Martial arts films?

[sinobball2]

as long the martial art coreographer is Yen Ho Ping

Good taste Actually he directed a film this year.

(David Carradine's last film before he passed too)

 

[Levenspiel2]

...there are now 4 types of martial art movies IMO (with regards to fight scenes):

#1 the hardcore (e.g. Ong Bak)
#2 the artistic (e.g. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon)
#3 the funny (e.g. Rush Hour)
#4 the stupid (e.g. Kung Fu Dunk...). Unfortunately most nowadays belong to this category...

I liked only a few martial art movies, and they definitely belong to the category #4: Shaolin soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. Especially, the former.

"HERO" isn't much of a martial arts film, but definitely one of my favorite Chinese movies ever. I think it's the music.

I don't know about the music, but I truly despised "Hero". As I said I don't like martial-art films anyway, but I wrote a post about this movie at imdb and got a million of furious replies from people and a warning from the administrators If it counts, Old Boy was a very good movie. You could take out all the fighting and it would lose nothing.

 

[sinobball2]

and a warning from the administrators

Now I really want to see what you wrote... Trust me you won't get a furious response from me... My guess is you hate the "message", no?

 

[Levenspiel2]

Now I really want to see what you wrote... Trust me you won't get a furious response from me... My guess is you hate the "message", no?

I wish to see what I'd written too, but it's been deleted. Naturally. I was pissed off by hypocrisy of the movie, maybe the message, but I don't remember the details. it was at least 4-5 years ago. I guess my language was a bit harsh and it was mis-interpreted as insult.

 

[sinobball2]

What genre favors basketball players as much?

Sun Mingming (USBL, ABA, IBL, Mexico, Japan, China)

Rush Hour III (2007)

Mengke Bateer (NBA, NBDL, China)

Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

Ma Jian (NCAA, Philippines, China)

Seven Little Monks (2010, post-production)

 

[Phantim3dx2]

Ma Jian (NCAA, Philippines, China)

Seven Little Monks (2010, post-production)

is that Ma "To the mothafukkin" Jian I see?!?! dude playa be ripped son!

 

[Fedfan2]

I HATE martial arts movies with a passion.(IMO they're mostly for immature men with supresed aggresion/hormone issues shhh)
The only ones I liked and not even sure if they're classified as martial arts movies are 7 samurais,and raging bull.

 

[sinobball2]

I HATE martial arts movies with a passion.(IMO they're mostly for immature men with supresed aggresion/hormone issues shhh)

Don't hate, martial arts films may be stupid at times but not nearly the torture associated with "chick flicks".

 

[Fedfan2]

imo they're the same torture.
at least the chick flicks can offer the occasional laugh at the ridiculousness of the scenario.
Both not worth the trouble and time and are unwatchable garbage for tv late late hours.Only in my opinion of course.

 

[Czarkazem132]

Anyone likes these? If so what are your favorite titles?

Anything with Bruce Lee
Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Tom-Yum-Goong
Shaolin Soccer
Five Deadly Venoms
Return of the Five Deadly Venoms
Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman (the one with 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano)
Hero
Shaolin Temple
Tai Chi Master
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mystery of Chessboxing
...just to name a few off the top of my head.

 

[sinobball2]

Only in my opinion of course.

Of course trying to get a girl to understand MA films is as difficult as giving a cat a shower. But then, we can always carry this conversation to the stereotype thread

 

[Fedfan2]

well I can appreciate some scenes ...for the eye candy!!( before the eye candy becomes bloody battered and full of bruises.)

 

[sinobball2]

well I can appreciate some scenes ...for the eye candy!!( before the eye candy becomes bloody battered and full of bruises.)

MA films are not all violent you know. In fact most are not bloody.

Since you like tennis, how about this scene (@1:28)

 

[Fedfan2]

MA films are not all violent you know. In fact most are not bloody.

Since you like tennis, how about this scene (@1:28)

the only worth watching in this film is the scenery.Really how can you notice anything else?These 2 idiots are polluting it with their air dancing whatever.
in my opinion of course.

The only samurai that I completely fell in love with is this :

sorry the others are just incomparable.

In my opinion of course.

 

[Dtown2]

My two favorites are both guilty pleasures.

One the super cheesy but awesome Last Dragon. Bruce Leeroy and the shogun of Harlem Shonuff! There's supposed to be a remake being made, but you can't top overtop 80s movies



More recently, the greatness that is Kung Fu Hustle, it's like Looney Tunes with martial arts