Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 7 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #7 best movie of the decade:
Yingxiong "Hero" (2002)

I grew up watching alot of kung fu movies from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and anything from Gold Harvest or Media Asia. Kung fu/Wu Shu/martial arts movies have been so spectacular to watch that it became a mainstream element in the western action movies nowadays. But then comes along a concept that portrays martial arts as an illustrative form of art. A work of art as poetry, dance and paintings. Not only to be entertaining and bone-breaking in the previous martial art films, but in a slow-paced, observing sequence of motion and color. A thing of beauty. I could compare this and another memorable martial arts movie: Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon and you could ask why I didn't choose the latter. Well... Hero just stuck more out to me. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon wasn't artistic enough and this has the artsy factor up to 11!

Not only you're seeing ass-kicking kung fu fight sequences, but you are actually watching a moving Monet painting filled with rich colors and beautiful composition. And color is the significant element that is mainly used for this film, emphasizing the structure of the narrative, the theme of each chapter, the emotions and the tone of the film. But colors are not the only important element that holds up the film, but so does the use of sound and motion like how the swarm of arrows have the sound of wasps and hornets. And it is the most beautiful imagery you'll ever seen in a martial arts film.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
Speaking of beauty, this fight sequence on the lake made me jaw drop with its beauty and tranquility. The use of water and ripples makes this entire play fight in honor of their comrade entirely special.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #6 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....