I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.
You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.
Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.
When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.
I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.