Classic Martial-Arts Cinema: Everybody really WAS kung fu fighting.

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Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I'm going through the list in the OP, really really enjoyed Come Drink With Me, I like the idea of a tiered system of bad guys that the main dude has to kill. With that knowledge, should my next series be Lady Snowblood or One Armed Boxer? I'm mostly looking for ridiculousness instead of seriousness.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2015 00:58

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 00:15

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:

More or less every Shaw Bros movie directed by Chang Cheh, almost to an absurd degree.

Guess i'm going through the One Armed series then, thanks!

# ¿ Apr 19, 2015 02:38

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Is there a good place to purchase these on DVD/Blu Ray besides Amazon?

# ¿ Apr 19, 2015 14:27

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I binged through the One Armed Boxer and Flying Guillotine, is there anymore films to those ones?

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 05:03

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Should I watch Five Deadly Venoms first?

I don't know why I love these films so much.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 15:01

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Yeah I was trying to go through the list in the OP so that's on there; I skipped a few (One Armed Swordsman, Angry River) and am up to Lady Snowblood and 36 Chamber. I'm not too sure about either though as I tend to like these movies more riduclous and they both seem a little more serious :shrug:

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Will probably watch 5 Deadly Venoms in a bit then.

What's the absolutely most ridiculous martial arts movie around? I think I saw a image of a penis monster or something earlier in this thread?

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 15:25

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I am going to track down all three of those, but it looks like Fantasy Mission Force is impossible to find other than a english dub on YOUTUBE damnit >

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 15:41

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I'll watch those eventually; i watched the Five Deadly Venoms and that movie was hella rad.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 21:15

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Holy poo poo @ Return of the Five Deadly Venoms. :stare:

Are there other notable Venom movies? I really like this gang

# ¿ Apr 21, 2015 23:16

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Going to watch all of those, thanks.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2015 01:07

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Starscream posted:

To go back to "crazy martial arts movies" I want to recommend anything that has Chinese martial arts combined with sorcery. For starters, Sammo Hung's Spooky Encounters might be the easiest to find. If you can find it though, The Seventh Curse is the best of the best in my mind!

As for Fantasy Mission Force, I have it on a cheap 3-pack with 36 Crazy Fists and Young Master. Haven't watched the DVD itself (seen all the films on their own long ago) but for $4 I couldn't go wrong. I don't see it on Amazon now, but I'm sure it can't be that hard to find.

While Fantasy Mission Force is completely bonkers, I've always been partial to Jackie's Spiritual Kung Fu. In said movie, Jackie learns kung fu from 5 miniature ghosts wearing red wigs and tutus, this is after he pees on them mind you. Aside from the craziness there are some wicked fight scenes here capped off with Jackie and a pair of tonfa taking on almost two dozen staff-wielding monks. So, yeah, check these both out.

I found the pack on Amazon but they seem to be english dubbed only :/.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2015 21:46

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Fantasy Mission Force sure was something :stare:

# ¿ Apr 24, 2015 01:38

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Five Elements Ninjas was crazy. :stare:

# ¿ Jun 1, 2015 20:26

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Lurdiak posted:

That movie is A+ kung fu violent madness. Was it the subbed or dubbed version?

Dubbed, I couldn't find the subbed one.

Crippled Avengers is still my favorite out of all the ones i've seen. Granted i've still YET to watch Lady Snowblodo or Chambers of Shaolin.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2015 23:58

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

El Rey is running a Chang cheh marathon on Fathers Day. Granted it's all dubbed but hey :shrug:

# ¿ Jun 8, 2015 12:57

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

you hosed pu by not buying crippled avengers instead

# ¿ Jul 18, 2015 01:06

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I was bored and watched Kung Fu Hustle, it is infact a good movie and worth a watch.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2015 01:34

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Wizchine posted:

Kung Fu Hustle is a Goddamn treasure and each year that passes without the rumored sequel pains me.

are any of stephen chows movies good?

i'm not really a fan of wire fu so i always ignored him

# ¿ Dec 14, 2015 23:46

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Ill check em out thanks guys.

# ¿ Dec 15, 2015 18:40

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

What a pleasant surprise; I forgot Lady Snowblood is out on Criteroin this week!!!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016R7C3AE?gwSec=1&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

# ¿ Jan 3, 2016 14:50

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

What are some qinggong novels if I liked that style?

# ¿ Jun 12, 2016 02:04

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

just watched A Touch of Zen. Amazing and heartwarming

But like all other wuxia films it ends without telling you what happens to the characters :anger:

# ¿ Dec 3, 2016 18:04

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

God damnit I have a travel show all day otherwise I would be so on that

# ¿ Mar 6, 2018 04:14

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I would kill to see come drink with me and five deadly venison in a theatre

# ¿ Mar 25, 2018 04:25

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

What Sammo Hung movies should I watch?

I wish Martial Law was easily viewable online

# ¿ Oct 13, 2019 11:38

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 00:15

Empress Brosephine: Mar 31, 2012; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Daryl Surat posted:

Heroes of the East, which is a common pick of mine for "favorite martial arts movie of all time," is quite readily available digitally in its Celestial Pictures widescreen restoration format. You can buy it off iTunes/YouTube/Google Play etc. and it's streaming on Amazon Prime, though I think only the English dub is on Prime. That can slightly confuse you a bit since there are bits in the story where people are supposed to be speaking different languages and so they don't understand what the other person is trying to say to them.

The top Sammo movies for me are generally his 80s works where he could count on Yuen Biao to do some absolutely life-threatening stuntwork: Millionaire's Express (the all-time top one, where he made Yuen do a flip off the top of a building that was on fire, land flat on his back, then get up and deliver a line in one continuous shot), and the assorted "Three Musketeers" stuff like Dragons Forever (my personal favorite of the bunch despite the cornball romance bit in the middle that slows it down; discussed a fair bit on the last page of this thread), My Lucky Stars (and its sequel Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars), Wheels on Meals (aka "Spartan X" in Japan; this is where the late pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa got his entrance theme music from and is also the basis for the old arcade game Kung-Fu Master whose original title is "Spartan X") and so on. Prior to those, Sammo made his name on comedies like Enter the Fat Dragon and Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind (the original jiangshi "hopping vampire" action comedy).

Note that I say these are all "comedies," and while I normally try not to dwell TOO heavily on the storylines for kung fu movies, I should as a public service point out that "comedies" directed by and starring Sammo Hung tend to have this structure of "wacky hijinks, wacky hijinks, BRUTAL RAPE/MURDER, wacky hijinks, wacky hijinks" like he just doesn't realize the Rubicon has been crossed. Like Wong Jing's comedies, Sammo's humor doesn't always age so well since they're the sorts of movies where the funniest thing in the world is a pretty girl getting punched in the face. Just making sure everyone is aware of this up front. Some other good ones are Magnificent Butcher (which Sammo co-directed with Yuen Woo-Ping and definitely is of the "wacky hijinks->rape/murder->wacky hijinks" mold; RIP Simon Yuen who died during filming) and The Odd Couple directed by the great but perennially overshadowed Lau Kar Wing. Odd Couple definitely has the others beat as far as weapons choreography goes.

Once you have some base idea of who Sammo Hung is after seeing these, you can better appreciate his renewed lease on cinematic life playing dastardly old men for Wilson Yip in stuff like SPL: Kill Zone and Ip Man 2.

Thank you so much for this, I got my next few weeks planned out!!

# ¿ Nov 12, 2019 15:21

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