Post a Reply
Back to the Forum
Yup, Jackie Chan and Jet Li are my current favourites 
At some point I'll get around to watching Li's new film "The One"
At some point I'll get around to watching Li's new film "The One"
Posted: 00:20 Apr 24 2002
Hong Kong films
So, anyone else a fan of these? Needless to say, I am, especially of John Woo and Jet Li's films. One of these days, I'm going to turn up to an airsoft skirmish with a pair of Barettas and a long overcoat!
Also just finished watching Black Sheep Affair on DVD. Now, while I appreciate things like the cleaning up of subtitles so they're actually readable, I am rather less keen on the tidying up of the English too. Subtitles like "Check my underpant to see if there's a hole?" 'No, I saw a vomiting crab' just add a whole new dimension to a film!
Also just finished watching Black Sheep Affair on DVD. Now, while I appreciate things like the cleaning up of subtitles so they're actually readable, I am rather less keen on the tidying up of the English too. Subtitles like "Check my underpant to see if there's a hole?" 'No, I saw a vomiting crab' just add a whole new dimension to a film!
7 Replies and 2247 Views in Total.
Posted: 00:20 Apr 24 2002 
Also another Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Jet Li fan here. Although Rush Hour was refreshingly good I do prefer the older Chan movies that have a more uncut feel about them.
I've only seen a handful of Jet Li movies (luckily the movie channels are showing a few this week) and I must say I prefer the Hitman instead of Romeo Must Die as I thought the wirework lost the dynamics of the realism in the fight scenes.
It still amazes me that Jackie Chan is in one piece after all his movies
I've only seen a handful of Jet Li movies (luckily the movie channels are showing a few this week) and I must say I prefer the Hitman instead of Romeo Must Die as I thought the wirework lost the dynamics of the realism in the fight scenes.
It still amazes me that Jackie Chan is in one piece after all his movies
Posted: 02:40 Apr 24 2002 TBH, I wasn't too keen on The One. While all martial arts films are of course staged and choreographed, the sight of Li vs Li just reminds you too forcefully of that fact. I did quite like Kiss of the Dragon though nothing comes quite close to his HK stuff. All time fave Jet Li film is probably Once Upon A Time In China. A friend who doesn't speak a word of Cantonese still describes the theme song as one of the best film theme songs ever!
by Stoo
At some point I'll get around to watching Li's new film "The One"
Posted: 22:43 Apr 24 2002 No argument there. That's probably my favourite Woo film. Hard Boiled has better and wilder action scenes but I figure The Killer has stronger, better defined characters. And the sight of CYF in kicking the pistol up in the air from the table, catching it and shooting his opponent is still breathtaking. Caused me to spend a small fortune on eBay to secure the Criterion Edition DVD...
by Incandenza
The Killer is fantastic.
Yeah but I just gave up on the showing of Fist of Legend. While I love that film and I now speak Cantonese like a gweilo (according to my parents), I just couldn't take the truly dire dubbing. Bit that surprises me is that I can't seem to find that on DVD in the original Cantonese.
by Pegasus
(luckily the movie channels are showing a few this week)
You know, I'm not altogether convinced he is!
by Pegasus
It still amazes me that Jackie Chan is in one piece after all his movies
Posted: 22:50 Apr 24 2002 
Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee are my favourites... haven't seen that many Jet Li films yet, though i have "Romeo Must Die" on DVD... and this is probably the first time that i truly regret not having the Sky movies package... the Jet Li season sounds really good. 
Posted: 16:25 Apr 25 2002
Must say I wasn't too keen on Romeo Must Die either. This is going to sound terribly snobby but I don't think any of the stuff he's done since he went to the US comes anywhere close to his Hong Kong stuff, although I thought Kiss of the Dragon wasn't bad at all.
Then again, it could just be early days. After all, John Woo got off to a less than stellar start in Hollywood with Hard Target. Things did seem to improve quite rapidly though with Broken Arrow and Face Off. Shame about Mission Impossible 2 though. Then again, I can't help wondering how much of the problem with HT and MI2 is down to Van Damme and Cruise's egos getting in the way.
As for the Sky Jet Li season, if the version of Fist of Legend I gave up on is anything to go by, you had a lucky escape. Even though my knowledge of Cantonese and Mandarin is rudimentary to the point of near non-existence, I much prefer subtitled Chinese dialogue to dubbing.
Then again, it could just be early days. After all, John Woo got off to a less than stellar start in Hollywood with Hard Target. Things did seem to improve quite rapidly though with Broken Arrow and Face Off. Shame about Mission Impossible 2 though. Then again, I can't help wondering how much of the problem with HT and MI2 is down to Van Damme and Cruise's egos getting in the way.
As for the Sky Jet Li season, if the version of Fist of Legend I gave up on is anything to go by, you had a lucky escape. Even though my knowledge of Cantonese and Mandarin is rudimentary to the point of near non-existence, I much prefer subtitled Chinese dialogue to dubbing.
Posted: 21:30 May 08 2002