Kung Fu Films
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:50 am
To kick off the off topic section, it's probably a good place to start with Kung Fu movies. Even though we haven't properly been into them for very long, they've rapidly become a mega-hobby for myself and vanpeebles.
We've seen a few over the years, mostly the Bruce Lee classics and stuff like Drunken Master and Snake In the Eagle's Shadow, but a couple of years ago watching a few obscurities kicked off a proper interest. We watched Duel of the Seven Tigers, and loved the long intro featuring biographies of all of the stars. The story was typically one dimensional and lowbrow, but that's missing the point. The action was SO entertaining! Then we watched North Shaolin vs South Shaolin, starring Casanova Wong. Who was this guy? Why had we never heard of him? He's an amazing kicker! We were desperate to find out more about these films and stars.
So we started to buy a few cheapies of amazon, to see what else was out there. Shortly afterwards we started watching Shaws, and even the lowest of the low Godfrey Ho efforts. We usually find that there's something to enjoy even in the most banal, terriible film. It could be a spectacular action scene. Or even a standard one. Either way, we get some enjoyment out of it! If the story, acting and dubbing are excruciatingly dull to watch, we ride out the storm until we reach the fights. If the story et al are good, and the fights are too, then we're in our element!
I reckon the pair of us have probably only seen about 100 of the films. I've got about 500, maybe 600, films waiting to watch. We've seen so many rares and obscurities that many of the classics are still waiting to be watched. Good times!
We've seen a few over the years, mostly the Bruce Lee classics and stuff like Drunken Master and Snake In the Eagle's Shadow, but a couple of years ago watching a few obscurities kicked off a proper interest. We watched Duel of the Seven Tigers, and loved the long intro featuring biographies of all of the stars. The story was typically one dimensional and lowbrow, but that's missing the point. The action was SO entertaining! Then we watched North Shaolin vs South Shaolin, starring Casanova Wong. Who was this guy? Why had we never heard of him? He's an amazing kicker! We were desperate to find out more about these films and stars.
So we started to buy a few cheapies of amazon, to see what else was out there. Shortly afterwards we started watching Shaws, and even the lowest of the low Godfrey Ho efforts. We usually find that there's something to enjoy even in the most banal, terriible film. It could be a spectacular action scene. Or even a standard one. Either way, we get some enjoyment out of it! If the story, acting and dubbing are excruciatingly dull to watch, we ride out the storm until we reach the fights. If the story et al are good, and the fights are too, then we're in our element!
I reckon the pair of us have probably only seen about 100 of the films. I've got about 500, maybe 600, films waiting to watch. We've seen so many rares and obscurities that many of the classics are still waiting to be watched. Good times!