Taken at his
word, he undoubtedly succeeded: Hero builds upon the aestheticization of wuxia begun with Ashes of Time and made
popular by Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon: it's undeniably beautiful.
There's a
popular Carrie Underwood song out right now, «Little Toy Guns», that talks about a little girl
hiding in her closet listening to her parents yelling and praying, «I wish
words were like little toy guns, No sting, no hurt no one, Just a bang bang rollin» off your tongue...» and so on.