The one thing I immediately fell in love with when I first saw this was its score which was done by Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.)
Then the second thing I fell in love with when I saw this was the fights. Each fight tells a story whether it'd be an evil fight or a fight [SPOILER] where one must sacrifice themselves for a cause. [/SPOILER] The love was extraodinary too! The ending when [SPOILER] the female main character took the male main character home with her. [/SPOILER] This was personally better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
I haven't seen 'Hero' ... yet, but I saw the trailer and it was unbelievable. I loved the fight in the forest where the yellow and orange leaves were flying in the air! It was awesome! I can't wait until this comes out in Oz!