tom_bombadillo-1 While I truly enjoyed this film, there is just so much to comment on and not enough room so I must be brief and comment only on my favourite aspect of this movie. Of all the villains throughout cinematic history I don't think I have ever seen one so original, twisted, or down right messed up as the one in this film. From the Wicked Witch of the West to Darth Vader and Creature Gollum, Ji Wushuang takes the cake. Being a psychologically tortured, incestuous, Siamese twin; this antagonist truly pushes the boundaries. I'd have to say the most messed up part is when Wushuang (F) becomes aroused with Wushuang (M) as he begins to rape Nichang--weird.

Claudio Carvalho Zhuo Yi-Hang (Leslie Cheung) is raised by his master Tzu Yang (Fong Pao) to be his successor in the leadership of their clan. Yi-Hang meets Lien (Brigitte Lin), a warrior adopted by wolves and accepted by a tribe leaded by the evil magic twins Ji Wushuang (Francis Ng / Elaine Lui), in a lake, and they fall in love for each other. Yi-Hang promises to trust her forever. However, Ji Wushuang also loves Lien and she is sent away from their tribe. When the clan of Yi-Hang is attacked, he does not believe on Lien, thinking that she killed his master and cursing their love.This beautiful and tragic love story, a kind of Chinese version of "Romeo and Juliet", has wonderful cinematography and costumes. The choreography of the fights is also amazing. The non-linear screenplay is a little confused, but when the viewer sees for the second time, it becomes clearer. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Entre o Amor e a Glória" ("Between the Love and the Glory")

Bowling312 One word to describe this film is AMAZING. Liang Yusheng wrote The Bride with White Hair novel and Ronny Yu (Bride of Chucky, Freddy Vs Jason) accurately directed this classic Chinese novel. This movie is a perfect, heart felt, tragic love story. What is so great about this movie is the brilliant acting, incredible cinematography, great music and the most un-like Hollywood ending you'll ever see. Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin played their character very well and their acting was great. Oscar Winner Peter Pau(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) did the cinematography for this movie and it was Excellent. When you finished watching this movie, it can make you feel linger or a strong feel that last for a few hours. In my opinion, Ronny Yu will never be able to top this film. This film can make you want to see the sequel(The Bride with White Hair 2). Just to mention about the sequel, it is not as good as the first one. The only thing in the sequel that is worth seeing is the last ten minutes of the movie.

nickthegun Firstly I Have to admit that I watched 'The Bride With White Hair' while I was drunk. That said, it wasn't as entertaining as it should have been for saying how drunk I was.The 'story' concerns a wimpy, yet hard as nails wu-tang disciple, who is the hot headed heir to the clan (the clan is also the strongest of all the 8 clans and therefore orders them about). Their main rivals are a black magic type clan lead by a pair of crazy (and incestuous?) Siamese twins. One is a screechy annoying girl the other a moany, yet crazy man. Their chief assassin falls in love with wu-tang man and that love eventually turns her into the titular 'Bride With White Hair' (albeit very late into the film). People withstand internal injuries and limb loss with aplomb and get decapitated at the drop of a hat (sorry). Reading back it sounds more interesting than it actually is. It takes a while to get going, everything is very dark and the story doesn't always make sense. The wire work isn't the best and the actual fights are mediocre. The score is O.K but I saw the dub and the voices were the typical screechy charicature's that occasionally mar this genre.The bride with white hair is many things, but it certainly isnt the classic many consider it to be. It's a decent watch and things rattle along at a fair pace (often at a detriment to the plot. You often get the feeling half an hour was left on the editing floor). With so many better examples of the sword and sorcery genre currently flooding out of Hong Kong, I would advise you hunt yourself out a classic elsewhere. You wont be missing that much. I also half expected this to be a tacky cat III exploitathon, given the title (and the fact that unless you are Michelle Yeoh, a woman lead in HK cinema pretty much means one thing), but to its credit, it remained smut free and the love scenes were genuinely part of the narrative and not at all added in for pure titillation.Im just glad my ex-girlfriends didn't do that when I dumped them ;-)