Greatest Martial Art Movie(s) Of All Time!
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2026 04:24
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Quote:Oh, and wicked better fight scenes- you forgot that.
Originally posted by daveshayne:
II has better production values and more gimmicks
Chrisisall
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The cool part is all the Billy Jack films featured some form of martial arts scenes.
"You really think all those Green Beret Karate tricks are gonna help you against all these boys?"
What is dumb things to say to the good guy before you get kicked upside the head?
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:Oh, and wicked better fight scenes- you forgot that.
Originally posted by daveshayne:
II has better production values and more gimmicks
More gimmicky fighting. Also generally more tedious and frequently less important to the story.
David
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Quote:What flick did YOU see again? Drunken Master 3? No no no, ya gotta see 2!!! 3 was everything you said...
Originally posted by daveshayne:
More gimmicky fighting. Also generally more tedious and frequently less important to the story.
It also help immensely if you see the Chinese cut, not the "Legend" one.
Drunken Master was funnier, and endlessly creative (as well being as a true classic), however, DM2 was just balls-out more frenetic & cool.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
What flick did YOU see again? Drunken Master 3? No no no, ya gotta see 2!!! 3 was everything you said...
So was 2.
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It also help immensely if you see the Chinese cut, not the "Legend" one.
Perhaps this is the problem? Does the story make more sense in the Chinese cut? Are the fights trimmed down to a less tedious length? Do they actually matter to the story more often than not?
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Drunken Master was funnier, and endlessly creative (as well being as a true classic), however, DM2 was just balls-out more frenetic & cool.
So you agree that the original was better. Glad to hear it.
David
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Quote:How dare you use my tactics against me
Originally posted by daveshayne:
So you agree that the original was better. Glad to hear it.
Yeah, okay, so the story in 2 wasn't all there, but the fights were so slick & well photographed....
I played the dubbed version (on dvd) of the original once, and boy was that unintentionally hi-larious. So many curses that were weirdly used. It was a different dub than the tape I'd owned for years...and that was already a funny dubbing.
Chris...isALL!
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
In the 70's they used to show a lot of kung-fu movies all the time on late nite & Sat TV.
Each film seemed to have an old, blind guy with long white hair and matching beard. When the bad guys messed with him they were in for a bad time. A lot of the more entertaining films had characters who used very unusual weaponry.
Master of the Flying Guillotine
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Karate Kid!
I know you all are saying "Wax On, Wax Off" in your heads right now.
(Can you tell I don't watch Martial Arts Movies)
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:How dare you use my tactics against me
Originally posted by daveshayne:
So you agree that the original was better. Glad to hear it.
Yeah, okay, so the story in 2 wasn't all there, but the fights were so slick & well photographed....
I played the dubbed version (on dvd) of the original once, and boy was that unintentionally hi-larious. So many curses that were weirdly used. It was a different dub than the tape I'd owned for years...and that was already a funny dubbing.
My copy has a weird thing going where it'll switch between the original soundtrack and the English dub at unpredictable intervals. Luckily the subtitles stay in place so I can follow the story. But yeah the dubbing for the early Hong Kong films tends to be rather comical. Frequently unintentionally so.
David
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On the NEW martial art front- I rented Killzone (aka SPL) a while back- excellent choreography by Donnie Yen, great acting by Sammo Hung, but kinda silly 'gritty-ness' regarding the mean mob stuff...for HK junkies only (of which I am one).
Rented Dragon Tiger Gate for 2nite- I'll let ya know.....
Chrisisall-Fu
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