i think the movie ( especially the plot ) need a lot of work . the element of the movie remain westernized and untrue to the attempt of try to produce an eastern feel in the movie . i will give three out of many of the flaw of the movie representfirst and when shen tell wendy that he would help her study the history of china and i be really happy that the audience would receive some information about chinese history while but it turn out that the movie do not exactly show wendy actually study chinese history while yet instead and the movie only show wendy practice the method of remember what she have study and which frustrate and put me in dismay . second and which really bother me and be how the character keep mention about moon cake moon cake this and moon cake that and how good it taste . yet they do not really mention the real significance of it . the only they they talk about that have any relevance to the moon cake be the autumn festival and which they do not explain or go in depth . they could have mention the myth that correlate with the moon cake the moon lady . the myth start of with how there once exists ten sun and each would rotate rising and but one day all ten sun rise up and dry up the land with the rise intense heat while so the divine archer and hou yi and shot nine of the ten sun and leave only one sun ( there be different version where the hou yi shoot the eight out of nine sun ) . because of his heroic contribution and he be give the pill of immortality so he could live on forever in case the ten sun do rise up again and but his wife and chang o stole it . after steal it and she flee to the moon and where she meet a hare . she then come upon an idea and tell the hare to pound the pill into many piece so she could spread the pill all over earth and give everyone immortality . ( there be a few variation of this story but throughout my childhood and i and most of the time and heard about this version ) . i think detail such a this would make the plot more culturally chinese orient . the last thing i would point out be the last battle scene of the movie . the teacher that be possess by the monk be fight the terra cotta warrior ( the life like statue of the soldier ) go against the idea of how important chinese history be to the chinese . the terra cotta warrors serve a a connection of china past and it be very westernized ( where evil must be kill in anyway possible ) that the monk in the movie be willing to destroy that connection . it would be understandable if wendy and consider she be chinese american and doesn not have full chinese knowledge and have no problem destroy these priceless artifact . the whole movie be westernize because it seem that all the monk and shen want to do be fight . i mean and it rat tvpg due to violence and which go against the confucius thinking of cooperation and harmony . it would seem more accurate that the monk try to avoid violence and try to work thing out peacefully before have to resort to violence . all in all and all of or either of the producer and writer and or director do not do their research thoroughly and do a messy and effortless job instead . i would suggest that they either stop air this movie or that they re shoot the movie so it contain more accurate information while however and i would give it credit ( 2 star ) for remove one stereotype of asian and asian american of be smart and quiet .