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| Sat 13 Mar 10, 2:11 AM Diablos_patience UK, 6 yrs |
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... Ok so at the wonderful west london munch tonight we were discussing martial arts films and their application to D/s, s&m relationships(?) coz we're great like that..... now i jotted down a few of the names of the most excellent films on my hand, and now Im at home i cant actually read them... my recollection is that chocolate is good... and then there is the house of the... the rest has vanished im afraid to say....... the drunken master is shit hot... and if you havent watched it yoiu are crap.... so what martial arts films would you say are worthy of viewing?
(no im not pissed and no this wasnt a bet...... much edited as i cant actually see the monitor ~* Raku wa ku no tané; ku wa raku no tané. *~ Edited Sat 13 Mar 10, 2:12 AM by Diablos_patience | |
| 13 Mar 10, 2:17 AM adjusting2 2 yrs  |
discipline, obedience, punishment....drunken master also v funny! | |
| 13 Mar 10, 2:21 AM Diablos_patience UK, 6 yrs |
I was the drunken Mistress tonight... you dont want to mess with her as its not pretty...  ok so i have managed to decipher hero off my hand.... what other gems do we have???? ~* Raku wa ku no tané; ku wa raku no tané. *~ | |
| 13 Mar 10, 12:33 PM Muzzlehatch UK(TN), 7 yrs  |
If you're into swordplay, forget the OTT Kill Bill. Search out The Yakuza (1970's with Robert Mitchum). Of course if you have 3 1/2hours to kill, there's always Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. Owner of The Croppery Dungeon and Breakfast. Organises The St Leonards munch Promotes The Club with no name | |
| 15 Mar 10, 10:03 PM DancesWithPussycats UK(TW), 7 yrs |
The Yakuza and Seven Samurai are classics. The best recent martial arts film I've seen is Chocolate: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1183252/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmIZ7MGmNxA&featu... http://muaythai.sg/chocolate_thai_movie International man of mystery | |
| 15 Mar 10, 10:06 PM Rubberwitch UK(HA), 4 yrs |
do you want to avoid wirefu or do you want to go ashamedly over the top?...again? | |
| 15 Mar 10, 10:33 PM DontSpareTheRod UK(W), 4 yrs |
I have to agree, im not a wire play fan, all that floating on air bollox, just crack him one. Asuming we are not botherd about a plot or such nonsens Drunken Master 2 to be honest pretty much anything Jakie Chan pre 2000 Though the forbiden kingdom has 1 half decent scene in it and to watch jet lee and the chan in one film is enough reason to watch it Ong Bak. the second one is alright as well but not as good as 1. Twin Warriors Infact it's worth doing an imdb for jet lee and just go wild. Steve Wang's Drive (not many people know about this film but it is funny and fantastic) it's a bit like rush hour but made before and a bit more gritty Not so much a martial arts film but the same kind of kick you get from one comes with District 13. There are lots of good stuff out there but i can't remember the names of half the ones i've seen. Oh and if i remember correctly, my drunken master was the best of that night... I beleive in Karma, it basicaly means i can be as cruel to people as i like and just asume they deserve it | |
| 15 Mar 10, 10:38 PM DontSpareTheRod UK(W), 4 yrs |
Oh and check out death trance, some wicked capoeira in there as well (my martial art, which is rarely seen in film at least in a good way, yey) I beleive in Karma, it basicaly means i can be as cruel to people as i like and just asume they deserve it | |
| 15 Mar 10, 10:43 PM misfit UK, 3 yrs |
I watched The Yakuza only a few weeks ago and I agree a very good film, but I expect nothing less from the writers of Taxi Driver and Chinatown and directed by Sydney Pollack. I enjoyed very much. I watched originally as it was a Robert Mitchum movie. He is in Farewell my Lovely territory here as a world weary retired detective. It also features an early performance by a oft forgetten actor Richard Jordan. With regards to great martial arts I also like The Way of the Dragon. It may be a cliche but I am still a Bruce Lee fan and this film features one of the best choreographed fight sequences of all time. Best M Space travels in my blood. And there ain't nothing I can do about it. | |
| 15 Mar 10, 11:02 PM Beau_Tox UK(CB), 7 yrs  |
Kill Bill is wank! It was a martial arts film written by a fan who knows how to direct and thinks that with enough effort he can also become a choreographer. And even with 3.5 years of writing, it still failed. Crouching Monkey Hidden Donkey is very elegant and stylish but is more about myth and legend and martial arts as a representation of beauty than a martial arts film per se. Seven Samurai is spell binding as a film. But there's very limited martial arts in it. It's very much about the differences in the character, morals, honour, ethics and ideals of the disparate band of men who all fight shoulder to shoulder for the same aim, for different reasons. My favourite I can think of offhand is an obscure film called The Barefoot Kid. Oh, and I LOVE Enter The Dragon. It's cheesy and seventies but it just *works*. * * * Edited 15 Mar 10, 11:04 PM by Beau_Tox | |
| 15 Mar 10, 11:08 PM Onememo 2 yrs |
V for Vendetta, the kink element is pretty explicit though. |
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