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Hey i thought that Jet Li was retired from doing violent movies? Didnt he go all peaceful buddhist or something? I thought that the chin woo movie was the last one?
uh oh guess not. Well it just goes to show you that peaceful buddhists like to cash in as well
Peace,TWS
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It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.
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黑暗的水的孩子
thats all i got to say about this movie.
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Yeah Doug that is what I have thought about the 10 or so clips I haev seen. I may give it a rental one day.
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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Originally Posted by The Willow Sword
Hey i thought that Jet Li was retired from doing violent movies? Didnt he go all peaceful buddhist or something? I thought that the chin woo movie was the last one?
uh oh guess not. Well it just goes to show you that peaceful buddhists like to cash in as well
Peace,TWS
No, he said he was not going to do anymore of the type of film like Fearless. No more period pieces or epics. That means there won't be another Wong Fei Hung movie in his future.
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He doesn't play Wong Fei Hong in Fearless. And just because he says he won't do any more martial arts epics doesn't mean that it is true.
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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I was slightly disappointed with"WAR". Could've been more action,ecspecially with those two as the stars. The "finale" fight scene was lackluster and the ending was a letdown. If you go see it,go to a matinee to save yourself a couple bucks so you dont feel entirely ripped off. I give it 2.5 out of 5.
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Jet Li said it was his last "Martial Arts Epic" which I believe is a loose translation.
He said he wouldn't be doing anymore "Wu Jia" films, which are basically movies dealing strictly in Kung Fu. i.e. with kung fu schools and/or historical persons.
Action movies are different, however misleading the media hype was. If anyone knows the exact term or explanation for 'Wu jia' (may be completely the wrong words XD) Please let me know! ^^
Mark
黑暗的水的孩子
I think you meant: guo shu pian from what I read in craig T reid’s war article this sounds more like the movies jet said he would stop doing. But then he’s doing warlords which a remake of a chang cheh film. So whatever. We can go back an forth on this but what does it really matter. Because after I saw war I have to admit jet sucks balls. i’m not wasting my hard earned money on the bum anymore.
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In terms of movies wuxia means that people fly around and/or the movie takes place in the martial world. Movies like Iron Monkey are kind of a crossover but the best way to describe wuxia is that it means fantasy.
"For someone who's a Shaolin monk, your kung fu's really lousy!"
"What, you're dead? You die easy!"
"Hold on now. I said I would forget your doings, but I didn't promise to spare your life. Take his head."
“I don’t usually smoke this brand, but I’ll do it for you.”
"When all this is over, Tan Hai Chi, I will kick your head off and put it on my brother's grave!
"I regard hardships as part of my training. I don't need to relax."
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Ahhh, thanks ^^, that's kinda shady, I'm surprised he hasn't made a statement in the media to kinda clarify it. Seems like lots of people would try to call him on it.
Oh well!
As long as he still kicks ass I suppose I don't care XD
Mark
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Wuxia pian are not only referring to Chinese period movies with flying around; it basically means martial knight; I generally refer to wuxia films as "Chinese swordplay" films. Most have a sort of "fairytale" feel to them. John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry is an example of a wuxia pian which combines elements of the kung fu movie (gongfu pian, guoshu pian, also sometimes called wu-da pian). The swordplay films Chu Yuan directed for Shaw Brothers are classic examples of wuxia pian, which were based on wuxia novels by Ku Lung.
If anyone's being shady about it, it's the Western publicists who released an incomplete, misleading translation. I think for Jet Li, it would probably be more trouble than it's worth to try to explain what he really meant. I'd bet most Americans could care less about the nuances of translation, because any movie with Asians that also was swords or fighting is automatically classified as a "martial arts movie."
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Greetings,
I saw the film. I appreciated the plot twist. It reminded me of some of the old Shaw Brothers movies.
The swordplay that Jet Li used looked much like the single edge sword technique (miao dao) developed by Yu Cheng Hui.
mickey
黑暗的水的孩子
i hated the plot twist i thought that was the worst part of the movie
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