Ma and I watched the craziest Jet Li movie, called The Sorcerer & the White Snake, which is based on an old Chinese story about a thousand-year-old white snake that falls in love with a human and transforms into a beautiful woman in order to marry him. Jet Li is a monk whose mission is to destroy these sorts of shape-shifting spirits. It reminded me a lot of the selkie stories from Scottish/Irish/Faroese folklore. I liked the movie's bad-looking special effects, attractive women, excellent fight scenes and overly dramatic love angst. I'm feeling inspired to catch up on some more wuxia films.
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