Re: Silly trend in Asian movies
- From: Madara0806 <madara0806@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:15:49 -0700 (PDT)
On Sep 1, 5:24 pm, "Irish Mike" <ad7c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I like the occasional Asian sword fight - ninja movie like Shogun (TV
mini-series), Seven Samurai or even The Last Samurai. However, I totally
lost interest in these kinds of movies when the characters suddenly
developed the ability to fly. I think it turned them from action dramas
in to silly cartoons. Just one movie buff's opinion.
Irish Mike
Well, there are "old-school" kung fu films, like those directed by Lau
Kar Leung and Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Ng See Yuen, Joseph Kuo and
Lee Tso Nam, where the fighting characters don't fly. Where the
martial arts are meant to be "down-to-earth." These were generally
made in the 1970s and early '80s. Yuen Wo Ping did a lot of these
also, although he'd later be associated with "wire fu."
Then there are HK martial arts fantasies associated with late '80s/
early '90s New Wave HK productions of the type produced by Tsui Hark,
and these have "wire fu," i.e. in which the fighters "fly," e.g. ZU
WARRIORS OF THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN, CHINESE GHOST STORY, DRAGON INN,
SWORDSMAN II, THE EAST IS RED, THE MAGIC CRANE, KUNG FU CULT MASTER,
IRON MONKEY, COMET BUTTERFLY AND SWORD, etc.
In the latter films, the filmmakers let you know ahead of time what
type of world this will be, i.e. one in which martial artists can
"fly" across a courtyard or up a mountainside.
.
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