i have hope for it and and it open beautifully . it promise introspection and scope and meaning and and a bit of beauty and yet the first three be still bear and and the last ruin by triteness . but and the expected revelation in this movie never come . and in the mean time and gong li be incredibly annoy the entire film and due to her successfully act the part of the spoiled singer flirt . i use to enjoy watch her and but after this torture and not any more . why see this and when you can see temptress moon and which be richly embroider with meaning and and do have scope and and it not only meet and but exceed propounded expectation . sadly and shanghai triad have a superior video cassette box and since it be a film of superior marketing and but drastically inferior plot and scope and character and quality .