Favourite Kung Fu Movie

[dirtyho]

I love this shit, in fact I did my degree dissertation about Kung Fu movies. I'll start us off with a classic.
Legenday Weapons of Kung Fu starring and directed by Liu Chia Liang (Lau Kar Leung). Excellent demonstrations of many traditional weapons plus humour and plot - not in the same film surely ;). This guy is my favourite celluloid martial arts performer - his moves are real kung fu.

Which is your favourite?

[phil]

the 8 diagram pole fighters

[alpha_uk]

the matrix is definitely the best.

[dirtyho]

good choice - also directed by and starring liu chia liang
how about pedicab driver?

[dirtyho]

sorry, the matrix has a good "twist" and is well choreographed but the performers cannot match the choreography

[dirtyho]

Dirty Ho is one for the discerning viewer, very cultured film with many classical references and intricate choreography - not for action freaks though, if you're one of those try Eastern Condors - the HK take on Rambo

[Weishaupt]

1.
The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin / Shao-Lin San-Shih-Liu Fang from 1977 is still the best for me!!!!!!!!!


2.
all the old bonebreaker films with jacki chan........

3.
all old ninja films............

4.
Bruce Lee

1984 there was a serie called"the ninja master" with Lee Van Cleef............absolut Cult!!!

[dirtyho]

36 camber of shaolin is a classic as is the mysteries of chess boxing - this is the film many of the wu-tang clans samples come from
shalin vs ninja is also excellent starring that Japanese guy who is in Jet Li's fist of legend, can't remember ihis name.
I saw fist of legend on release in a cinema in causeway bay in hong kong - one of the best cinema going experiences of my life - pure adrenalin

[Weishaupt]

Originally posted by dirtyho
36 camber of shaolin is a classic as is the mysteries of chess boxing - this is the film many of the wu-tang clans samples come from
shalin vs ninja is also excellent starring that Japanese guy who is in Jet Li's fist of legend, can't remember ihis name.
I saw fist of legend on release in a cinema in causeway bay in hong kong - one of the best cinema going experiences of my life - pure adrenalin


in hongkong?...cool!!!!im jelaous........
the shaolin film is abig part of my childhood.........from me and my brother............we saw this film every and every day...........
the sounds of these films was so great!..............

[phil]

ninja kids

[Weishaupt]

jeahh...i had a selfmade ninja timbersword..........

i made it from the timber of my bed........... more precisely from the grid under my mattress....................

jeah.......nice to think about :-)....................

everytime when i has trouble as an little boy with other guys......i moved my arms like a ninja........and walked so slowly.........the other suckers run away..............hahahahaha.. ...........oh jea.......that was so great

[dirtyho]

I got accosted by the armed response squad practicing with my wooden sword in the park in brighton. It was just after that nutter chopped up that Lib Dem MP and someone must have seen me and phoned the police. Actually I tell a lie, it was an extendable sword made of metal and so probably looked like a real one. We all had a laugh about it afterwards - even thought they had pointed guns at me.

[Weishaupt]

also a nice story:-)

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

Originally posted by dirtyho
I got accosted by the armed response squad practicing with my wooden sword in the park in brighton. It was just after that nutter chopped up that Lib Dem MP and someone must have seen me and phoned the police. Actually I tell a lie, it was an extendable sword made of metal and so probably looked like a real one. We all had a laugh about it afterwards - even thought they had pointed guns at me.

My girlfriend and her brother used to spar with these (and sticks) out the back garden. They had a few vists from plod i can assure you. They gave it upafter the neighbours stopped talking to them!

[zongkong]

The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk is a definite favourite, I've only seen FSY 1 and 2 though (however Jet Li is not starring in the other ones (or so Tomas keep telling me :) which is really too bad, FSY is the best character he's ever done).

(I'm going to watch Crouching Tiger again this weekend though, haven't seen it since I saw it at the cinema, it left me speechless back then, it'll be interesting watching it again now that I've somewhat pryed into the Kung Fu-genre)

[dirtyho]

FSY are good jet li films - I'm not mad on the Once upon a time.. wirework madness of tsui hark. It gets a bit boring after a while - wirework in Crouching Tiger was really well done - I was surprised at how much i liked that film - what do you think about this upcoming Quentin tarantino Kung Fu film "Kill Bill" again i think the perfomers will let the choreography down - they don't have the physical skills neccessary. Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz - come on!

[wheezer]

fsy, the swordsman series although swordsman 3 is fairly whack, the wu-tang series, drunken master 1 & 2, dragonlord just because of the intro "rugby" match

[kungfoo]

Jackie Chan in Drunkenmaster!!!
There's no better style than Drunken Boxing :)

[wheezer]

iron monkey, iron fist...

[dirtyho]

I've seen an amazing french guy do a 20 minute drunken kung fu routine at a competition - he just blew me away. actually i saw some amazing guys breakdancing at the opera house in lyon too - they had some of this guys moves down without knowing it!

[zongkong]

What? Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz in a Tarantinomovie? This is an outrage! An outrage I tell you!
^_^

Well seriously, I'm with you; they are too Hollywood-productionstyle too be in a Tarantinomovie, or such is my first thought about it anyway - the thing is, Tarantino has got skills; it may very well be that he works it out. Then again, need I say more than 'Charlie's Angels' to put an end to that thought..

[grobelaar]

Originally posted by alpha_uk
the matrix is definitely the best.

The Matrix sucks...

[Weishaupt]

Originally posted by alpha_uk
the matrix is definitely the best.

is not a kung fu film

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

I know kung fu

Does that line not qualify it as one then? lol

[Hiro]

Didn't see this thread before: Black Belt Jones had me laughing my ass off-

(same guy who was in Enter the Dragon)

Drunken Master

Recent: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Blew me away- I saw it in an IMAX Theatre, for the first time- Goosebumps practically the entire time- The sound-score was wonderful- The acting was top-notch and the fight-sequences were astounding!

[decadnids]

Originally posted by kungfoo
Jackie Chan in Drunkenmaster!!!
There's no better style than Drunken Boxing :)

have you seen revenge of the drunken master?
it hasn't got jackie chan in it, but it has got someone called johnny chan (or something like) is that his brother, or is chan a common name?

[dirtyho]

chan is a very common name

[wheezer]

in all likelihood there is no relation decadnids, after bruce lee died there was a ton of bruce li's, bruce lii's and what have you popping up in low budget flix like that as well...

[dirtyho]

haven't you heard of jackie's older brother charlie ;)

[dirtyho]

also names are transliterated differently by different systems - wade-giles, pinyin etc. Hence Liu Chia Liang and Lau Kar Leung being the same person.

[decadnids]

Originally posted by wheezer
in all likelihood there is no relation decadnids, after bruce lee died there was a ton of bruce li's, bruce lii's and what have you popping up in low budget flix like that as well...

yeah what I thought, although they did look pretty similiar, good film non-the-less mainly due to the comedy over dubbing,

[pille'ocheoni]

i took wing chun for many years, and practice graci style for a little while too. and after all my years of practice. i have to say the most impressive styles are. kali, chineese foot stomping,graci jujitsu,and southern style kung fu " wing chun "

[thetonewrecker]

and "Wang Chung" had good style too!

just with the audio kung fu hiii ya!

[pille'ocheoni]

acually its wing chun

[thetonewrecker]

everybody have fun tonight...everybody wing chun tonight

[pille'ocheoni]

hehehhe........everybody was kung-fu fighting, everybody was fast as lighting

[Weishaupt]

nok su kao

[pille'ocheoni]

http://www.thesatelliters.de/hikarate.jpg

do you guys remeber hi karate cologne?

[dirtyho]

i would love to get hold of some hai karate artwork - anyone?

[thetonewrecker]

HONG KONG PHOOEY...number one super guy!

http://pantransit.reptiles.org/images/1999-05-02/hongkong.jpg

[dirtyho]

hong kong phooey - my favourite cartoon as a child (well apart from battle of the planets - but nothing can touch that)

[thetonewrecker]

can anyone find a link to that theme song. I remember it being pretty funky.

[pille'ocheoni]

yeah curtis mayfield or something

[platinumray]

i saw "the prodigal son" the other day. it's the best kung fu movie i've seen. not that i'm an expert on this matter.

[Sheridan]

in regards to 'kill bill', I am 99% sure cameron diaz is not in the film. I saw the trailer for it when I saw 'gangs of new york' and the main actress is uma thurman. with lucy lui playing the bad guy, err girl.

my favorite kung fu movie is probably 'fist of legend'. that opening fight sequence is sick.
especially the part when jet li dislocates the one guys jaw and his sensai has to pop it back in.
my other favorite is 'the odd couple'. starring samo hung from 'martial law' fame. for those of us in the states who got that show. the odd couple choreography is amazing. it revolves around weapons (spear and sword) and the moves are so acrobatic and intricate. a big recommendation from me. it is also pretty funny.

[phil]

armour of god

[Sheridan]

what about samurai movies?
mine are the lone wolf and cub series.
and sword of doom!

[tsr_tomas]

hej, i´ve said i lastnight. i say it again.

tai chi master and shogun assassin. damn great movies !

but one thing i love about bruce lee most be Fist of fury one.
theres this scene where two bad guy´s have a dialog and bruce enters the room all of a sudden. the funny parts come in when the camera man Fast zoom at one of the bad guy´s nipple.. that cracks me up all the time.. hehe.

[grobelaar]

Anyone ever see a mystical hong kong flick called

Tzu Warriors? Had this wizard dude who attacked people with streams of hair that shot out from his eye brows...

Was also the source of inspiration that John Carpenter got the Storms from Big Trouble in Little China...

[tsr_tomas]

grobelaar: are you serious... i got to see that !

[dirtyho]

prodigal son is excellent "your kung-fu is a womans kung fu"
you are right sheridan it is uma thurman - my mistake
samo hung rocks, i much prefer him to jackie chan
zoo warriors is typical of chinese ghost story type films lots of wirework
yojimbo is still my favourite samurai movie - but the lone cub series is extreme and very cool
some very discerning viewers on this board ;)

[kungfoo]

ahh... this all reminds of Tekken 3 - Lei aka Jackie Chan and Forest Law aka Bruce Lee :>
What incredible fights we had ...

[arar]

Drunken Master, Who am I?

[Django]

all with bruce lee is the shit!!! he´s unique ;)

the newer stuff from jet lee is also great, cause he´s one of the fastest guy´s (without edv manipulation)...

and "one´s a time in china" rules in any case...

so take care about the bad shaolin

p.

[Sheridan]

when jet li was filming one of the lethal weapon movies here in the states, the director told jet li to slow down because his moves were pretty much a blur and you couldn't tell what he was doing. also the other actors couldn't keep up with the blocks.

[dirtyho]

yeah all the kung-fu/action films do this stuff to make the fights look good in celluloid. in a real fight if you kick someone you'll probably kick them in the shin cos it's close to you and they won't see it easy, in the films you'd do a spinning jumping roundhouse like jean claude. same with punches, really you'd just punch them straight with the shortest arm travel possible, in the films you'd make the largest hooking action possible to give the cameraman as much footage to capture as possible and to make the move look obvious for the audience. martial arts are full of subtle movements that audiences cannot easily interpret

[carbonizedeyesockets]

'cripple masters' my friend clare got mad fear every time she thinks about those dudes. if u aint seen it they are like thalidomide (if i remember rightly) and kick major ass.its hilarious But also kind of bad!