with the exception that this version has Thai, Korean and Chinese subs, and a Thai language track. You also would have to buy it in a Chinatown or order it from overseas. If you have a region-free player, though, (search the web to see if you’ve gotten lucky; players are rarely touted as “region-free” in the US because nobody cares about foreign films here,but certain players, like mine, the Aiwa 370, can be easily hacked via a code punched in on the remote.) I got mine from [dddhouse.com](http://dddhouse.com). The price is a little steep; I hear it’s typically going for about $40 in stores. This site sells it for about US $23.22, but of course you have to wait and pay for for shipping from Hong Kong. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/6 "2001-02-02T14:08:54Z")
Wooooooo, I wanna copy. Then again, I’d have to get a dvd player… ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/7 "2001-02-02T14:16:54Z")
Criminey, it’s opening in theatres in Orlando TODAY! (Jay Boyar [local theatre critic] gave it 5 stars. “It’s certainly the only martial-arts film I have ever seen that I could watch without feeling as if I were slumming.”) ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/8 "2001-02-02T14:42:33Z")
Jan Boyer, then, can go to hell. Ethnocentric prick. Frankly, as good as it is, I almost don’t think this movie’s existence is worth the constant irritating comments like this I keep hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/9 "2001-02-02T15:13:53Z")
I’ve seen the movie and I loved it. Even my wife strongly liked the film. However… Who are the title characters? ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/10 "2001-02-02T15:43:04Z")
screech-owl: Where is it playing in Orlando? I am coming down this weekend for my b-day & to see that movie, if I can! It is not playing in Gainesville. ☹ Please help me with some info - Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/11 "2001-02-02T16:23:37Z")
Aw, I don’t have e-mail on the weekend (only at work). Be great to meet up with someone finally! E-mail me your phone number. Enzian Theatre (Maitland, north of Orlando - great intimate arthouse cinema - shows lots of foreign film and has a kitchen so you can order snacks before/during the flick) Pleasure Island 24 (Downtown Disney - free parking, but gets really busy on Fri & Sat nights - theatre 1 & 2 are huge) West Oaks 14 (Ocoee Mall- never been there) Universal Cineplex (Universal Studios CityWalk - free parking after 6 pm!) Cinemark at Festival Bay (International Drive at Oak Ridge Road - near Belz Factory Outlet Mall) as well as several other smaller theatres Get the Friday ‘Calendar’ insert of the Orlando S_nt_n\*l, or go to [[calendar.orlandosentinel.com](http://calendar.orlandosentinel.com)] ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/12 "2001-02-02T17:01:49Z")
“Tiger” (Fu) is part of Lo’s name. “Dragon” (Long) is part of Jen/ Yu Jialong’s name. The full phrase is an idiom that has to do with hiding one’s strength, which is what Jialong is doing for much of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/13 "2001-02-02T17:04:29Z")
Oops… Not like anyone will care, but “Fu” is Cantonese. “Hu” is the correct Mandarin. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/14 "2001-02-02T19:07:42Z")
I’m terrible with names and I saw the film over 6 weeks ago. I remember the Jade Fox. Is Jen the person whom the JF worked for? (That’s who I thought the HD was.) Which one is Lo? ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-my-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-dvd/52777/15 "2001-02-03T01:33:30Z")
Space Vampire the site address was missing please E-mail it to me. My address is on my profile.