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TheDenizen wrote:

ShogunRua wrote:Good God was I disappointed.

Making a fight scene between Jet Li and Donnie Yen lame is like making a nude lesbian scene between Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard unsexy.

Bahahaha! Well I guess our taste in women isn't as similar as our taste in films...those are two actresses I don't find particularly hot. Cotillard is OK I guess, but Penelope Cruz...no thanks. Zhang Ziyi, though...mmmm. At least we can agree on Maggie Cheung.

Heh. Cotillard was a bit of an afterthought; Penelope Cruz is ragingly hot, though!

TheDenizen wrote:Also, didn't Donnie and Jet have a brief encounter in Once Upon a Time in China 2? It's been a while, I can't remember exactly.

You're right. Donnie Yen played Dr. Sun Yat-Sun, the famous Chinese revolutionary in that film, and him and Wong Fei-Hung (Jet) had a very brief fight, with neither hurting the other, just "testing" their skills.

ShogunRua wrote:Good God was I disappointed.

Making a fight scene between Jet Li and Donnie Yen lame is like making a nude lesbian scene between Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard unsexy.

Bahahaha! Well I guess our taste in women isn't as similar as our taste in films...those are two actresses I don't find particularly hot. Cotillard is OK I guess, but Penelope Cruz...no thanks. Zhang Ziyi, though...mmmm. At least we can agree on Maggie Cheung.

And I can totally understand your stance on the Jet Li/Donnie Yen fight in Hero. It's certainly not the fast, hard hitting kung fu mastery it could have been (imagine if Jet and Donnie had let rip like Donnie and Wu Jing do in Sha Po Long *drool*), but it wasn't really that type of film. It was a fantasy/wuxia film, so wires were pretty much expected (and certainly nothing new for Jet Li), and I think the focus of the film was on the drama more than on the action, so I can appreciate the choices made by the director and enjoyed the scene for what it was.

Also, didn't Donnie and Jet have a brief encounter in Once Upon a Time in China 2? It's been a while, I can't remember exactly.

ShogunRua wrote:Yeah dude, this is an excellent topic; thanks for creating it.

It really gives me an opportunity to see which movies I have missed out on so far, and talk about those that I have watched.

Thanks, I only really posted it since it seemed like a waste to type up this long list and then not post it on a movie site...but you're right I've gotten some great recs already. Anyone else should feel free to post their own lists if they like.

*adds even more titles to a ridiculously lengthy "to watch" list*

TheDenizen wrote:

ShogunRua wrote:The two that surprise me a bit on your list are "Hero" (directed by a guy famous for his second-rate Beijing soap operas) and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Ang Lee, yuck); those two are reviled by most kung fu fans (myself included) for awful choreography and fight scenes.

Well, I haven't seen a lot of work from either director, really (other than Zhang Yimou's subsequent Martial arts/period dramas) but the presence of Zhang Ziyi certainly may have swayed my view of both Hero and CTHD I loved the fight between Donnie Yen and Jet Li in Hero's Go parlor,

That was actually the single most disappointing scene in Hero for me. Donnie Yen and Jet Li were always my two favorite martial arts actors, and FINALLY, they would have a fight on screen! I was incredibly excited and hyped up to watch it in Hero.

And then...boredom. Instead of utilizing any of their amazing, unique skills, it's typical wire-work, wuxia, undercranking (shooting a scene at 18 fps and playing it through at 22 fps...loses the sensation of impact from the blows) bullshit. Good God was I disappointed.

Making a fight scene between Jet Li and Donnie Yen lame is like making a nude lesbian scene between Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard unsexy.

and thought that Zhang Ziyi's teahouse fight and duel with Michelle Yeoh in CTHD were great.

I really hate Zhang Ziyi; no martial arts acting ability, and she's not even hot. A friend and I were always speculating what big-time movie executive/businessman/Triad boss she must be dating to keep getting cast in all these top-tier films while more talented AND pretty Asian actresses were passed over.

Why can't more Asian actresses be like the luscious Maggie Cheung?

You're not the first person to recommend that series to me. Samurai Champloo definitely sounds like it's worth checking out.

It's really incredible. The perfect television series of any kind, in my view.

oh also, thanks for your input on our TCI scores...

Yeah dude, this is an excellent topic; thanks for creating it.

It really gives me an opportunity to see which movies I have missed out on so far, and talk about those that I have watched.