Comments on: Now on DVD: The Best Martial Arts Movies of 2008

By: chris

chris — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:42:35 +0000

By: Jiu Jitsu Santa Monica

Jiu Jitsu Santa Monica — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:55:19 +0000

I haven’t watched any good martial arts movies lately. Probably because a lot of the ones I have seen use point-fighting rather then something like Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu. Any recommendations on more realistic fighting?

By: Louche

Louche — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:40:23 +0000

Now I’m watching Shaolin Girl. I’d give it a B-. Why do all these martial arts movies have to be so unoriginal? You’d think if people were going to invest that much time and money into making a film, they’d bother coming up with an interesting story. It’s so unrealistic and philosophically indulgent. C’mon, we all know that martial arts ideally won’t be in use outside of class, but obviously it’s not helpful if the only people who learn how to fight are the ones who want to beat people up. The bad guy is also just silly.

On the plus side, it’s a film about a bunch of girls, so that’s a little break from the routine. And the whole lacrosse thing as a means of learning kung fu. Heh.

By: Louche

Louche — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:26:26 +0000

So I just went and started watching Ong Bak 2. Okay, I can’t get through it right now. I’m just not in the mood for that much violence. In terms of freakish characters, it’s worse than the original Ong Bak. There are just a bunch of characters who have no depth other than to serve as hideous, evil, violent monsters. I can’t even tell what this movie is about plot-wise ’cause it doesn’t appear to even have one. In terms of just watching Tony Jaa, this might be more interesting. Having seen Ong Bak, I knew this wouldn’t have depth… I am not in the mood for that right now! Maybe another time.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:51:18 +0000

Wikipedia is a myth.

By: Louche

Louche — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:34:04 +0000

Wait, I also saw Kung Fu Panda. That was pretty good, for a cartoon.

By: Louche

Louche — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:24:19 +0000

Only one of these I’ve seen is The Forbidden Kingdom. I’m relieved that you gave it a C+ because I thought it was pretty lame, especially considering it had Jackie Chan and Jet Li in it. One wonders what they as actors gain out of participating in a film like this. I only watched the whole thing because I had a desire at the time to watch some kung fu.

But thanks for this list, I’m glad there are better movies out there, and I’m surprised to see it’s such a long list. Wikipedia had a very short list… why is their list so exclusive? I just assumed that the majority would be on the Wikipedia list.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:41:44 +0000

You should watch a movie called Ip Man, it’s in Chinese and only English subs. The movie is about the life of the guy who instructed Bruce Lee, def worth a watch

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