I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

I was horribly disappointed by this movie. The opening sequence was good. Even the initial plot line of a power struggle and intrigue with the royal family. Then a love story gets introduced and the entire movie changes into an absolute mess. Mind you, I am not against love stories intersected into the plot line but this turned to movie into a melodramatic mess. (taking a ride in just invented (by her lover in the bush) hot air balloon, giving up the throne, the slaughter of everyone close to her etc etc). Basically when this movie ended I basically threw away the DVD. The only redeeming quality of this movie is some of the visuals but its not worth the pain of watching the movie, especially the aggrav of the ending.

There are so many bad things to talk about this show i don't even know where to start.The script is just so bad and there are so many western movie rip off. Come on, jousting in china?? War chariots with blades?I count - Gladiator, A knight's tale ( the training on the river + jousting), Predator ( They must have borrowed the same traps from Arnold).1. Gladiator rip off. - Snuffing of the emperor (when I saw this, I thought it was a coincidence) and the reasons.. ambitious, no talent, good for nothing .. Joaquin Phoenix, anyone? - war chariots with cutting blades on the wheels.. did Egypt share this technology with china? I never knew that exist in Chinese history. - use of shield to cause chariots to overturn the chariots - when did Chinese soldiers start to fight like Legions?? - The most annoying part - Russell Crowe used a sword to direct his gladiators to "single column" to one side and point his sword to another side commanding "single column" in the Colosseum - Donnie Yen did exactly the same thing except in some commands in Chinese I didn't catch because I was cringing with all my senses shut.2. The Characters are bad - Princess - Poor country loyalty vs Love. It seems she just want to ditch her country as soon as she has the chanceNo sense of duty. She could shut her love (scene where she feed the horse and telling Donnie she knew he was helping her) to flirting with Leon lai without care in the jungle. Its like watching 2 characters in play.. no duty vs love emotion conflict at all. She just switch it on and off. Leon Lai character - MacGyver in China? Hot air balloon? Not to mention another western movie rip off of Predator. Its so laughable about the traps and how the hooded men just walk into his traps when the jungle are so huge. They can jump straight into his log at just the right angle to be taken out...ALSO LEON LAI never even don that Armour in the show so why did the studio promote him wearing beside Donnie and Kelly in all the posters?3. The chasing scene - this is probably the most laughable part - The assassin could have blow the dart easily at the princess from the cliff judging from the way the blow the dart when chasing the princess on the horse - but they must execute a difficulty level of 10 dive to forewarn her and do a synchronize swim performance before chasing. They must be inspired by the fact that Olympics is coming to China. - OK, the princess managed to jump on the horse and ran from the bunch of assassins who bounce up and down without gravity (unlike the smooth wire lightness floating you see in crouching tiger). They stop to blow the dart.. while Kelly continues to ride.. They miss and continue the chase but hold on.. While they stop and Kelly ride, the didn't lose an inch, they are still on her tail seemingly.. You need a lot of suspending your disbelief to finish the show. If Yen kingdom had such magical and great assassins/warriors why cant they just enlist their help to defeat the enemy in the first place?The war scenes are bad.. I serious thought I was watching HBO's Rome. In the last scene where Donnie Yuen was fighting the soldiers.. Why did the horsemen in with flags riding round and round the hundreds of soldiers with only Donnie Yuen in the center? Some clockwise and some counterclockwise? Just to kick up sand?The characterization of the bad guy is also wrong. He was not warmongering.. he was just going for the throne. YOu would have thought the Princess declared peace with the enemy that you expect the bad guy to attack the enemy again just to contrast war and peace.. but all he did was to hunt the princess down. This is the second show after Speed 2 that I cannot bare myself to finish the DVD. The title is not appropriate at all. It should be a princess tale or something but not jiang shan mei ren. The princess character was not tout to be a beauty, just a princess. No mention of her beauty in the show except she is too feminine. I do not recommend this to anyone at all. Please save your money for Red Cliff later this year.Jiang Shan Mei Ren is a folkore about a pretty girl that a Ming emperor fell in love. Not about a princess.

This movie was quite excellent and touched my heart. Fei Yang, the selfless young dame from Chinese royalty leaves her life of splendor just to meet her "prince". That, to me, is interesting and also romantic. Perhaps it was a stupid thing to do. As a Chinese, I certainly know how difficult it is for people in my culture to throw away their wealth just to be with someone that doesn't have anything other than their skills as an artisan. For all the Chinese people that I have met in life, wealth is their number one priority. It is touching to see a story where the characters yearn to live beyond the superficial. The story is actually a tragedy because at the end, Fei Yang must endure her life alone. All people that she loved, including here prince are killed in the war. This one made me cry.

Someone will point out the plot has some flaws, yet it doesn't matter for me to enjoy one of the most exciting two hours in my life! The movie is full of bold imagination, amazing depiction of ancient wars and the great actions of superhero. Donnie Yen in the last scene is just the Mars and there have never been a character in the cinematic history as heroic as him! You will be touched to cry when Leon Lai and Kelly Chen ride the fire balloon to watch such a splendid landscape of beautiful China! The scene that Leon Lai is going to fly with his fire balloon and Kelly Chen hurried to catch up with him, with the accompany of the Orphean strains of the theme song, will become one of the most romantic scenes in Chinese cinematic history! Believe me, take your beloved to watch this movie at weekend and you will love each other more!