tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post5611367123883621553..comments2023-11-23T01:19:24.596-08:00Comments on Celluloid Amazing - Timothy Goose's sporadic film blog: I would rather be a ghost drifting by your side as a condemned soul than enter heaven without you...Timothy Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17901382595538750737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post-55984987208318371752008-10-06T15:47:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:47:00.000-07:00Oh & what do you mean you're saving that a...Oh & what do you mean you're saving that argument for Sin City!?<BR/>If you hurt a hair on that films head I'll burn all your ties.<BR/><BR/>P.s: Rip Superman a new one.EK Biddle Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908316252130088472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post-85505269554960385762008-10-06T15:42:00.000-07:002008-10-06T15:42:00.000-07:00Here I am. 'Gonna read your blog & steal y...Here I am. 'Gonna read your blog & steal your knowledge'.<BR/>I liked Crouching Tiger, I appreciated that it was the first of a new wave in bringing Wuxia to western audiences. But I agree that it tends not to be as impressive as 'realistic' choreographed fighting. Plus it paled to that of some of the epics of the genre, like 'The Water Margin' (which I strongly recommend) or 'Twin Warriors', which while a little crappy, holds a sentimental place in my heart as one of my early kung-fu loves. I think thats just it though, Crouching Tiger is quite good, but only so popular in that it was the first of its ilk that most (western) people had seen & so sticks out as being memorable.<BR/>I also agree with Toby that the glossing over of concepts & characters reasoning happens a lot in Asian fantasy cinema. Basically every is assumed to be fully knowledgeable of Wong Fei Hung, Journey To The West & such, that form such a staple of their fantasy history that their foundations are never gone over. It's taken me years & weeks, of nit months worth of watching to get to grips with all the referencing (or non-referencing). Which I would argue is a massive flaw in filmaking if it didn't make me feel so geekily accomplished.EK Biddle Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908316252130088472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post-29972737172173817882008-10-06T11:05:00.000-07:002008-10-06T11:05:00.000-07:00I'd have to agree...to a degree. I loved Hidden Dr...I'd have to agree...to a degree. I loved Hidden Dragon, just as a fun movie. I also loved the idea of WuXia being brought to mass audiences. Hero's color-thing was amazing. But when it comes to martial arts, the wire-work, etc. is fun, however being a traditional Chinese martial artist myself, I much prefer some good ole choreography that incorporates actual sequences, etc.Northwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16782257641087018393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post-8460847889907970932008-10-05T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-05T14:50:00.000-07:00My favourite is Hero because it has the best Plot....My favourite is Hero because it has the best Plot. Whilst the visuals in Wushu films are impressive I think the plots leave a lot to be desired. Whereas Hero actually had quite a good little plot - check it outTimothy Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901382595538750737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5556272090253461013.post-90198630346664882452008-10-05T07:53:00.000-07:002008-10-05T07:53:00.000-07:00I watched Crouching Tiger on DVD shortly after see...I watched Crouching Tiger on DVD shortly after seeing House of Flying Daggers in the cinema, and I found it very dull. It looked very impressive, but there's little else I remember about it. Which was disappointing for a film which developed so much hype.<BR/><BR/>Flying Daggers was vastly superior. I still haven't seen most of the similarly styled that followed on from it though, so I have no judgment on them.PHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442781568629782535noreply@blogger.com