Pretty good movie. A prime example of how a movie can be amazing when subtitled but so horrible when dubbed.

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Originally posted by igottaknow 2. I'm not a fan of flying surreal karate that's popular now. Give me jackie chan or bruce lee realism any day.

You do realise that for years now, jackie Chan has been using tightwire and also speeding the actual fighting sequences up to make it look like a tremendously fast-paced fighting sequence when it is actually a semi-fast-paced fighting sequence (Goregeous, when he fights that white guy with boxing gloves on in the warehouse for example).

Not dissing Jackie Chan, just letting you know he isn't the massive super-human floating speedy gonzales of Kung-Fu that he appears in his american-filmed movies.

If you wanna see raw Jackie Chan with none of that stuff, try to rent his movies from Rumble in the Bronx and before, especially his chinese films.
Films like, Project A, Drunken Master, New Fist of Fury, Snake & Crane [and his other series of super low-budget films with 3/4 of the Hong Kong academy in them], City Hunter [this movie's the closest depiction of an anime with real actors I've ever seen, and it's HILARIOUS], and I can go on.

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unless you have a mindblowing home theatre set up, you cant get into it... this movie's heart is on the visuals and you need some proper screen to get the full effect intended from the director's mindstate...

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Originally posted by Forgotten One You do realise that for years now, jackie Chan has been using tightwire and also speeding the actual fighting sequences up to make it look like a tremendously fast-paced fighting sequence when it is actually a semi-fast-paced fighting sequence (Goregeous, when he fights that white guy with boxing gloves on in the warehouse for example). Not dissing Jackie Chan, just letting you know he isn't the massive super-human floating speedy gonzales of Kung-Fu that he appears in his american-filmed movies. If you wanna see raw Jackie Chan with none of that stuff, try to rent his movies from Rumble in the Bronx and before, especially his chinese films. Films like, Project A, Drunken Master, New Fist of Fury, Snake & Crane [and his other series of super low-budget films with 3/4 of the Hong Kong academy in them], City Hunter [this movie's the closest depiction of an anime with real actors I've ever seen, and it's HILARIOUS], and I can go on.

I could never get into most of Jackie Chan's movies, except for Rush Hour. I just found most of them boring. I enjoy Jet Li's movies a little more but a lot of the american ones suck (ie. the One). Bruce Lee is still the most enjoyable to watch on screen as far as martial arts goes.

Enter the Dragon = classic

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Originally posted by Jackson Any thoughts on this movie?

I enjoyed it. Not the best movie though, I watched it on a Singapore Airlines flight to Hong Kong, maybe I would have enjoyed it more in a cinema.

I preferred Stormriders.

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what a coincidence. i just finished watching it a second time

excellent movie. loved every bit of it

i can't understand some say HoFD was better, sure the visuals were stunning but the story was so weak.

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Yeah..watched it in the cinema and loved it. bought the dvd and realised it was kinda boring after the retells.

But hey.. seeing the visuals for the first time was some crazy shit!!!

Great cinematography. HOFD cant be compared to this..

Very odd that they would reword "All Under Heaven" to "Our Land" in the western release, changes the entire focus of the movie.

"To suffer yourself when all under heaven suffer, to enjoy only when all under heaven enjoy"

The inverted sword is very interesting. Its not as obvious with an eastern sword (due to the narrower hilt), but if you invert a western sword you get a cross.

But I think the most interesting imagery is during the first assasination attempt when all the curtains covering the pillars are cut down.

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Originally posted by Forgotten One You do realise that for years now, jackie Chan has been using tightwire and also speeding the actual fighting sequences up to make it look like a tremendously fast-paced fighting sequence when it is actually a semi-fast-paced fighting sequence (Goregeous, when he fights that white guy with boxing gloves on in the warehouse for example). Not dissing Jackie Chan, just letting you know he isn't the massive super-human floating speedy gonzales of Kung-Fu that he appears in his american-filmed movies. If you wanna see raw Jackie Chan with none of that stuff, try to rent his movies from Rumble in the Bronx and before, especially his chinese films. Films like, Project A, Drunken Master, New Fist of Fury, Snake & Crane [and his other series of super low-budget films with 3/4 of the Hong Kong academy in them], City Hunter [this movie's the closest depiction of an anime with real actors I've ever seen, and it's HILARIOUS], and I can go on.

To clarify what i said, I agree Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's styles are different, but both take into account the laws of physics. Bruce Lee is obviously more real, but I find Chan equal good, he is more of mix of 3 studges and martial arts. Yes I know he speeds things up (not a big fan of that) reminds me of 70's car chases where they did the same thing. looks silly, of course that fits with jackie whos more about the humor.

"The Hero" it's not at all a movie about martial arts and fighting. It's based more on the phylosophical aspects of chinese culture.

I found it trully exceptional, much better than the Oscar winning "tiger and Dragon". Not taking into account the special effects (which were fkin awesome), the feeling you get during the main characters' introspection and flashbacks is fantastic.

Comparing it to Jackie Chan movies really minimizes it's value.
It's like comparing Armin van Buuren with some lame cheesy DJ.