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Thread: A Much Needed OT Thread: Best Martial Arts Movies of All Time
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TravonLepen
Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:52 am
#1
CLicky
I pretty much agree with this list, what do you all think? Anything you would remove, or add? Just some random trivia for you youngsters who might not have seen these yet....
Sonny Chiba from "The Street Fighter" is known to the younger generation as Hanzo Hattori in Kill Bill vol 1
Gordon Liu played the part of Pai Mei.... as you can tell Tarantino was a big fan of the old kung fu movies as well.
On the set of Enter The Dragon, Bruce Lee was challenged almost daily by other Chinese martial artists in real fights while the cameras were not rolling. Apparently, a lot of martial artists didn't "believe the hype" surrounding Bruce, and wanted to see for themselves... as the story goes, Bruce never turned down any challenge put to him, and never lost one either.
I pretty much agree with this list, what do you all think? Anything you would remove, or add? Just some random trivia for you youngsters who might not have seen these yet....
Sonny Chiba from "The Street Fighter" is known to the younger generation as Hanzo Hattori in Kill Bill vol 1
Gordon Liu played the part of Pai Mei.... as you can tell Tarantino was a big fan of the old kung fu movies as well.
On the set of Enter The Dragon, Bruce Lee was challenged almost daily by other Chinese martial artists in real fights while the cameras were not rolling. Apparently, a lot of martial artists didn't "believe the hype" surrounding Bruce, and wanted to see for themselves... as the story goes, Bruce never turned down any challenge put to him, and never lost one either.
Message Edited by TravonLepen on 04-21-2005 09:54 AM
zeentch
Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:49 am
#2
Fist of Legend -Jet Li
The Storm Riders
Any of the Zatoichi series.
The Storm Riders
Any of the Zatoichi series.
TravonLepen
Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:16 am
#3
zeentch wrote:
Fist of Legend -Jet Li
The Storm Riders
Any of the Zatoichi series.
Fist of Legend is in there
Storm Riders was pretty cool too imo.... great for people who like "wire-fu" and lots of special effects.
It's pretty indicative of the newer movies the Koreans are making now.
zeentch
Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:01 am
#4
Ya I listed it again because in my opinion it crushes Enter the Dragon(which I still like). Although the Zatoichi series is 1965 i believe and It rocks also.
SpinningCloud
Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:36 am
#5
Some are deserving of the list but the one that's most notably missing and iconic of Chinese martial arts is "Once Upon a Time In China".
Anyof the classicsabout Wong Fei Hong would top any of those on that list IMO, after all he's my great grandteacher. How can you miss a Wong Fei Hong moviestarring Jet Li? That's sacriligious!
Jocephus
Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:38 am
#6
Don't forget the classic "The Last Dragon"!!!!
"Am I the baddest??"
"SHO-NUFF!"
"Who is the Master?"
"SHO-GUN"
"That's right... the Shogun of Harlem."
Message Edited by Jocephus on 04-21-2005 02:39 PM
Higginsis
Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:06 pm
#7
When was this written? AS any list that doesn't have Hero or House of flying daggers on just isn't complete.
Masterful films both of them.
And where is Karate kid for crying out loud?
Masterful films both of them.
And where is Karate kid for crying out loud?
TravonLepen
Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:00 pm
#8
Higginsis wrote:
When was this written? AS any list that doesn't have Hero or House of flying daggers on just isn't complete.
Masterful films both of them.
And where is Karate kid for crying out loud?
lol
/agree
I'm not sure, i just saw it on MSN a couple days ago... my personal list would have been much different I think...
JoahSaett
Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:20 pm
#9
Just saw Kung-fu Hustle the other day, that one is terrific too, but yes, Street Fighter and Once upon a time in china is terrific choices.
OnysAmen
Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:25 pm
#10
I was suprised and slightly happy that they put the Legend of Drunken Master on there which is my personal favorite. Enter the Dragon as number one was no surprise though.
FantasticPlastic
Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:05 pm
#11
OnysAmen wrote:
I was suprised and slightly happy that they put the Legend of Drunken Master on there which is my personal favorite. Enter the Dragon as number one was no surprise though.
At least call it DRUNKEN MASTER 2
The first DRUNKEN MASTER from 1978 is pretty darn good too.King Hu's COME DRINK WITH ME is great.
ENTER THE 36TH CHAMBER and MAD MONKEY KUNG FU are some awesome Shaw Brothers classics.
O.
OnysAmen
Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:07 pm
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FantasticPlastic wrote:
OnysAmen wrote:
I was suprised and slightly happy that they put the Legend of Drunken Master on there which is my personal favorite. Enter the Dragon as number one was no surprise though.
At least call it DRUNKEN MASTER 2
King Hu's COME DRINK WITH ME is great.
ENTER THE 36TH CHAMBER and MAD MONKEY KUNG FU are some awesome Shaw Brothers classics.
O.
Bah! I call it what I want, now go make me some brandy!
TravonLepen
Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:21 am
#13
SpinningCloud wrote:
Some are deserving of the list but the one that's most notably missing and iconic of Chinese martial arts is "Once Upon a Time In China".
Anyof the classicsabout Wong Fei Hong would top any of those on that list IMO, after all he's my great grandteacher. How can you miss a Wong Fei Hong moviestarring Jet Li? That's sacriligious!
I would have put Once Upon A Time up there too, but I do prefer Fist of Legend as my favorite Jet Li movie.
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