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rei
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nitdkim
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LaiShin
Australia978 Posts
On May 09 2010 01:23 1tym wrote: I saw this movie at the movie theater (Australia) today which was packed with 90% Chinese. The guy sitting behind me was swearing at 'Twister' as if he harmed his little sister and a lot of people were clapping when IP man finally took Twister down. The movie itself was throughly enjoyable with high calibre action sequences but personally there were too much Chinese pride for me to handle. They should have named it 'Foreign devil and the Chinese angel.' lol which part of Australia u at? Saturation of chinese means Sydney? I wanted to watch it in cinema, but haven't gotten round to deciding which to go. Apparently, there's only 2 or 3. Trying to find one that's the least dodgy. Last option is to wait for the DVD version. Not sure i can wait though. | ||
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Suc
Australia1569 Posts
On May 09 2010 16:58 LaiShin wrote: lol which part of Australia u at? Saturation of chinese means Sydney? I wanted to watch it in cinema, but haven't gotten round to deciding which to go. Apparently, there's only 2 or 3. Trying to find one that's the least dodgy. Last option is to wait for the DVD version. Not sure i can wait though. Hahaha yeah, I went to Sunnybank in Brisbane to see it (Ip Man 2), 1 of my three friends and I made up the entire 2 white people in the cinema. Really good film, go see it if you have the chance! | ||
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Phantom
Canada2151 Posts
On May 07 2010 22:18 Jusciax wrote: Second movie is only as good as fight scenes, other than that its complete garbage dialog/acting/plot wise (especially how westerners are portrayed, god it was painful to watch). Westerners portrayed as corrupt colonialists in the movie is actually not too far off in Hong Kong at the time. There are quite a few Hong Kong movies where westerner colonialists are the antagonists so it's not that new due to the relationship the two have. I disagree with people who take it over the top and take it too far with their anger with their national pride, but it's not like the western devil character type did not exist back in the day. Let's face it, there was a war amongst cultures in colonial times and to some extent even now western media sometimes portrays Western culture as the superior, this movie actually is one of the more subtle in its showing of superiority. Rather than saying it is the best, it gives itself as an alternative. Ip Man wasn't aiming to beat the living hell out of Twister, he was more proving a point to prove that Chinese culture was no push-over. It wasn't inferior, but at the same time not necessarily superior. Bigots exist even now, Twister's character for the time the movie was set in was not that huge of a stretch, neither was the cop and mind you the cop's superior was actually trying to mend things with the Chinese. Also, I feel bad since I got the movie via DVD rip from a shady asian outlet, it does nothing to help the asian film industry, thus I plan to buy a real copy when I can asap. Very awesome production. | ||
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Enderbantoo
United States465 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On May 09 2010 03:31 DwmC_Foefen wrote: Lol at everyone saying there was too much "Chinese pride" and nationalism :p How about Hollywoodmovies hmm? Spiderman 3 for example... Somewhere near the end he swings by an american flag flapping in the wind (Ruined the scene tbh) Almost every Hollywood movie has an american flag/nationalism in there somewhere... (Doesn't take away from the fact that I like most Hollywood movies though) I liked Ip Man, it gave some more insight in their culture in those days. And it showed great fighting. Also I recommend everybody Ong Bak, that movie rules :p Agreed, everyone thought I was being non patriotic when spiderman 3 came out and I pointed that out but I'm glad to see someone agrees with me. Also, new ironman movie has the same thing with the flag. | ||
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jstar
Canada568 Posts
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Rodiel
France573 Posts
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
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SarcasticOne
Australia213 Posts
On May 09 2010 17:12 Suc wrote: Hahaha yeah, I went to Sunnybank in Brisbane to see it (Ip Man 2), 1 of my three friends and I made up the entire 2 white people in the cinema. Really good film, go see it if you have the chance! LOL! you go to a suburb in brisbane where pretty much all the shops have asian characters in their names, and complain about the high percentage of asians in the cinema... sorry, but that's a bit silly  (for those of you who dont know brisbane/sunnybank, the population of that suburb is seriously 90-95% asians... not wanting to be racist or anything, it just is...) | ||
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Ixas
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
On May 24 2010 13:54 Ixas wrote: machine gun punch always good but as with most sequels, its losing the magic. you mean chain punching. start at 2:20 | ||
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TheMute
United States458 Posts
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On April 06 2012 17:14 adeezy wrote: just watched these two films. have a question though. wouldn't kung fu totally own western boxing considering it has so many moves that boxing makes illegal? in particular punching people's arms and joint and pressure points.. etc.? Pretty much any fighting style would own boxing....because boxing was meant to be a sport, not to be used to hurt people with. | ||
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Dyllyn
Singapore670 Posts
On April 06 2012 17:17 killa_robot wrote: Pretty much any fighting style would own boxing....because boxing was meant to be a sport, not to be used to hurt people with. boxing is a decent enough foundation for the man on a street to defend himself in a fight. How to punch, tuck your chin, protect your chest. However, the "fight" most people have in their heads between two styles is a no holds barred affair, where there are no rules and no hesitation, and everything goes. weapons, kicks, under the belt punching, there are so many things western boxing doesn't account for. That's where "real world" martial arts like krav maga come into play. These are for dealing with real world self defence situations, where the other person has a weapon, or there are several of them, etc etc. Who cares how good the gracie family is at groundfighting; if the other guy comes at you with a spanner no amount of BJJ is going to stop the other person from putting some serious hurt on you. Sure, kung fu could be useful on the street. there are throws, punch techniques, kicks and even point strikes that could help you out. most street thugs probably can't use kicks very well, and kicks really really require skill and technique, so that added range could help you break someone's kneecap or something before they get close, as bruce lee once advocated in an interview. edit: holy thread necro batman | ||
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adeezy
United States1428 Posts
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Belgo
United States721 Posts
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rezahaghi321
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