Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Good idea lost in the noise

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

I could not help myself liking the love story between human and spirit... similar to the unforgettable Chinese ghost love story but they have improve since then 20 so years after this is the new generation of CGI effects ...I love the part the snake pointed out some spirits are not all bad and human can be worse... I'm a love sick person when it comes to true love ...whew... the last part before they part ways.. no one can deny that this may have been one of the best scene ever made... its filled with emotions .. when the leading man recalls... just so breath takings emotional ... I go back to watch this movie whenever i chance by it again and again and again ... Fresh actors portrayed the four leading roles as human and spirit interact.. the music scoring and the main theme love song has given more impact to the dramatic impact in this movie...Watch it and i know you will agree... Jet li played the major part as the sorcerer but the 4 actors( the lady snakes+ doctor+ monk) stood from the rest ...

This movie is based on an old Chinese legend about a white snake that turned into a woman and falling in love with a man.There are other versions of this story made into movies. The significant of this movie is the liberal use of computer graphics, making the snake-woman more visually convincing.But the movie goes overboard with the CGI. Some of the effects look obviously fake and/or choppy. Perhaps they haven't mastered the CGI software.Another thing that look out of place is the presence of a small animal sidekick. There is no such things as sidekicks in Chinese legends. It is very odd to see one in a Chinese movie. It is more like a Disney thing.Also strange to see is a western monster like the flying demon. I think I saw it in some western monster movies recently. Perhaps they bought a pre-made and pre-animated monster cheap.The story does not have enough plot to support a full length movie, so they added lots of unnecessary fights. It would be better and cheaper to add more twists.Overall it is an OK movie, from a Hong Kong movie standard. Obviously it is sub-par when compared to Hollywood production.I watched this movie using a streaming video service. There is English subtitle.

An incredible story ruined by horrible directing and even poorer CGI. As an American filmmaker,seeing such lazy and over saturated CGI really ruins everything about the film. I really hope they redo this incredible Chinese folklore. The story deserves better. The acting was dismissible. It truly reminds me of China trying to do Hollywood. The ending was very much a soap opera. They even have the repeat flashbacks that checks in every now and then. The makeup was distracting. Jet Li was not used to his full potential. Once again. CGI ruined it! Stop being lazy China. I want to believe it will be the next Hollywood, but not like this. Please don't watch this one.

This is an absolutely awful film which I watched on the strength of a Jet Li leading role alone. Sadly, Li isn't enough to save what soon becomes a mire of inanity and endless fantasy drivel about a romance between a snake demon woman and the human who has the misfortune to fall in love with her. The tone is vapid and silly throughout, and the film is clearly aimed at child viewers with its extremely poor CGI effects and silly fight sequences.The thing that surprises me most about this movie is how poorly judged it is when it comes to sympathising with the characters. Li is presented as a misguided monk who's forced to learn the error of his ways, but he comes across as a paragon of decency and virtue when it comes to the outrageously irritating white snake, played by the terrible Shengyi Huang. Huang's character is presented as childish, stupid, selfish and completely self-obsessed, yet come the climax we're supposed to identify and empathise with her character's plight. Err…no, thanks. She's just a brat, and it's a shame that her character never receives the ass-whupping that she so clearly deserves.As for Jet, well, he's gone on record to complain about this movie; in the first place, he was told he wouldn't have much fighting to do (pretty much all his scenes involve fighting), and secondly, he found the action scenes hard to film because he had to go easy on his opponents while they beat the hell out of him. The action scenes are very poor, I admit, wushu-derivative and singularly lacking in impact. I won't even mention the calibre of the acting or the storyline, which goes on and on until the OTT climax which sees the actors absolutely dwarfed by wave upon wave of lame CGI. And the nonsensical retitling for western audiences? For crying out loud, there isn't even an emperor in the film! How stupid do they think we are?