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The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994)
Brilliant for its time. Still is.
For those that remember Thomas Dolby only for "She Blinded Me with Science", you have a real suprise and treat in store. Dolby has moved on and shown how good he really is, doing the score for this movie. Part of the reason I go on about this is I discovered the soundtrack before purchasing the video (and later DVD).
The computer animation for 1994 is very well done. It could probably be done in real time today, but it's certainly very impressive even today at the detail that was done. The journey starts with the end of the world, moving along though the birth of a new world, following evolution and history, with Dolby's brilliant music helping set the tone and the pace.
The blend of music and art makes it a must buy. No extra features, it's not even 5.1, probably one of the first DVDs made. But it's still worth it.
Wo hu cang long (2000)
What a great movie
One of the few movies over the past few years where I have gone to the theater twice to see the same movie. The fighting is great, and probably where it gets its appeal in the US. The music is perfectly tuned to the events in the movie, haunting music for the slower scenes, more upbeat for fight sequences. The acting and plot were both first rate.
If you have never seen this movie before, watch it with the subtitles. I listened to only a bit of the english dubbed version and found it to be not so good. It doesn't take much more of your brain to read the subtitles, and I believe it adds a lot to the movie. It also appears that the translation for the english dub and the subtitles were done by different groups, so the meaning may come across differently in a few areas.