comparison of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Pushing Hands

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Comparison Between Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon And Pushing Hands
The document presents a contextual analysis of two Chinese films by comparing and contrasting the ideas presented therein. It also examines conflicts as portrayed in the two films and how they were resolved using cinematic language and cultural contexts. The basis of the comparison of these Chinese films are in terms of plot analysis and actors of the films, film production, reception in the market, and awards accorded and title definition and relevance
Title Definition and Relevance
Title definition and relevance of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a befitting title to the film drawn from an infamous Chinese idiom describing an invisible or unnoticeable strong force. It demonstrates strong feelings, passions, desires, and power hidden behind the simplicity of social life. This hidden power can only be unleashed when triggered by an equally strong counterforce. (Ang Lee et al.,61). This title's relevance has been portrayed throughout the film through characters like Jen, who could not be considered skillful, but they have been sharpening their Wudang skills to the expert level in the hidden.
Title definition and relevance of the film Pushing Hands
Pushing hands is also a befitting title of the film that is part of tai chi arts teaching that urges tai chi practitioners to yield when countered with a brutal strong force. Mr. Chu was a tai chi master who was brutally persecuted on the eve of tChina'scultural revolution. This forced Mr. Chu to send his son to America, but his wife was killed in the process. Pushing hands also illustrates an unwelcome foreign American culture that Mr. Chu encountered When he first arrived in America. Several opposing forces countered his struggles for self-dignity and independence. Still, he finally finds a place in the strange American Society when he settles to teach tai chi in Chinatown.
Plot Summary Analyses and Actors
Plot analysis and actors of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The film presents a Qing Dynasty of the 18th century in China where Chow Yun Fat acts as Li Mu Bai, a warrior and a swordsman of Wudang martial arts. Li Mu Bai is obligated to avenge his master who was supposedly killed by Jade Fox and also as a symbol of honor required to denounce his love for his girlfriend Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeo), who is the head of a private security firm (Ang Lee et al.,201). Yu Shu Lien was betrothed to Mu Bai's friend, Meng Sizhao, before his death. Mu Bai gives his cherished sword "Green Destiny" to Yu Shu Lien as he chooses to retire and asks her to deliver it to their helper Sir Te (Sihung Lung), a well-respected leader in Peking and a friend to Shu Lien's father.
Shu Lien visited Sir Te to hand in the sword as instructed, but she arrives at an event and meets some of Sir Te's guests. Among the guests is Jen (Zhang Zhiyi), a daughter of a governor who was forced into a pre-arranged marriage that she did not like. Shu Lien made a display of the sword, but soon after that, a masked thief sneaked in in the evening and stole it. Everyone is sure of Jade Fox to be the thief. Shu Lien is convinced otherwise that th...