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In Reply to: Hero-BIG YAWN. posted by Duilawyer on August 19, 2004 at 06:54:16:
i haven't seen hero, but one thing i don't like about most kung-fu films since bruce lee is that the action is cut up and fantasy-like. bruce lee could do four high kicks in a single shot (the cinematographer of enter the dragon reportedly told him he moved too fast for the camera to catch), and that was impressive to see. fight scenes are so cut up these days it's hard to get a sense of the physicality of the stars.
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Tony Jaa (Phanom Yeerum) might be the man for you.
Watch Ong Bak to see his fighting. He uses Muay Thai mixed with stuntman/gymnastic style jumps and focuses more on big power knees and elbows rather than speed and precision kicks like Bruce Lee. I don't know how realistic this style of fighting is but it sure makes a great show and its one of those movies where the actors really look millimetres away from a hospital bed or a bucket in the morgue.Be careful if you buy the dvd, I’ve heard some are badly cut (saw it in a theatre, so sorry I can’t shed any light on which dvd to buy).
Jet Li, as he is now known in the states, is as good as they come when it comes to martial arts. He has legitimate wu-shu training in China, and this is clear in most of his early Chinese movies (such as Shaolin Temple). I agree with you, however, that most modern movies are like music videos in their editing, and I find it distracting.I haven't seen Hero, but the visuals look stunning in the previews.
Cetaele (aka Bob)
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