Continuity mistake: In the scene in the cave where Jen's hands are tied the loose ends of the knot change from shot to shot. (01:01:20)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Yun-Fat Chow, Ziyi Zhang, Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Chang
Li Mu Bai kills Jade Fox, but during the fight he is hit by one of her poison darts. With his last breath he tells Shu Lien that he loves her. Jen throws herself off Wudan mountain, like the man in the legend Lo told her about.
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More mistakes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Li Mu Bai: She should come to Wudan and become a disciple.
Yu Shu Lien: But Wudan does not accept women.
Li Mu Bai: For her, they might make an exception. If not, I'm afraid she'll become a poisoned dragon.
Question: What is the significance of the very last shot? We see see Jen (Zhang Ziyi) flying into the clouds and then a mountain/forest shot, in which nothing happens, for about a second and then the credits roll.
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Answer: It is an open question. Interpretation of the last scene is really left to the audience. But to those of you who completely missed the whole point of the jump, it refers to the "Legend of the Mountain" as told to Jen by Lo "Dark Cloud". He told her that if a person makes a wish and jumps from the mountain, the wish will be granted and, occasionally, the jumper's life will be spared. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is actually a fourth book in the series of five books. In the book, Jen survives the fall, but never returns to Lo, fearing her parents shame and prosecution. Popular opinion seems to be that Jen was in fact in love with Li Mu Bai and the jump was an attempt of escaping the live lover towards the dead one.