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Neurophage posted:My girlfriend really likes this kind of movie, and we decided to watch at least one every week. She generally prefers light-hearted stuff, but her favorite one so far was Crippled Avengers, which was indeed amazing(great fights, great villain, great ending). I would suggest the original Drunken Master, Project A or Operation Condor.
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Aug 7, 2015 14:59
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It's a little light on straight up martial arts confrontations, but for ridiculousness I LOOOOOOOOVE Fantasy Mission Force. An incredible historical drama set in the 30s and/or 40s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqJQK3ey_M4 Angry Lobster posted:Project A is really good and has a lot of commedy, it's only flaw is a week villain. "I....I THINK YOU'RE A FAKE!"
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Neo Rasa posted:It's a little light on straight up martial arts confrontations, but for ridiculousness I LOOOOOOOOVE Fantasy Mission Force. An incredible historical drama set in the 30s and/or 40s: A truly remarkable movie, be careful not to to read the Wikipedia article which spoils many amazing twists like quote:Before the group can figure out what has happened they are attacked by sword and axe-brandishing Japanese Nazis riding in 1970s-era muscle cars
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Neurophage posted:My girlfriend really likes this kind of movie, and we decided to watch at least one every week. She generally prefers light-hearted stuff, but her favorite one so far was Crippled Avengers, which was indeed amazing(great fights, great villain, great ending). Wheels on Meals Project A Half a Loaf of Kung Fu Shaolin Snake and Crane Miracles (a/k/a Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) Fantasy Mission Force (if you like absurdist comedy and Camptown Races)
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Aug 7, 2015 16:33
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Who Am I (1998) is really drat good.
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Aug 7, 2015 16:42
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In addition to everything that's been said, I'd also recommend Police Story 2, Dragons Forever (mostly for that amazing final fight), Project A2, and The Young Master.Humbug Scoolbus posted:Miracles (a/k/a Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) Miracles is fun, but the action scenes make up a relatively small part of the film. I'd say it's more of a straight comedy for the most part.
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Does anyone else have any love for Fearless Hyena?
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Aug 7, 2015 16:56
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Fearless Hyena is pretty great. The weakest of Chan's early stuff is probably Killer Meteors. Also Miracles is a Hong Kong version of Guys and Dolls with no big musical numbers. I also really liked The Accidental Spy. Humbug Scoolbus fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 17:20
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Miracles (a/k/a Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) Miracles is terrific and can always be counted on to cheer me up when I'm feeling lovely.
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Boinks posted:I believe this is Five Fingers of Death AKA Shaolin Martial Arts from 1974. You can watch it for free on IMDB: My Hero. This is it. Thanks.
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I finally got around to seeing Dragon with Donnie Yen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. I really enjoyed it and it's probably one of Donnie Yen's best performances outside the first Ip Man movie. I really liked how the film explored acupuncture and chi and its effects on the body - something you don't see in many kung-fu films. If you want a Chinese version of A History of Violence with not as harsh body horror (and there is some in the film) I really recommend it. Great performances all around and the action is top-notch. One of the early fights reminds me of Shaw Bros era choreography, which I really liked. Also got a chance to see one of Jet Li's earlier films Martial Arts of Shaolin. It's another film I thoroughly enjoyed. (A young) Jet Li is top form in that one. He's incredibly fast and showcases all of his talents in it. It also has some pretty gorgeous mainland China shots too. As someone who really only new Jet Li's HK work with Tsui Hark and his other 90's films, it was a real eye-opener to see him in a Shaw Bros film. Both of them are on netflix. Speaking of Jet Li films, I need a title for one of them. The only scene I vividly remember and it's why I want to see it again is him walking down a street, with a blindfold on and with like two dozen swords strapped to his back and he just murders dozens of guys with them. Anyone know the one I'm talking about?
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THere are a lot better Donnie Yen performances than Ip Man. Iron Monkey of course and Once Upon a Time in China II are absolutely amazing. New Dragon Inn even with its weird rear end ending is also great.
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I watched Come Drink with Me last night and thought it was pretty cool. The difference in choreography and style vs newer films was interesting - definitely more opera/stage influenced than the more 'realistic' stuff to follow. Some cool musical numbers as well.
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Jimbot posted:Speaking of Jet Li films, I need a title for one of them. The only scene I vividly remember and it's why I want to see it again is him walking down a street, with a blindfold on and with like two dozen swords strapped to his back and he just murders dozens of guys with them. Anyone know the one I'm talking about? This one?
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I just caught The Avenging Eagle (1978) on Netflix and dug the hell out of it. It's shot like a Technicolor musical and the relationship between the two leads (Ti Lung and Alexander Fu Sheng) is amazing. Great villain, brutal and dynamic fights, cool weapons. Super sad that we lost Fu Sheng as early as we did; he was so good.
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Fong Sai Yuk 1 and 2 are hysterically funny mainly because of Josephine Siao as Sai-Yuk's mother.
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I didn't realize Way of the Dragon had tits in it. I didn't think I could love this movie more.
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The Kid with the Golden Arm is on Netflix, and it looks FANTASTIC. This along with the 5 Deadly Venoms and the # Cripped Masters were always running on local TV when I was a kid. Good times.
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We just watched Kid with the Golden Arm on Netflix last night and it's awesome. They also have Disciple of the 36th Chamber which also looks great and is rad as hell.
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Samuel Clemens posted:In addition to everything that's been said, I'd also recommend Police Story 2, Dragons Forever (mostly for that amazing final fight), Project A2, and The Young Master. But it is also very sweet. I've always described Chan movies as like live action Asterix comics in tone, and Miracles illustrates that beautifully.
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Remulak posted:The Kid with the Golden Arm is on Netflix, and it looks FANTASTIC. This along with the 5 Deadly Venoms and the # Cripped Masters were always running on local TV when I was a kid. Good times. The opening credits to that kick rear end. Also anything involving Silver Spear. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Sep 4, 2015 |
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It seems like there are several good classic kung fu movies on Netflix that I hadn't noticed on there. Executioners from Shaolin is on there now too (or maybe has been for a while?)
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Holy moly I just watched Come Drink With Me from the OP. I'm floored. That movie was awesome! I can't believe it was made in 1967. I was convinced to watched because I empathize with useless drunk characters. I was pretty much just looking for sweet early versions of Legend of/Drunken Master style antics but what I got was completely different yet equally fantastic. The fight choreography is garbage at best (except the poison dart stuff, that was cool. Also the last 2 fights are decent for the era I reckon). .. I was going to try and type a page or so waxing poetic on the entire rest of the movie, but I guess I'll just say this: for as bad as the fights are, the set design and the PLOT especially are literally at least 30 years ahead of their time. They're both so good. Sweet movie
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The opening credits to that kick rear end. Also anything involving Silver Spear. I watched it this morning it was loving dope.
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What's the weirdest depiction of a foreigner in a kung-fu film? Flying Guillotine has some good ones, especially the sinister japanese and thai fighters, but there's got to be stuff that goes way further into hilarious nationalism.
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Cynthia Rothrock in Millionaire's Express is probably up there. It's a movie you should see anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXb5bbdP9fs
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chaos rhames posted:What's the weirdest depiction of a foreigner in a kung-fu film? Flying Guillotine has some good ones, especially the sinister japanese and thai fighters, but there's got to be stuff that goes way further into hilarious nationalism. The character himself isn't that strange (mostly because I went "oh hey, it's Dhalsim," it was probably way weirder when it was new) but the Indian guy in Flying Guillotine has the most hilariously awful brownface makeup I have ever seen
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chaos rhames posted:What's the weirdest depiction of a foreigner in a kung-fu film? Flying Guillotine has some good ones, especially the sinister japanese and thai fighters, but there's got to be stuff that goes way further into hilarious nationalism. I meant to type up a blurb about this in a previous post I made on the topic of ultra-weird HK stuff, but for me any HK movie with Thai themes is automagically batshit. Thai people (and possibly Cambodians) are all wizards, apparently. I wish I could name more titles, but this is in Boxer's Omen, The Seventh Curse, Seeding of a Ghost, etc. If someone else more knowledgeable could address this I would be thrilled. On a more sane note, the British in the Once Upon a Time in China series are pretty amusing, along with Americans in Jet Li's Born to Defense. The Japanese in any HK film with "ninja" in the title are invariably aloof effeminate cheaters.
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The British people, specifically the boxer ("The Twister"), in Ip Man 2. I watched that by myself in a Chinese cinema and as a British person myself, felt extremely uncomfortable about how Chinese nationalist and anti-western it was. The caricatures of arrogant westerners in that film defy belief. Good fight scene between Donnie Yen and Sammo though.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:The character himself isn't that strange (mostly because I went "oh hey, it's Dhalsim," it was probably way weirder when it was new) but the Indian guy in Flying Guillotine has the most hilariously awful brownface makeup I have ever seen I'd somehow completely forgotten about this guy, he's incredible. Humbug Scoolbus posted:Cynthia Rothrock in Millionaire's Express is probably up there. This looks amazing, stuff like the guy flopping off the building and getting up and it basically being a western is great. Rabelais D posted:The British people, specifically the boxer ("The Twister"), in Ip Man 2. I watched that by myself in a Chinese cinema and as a British person myself, felt extremely uncomfortable about how Chinese nationalist and anti-western it was. The caricatures of arrogant westerners in that film defy belief. There's a lot of arrogant western boxers lacking the honor and spirituality of kung-fu in bad sequels to good films, like Segata Sanshiro pt 2: The same but with westerners.
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If any of you live in LA and haven't taken advantage of Shawtember then y'all shameful. http://www.thenewbev.com/calendar/ (you gotta scroll a bit to see September's calender, for some reason August's is still up) I am one of those shameful people actually since I work nights and have only gotten to see Five Deadly Venoms so far.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:The character himself isn't that strange (mostly because I went "oh hey, it's Dhalsim," it was probably way weirder when it was new) but the Indian guy in Flying Guillotine has the most hilariously awful brownface makeup I have ever seen The best Dhalsim is Simon Yam in Future Cops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUNQYWsnHg
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http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/20-best-kung-fu-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/ From a site I read, thoughts?
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thatfuturekid posted:http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/20-best-kung-fu-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/ Ugh..The Grandmaster? Really? I own the Blu Ray and still can't stay awake through the whole thing.
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Despite the presence of Crippled Avengers, no Drunken Master 2 seems insane enough to invalidate the entire affair.
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Ip Man?! Donnie Yen's ego dragged that one down like most movies he doesn't just act in and/or choreograph... Also missing, any one of these: New Dragon Inn, Heroic Trio, Above the Law, Swordsman 2, Fiery Dragon Kid, Deadful Melody, or any one of the hundreds of other kung fu movies with great female leads. Ong Bak 2? Gahhh.
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