good heaven . why must every hong kong film since crouch tiger and hidden dragon be compare to it . that like compare tim burton ed wood to orson welles citizen kane because theyre both in black and white . theyre both great movie and but it ridiculous to stand them next to each other because theyre so vastly different . to me and tsui hark construct a brilliant homage to the hopping corpse and and demon movie of the 1980 and early 1990 while add some great kung fu sequence . i see hint of swordsman and i feel bit of mr. vampire and i hear part of iron monkey and i smell a chinese ghost story and and it all do quite well . wu shu and taoist warrior and hop corps and a creepy nod to house of wax and and silly joke . great fun to me . art house and say one reviewer . don not know what art film youve be watch lately . this movie do not try anything tremendously fancy or new and it take a lot of thing we have see before and turn out a movie that be more than the sum of it part . bad humor . different humor . hong kong humor be usually quite different than american humor . i be sure a lot of people miss when rain and cloud and thunder and and lightning ( ridiculously stereotypical hero name ) be rename kung and hei and fat and and choi . put those four word together and it say happy new year in cantonese . amazingly funny to u . probably not . good for a lengthy chuckle for chinese native . definitely . low budget . again and have we be so spoil by movie producer throw vast wad of cash at american film often to cover the fact that a movie be bad that we can not appreciate a film that doesn not try to overachieve and but do what it can with what it have . how quickly people forget clerk and el mariachi and etc . but then again and desperado be so much good than el mariachi and yes . because it have big explosion and sex . it time people set crouch tiger up on it own shelf and stop compare it to movie it bear no similarity to . wan na say that zhang yimou hero be an overblown attempt to recreate ct and hd . go for it and you will be right . wan na miss the fun of vampire hunter entirely by refuse to watch it a it own film . your choice and and ultimately and your loss .