Really bad movie night

I was bored last night. No XBox, not in the mood for PC games, and Patches has now decided I am harmless, so there is no entertainment there either.

So down to the basement to inspect the movie collection.

Now it must be said that Blackwalt's and my movie tastes run along the same vein, so there's not a whole lot there that I haven't seen and don't own. He does have a tendency to invest in movies one might consider 'B' or 'C' (and in some cases 'D') movies that I avoid, so I decide to look through these.

Um ... it was tough.

I finally came up with The Kiss of the Dragon and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. With the first one, I figured with Jet Li, it can't be all bad right? And the second was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won 4, albeit obscure ones.

I start with Jet. Not bad, awesome fight scenes. No plot, but really, who cares? The guy dying at the end because all the blood is rushing to his head and has nowhere to go but out was a little gruesome, but nonetheless entertaining.

Fine, on to number 2. Ok, It is almost a day later and I still can't figure out the plot of that thing. Worst of all, it obviously was supposed to have a plot. The fight scenes were bizarre and the wire-flying all over the place was so lame as to be laughable.

Half-Pint got up and left about 30 minutes in. Apparently he'd seen it before.

So, I guess the point of this is that I need to write to these oriental martial arts movie makers to say 'Stick to the wicked fight scenes and please, oh please, no more attempts at plot!

So what sludge can I draw out tonight?