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Kamog, ever seen Tai Chi Master (or Twin Warriors)?? I think it is not only one of Jet Li's best films, but also one of the best kung fu movies ever!!

Donnie Yen was great in Wing Chun, and he put on a good show in that Last Highlander film. Although Adrian Paul looked like absolutely no match for him, no matter how they cut that fight scene.

Both of them in one film...that's going to rule!!

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how about a hardy boys mystery, done right? anyone else getting nogl-nogl that looking back wasn't it great feeling?

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I saw Bulletproof Monk. Not bad. Chow Yun-Fat is the Nameless Monk, and like all Chinese kung-fu guys, he can defy gravity. He's not really bulletproof, though. A couple of good fight scenes. He was way better in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But I thought Iron Monkey was better than Crouching Tiger. Jet Li and Donnie Yen are better martial artists than Chow Yun-Fat... Nobody beats Bruce Lee, though!

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Anyone watched Wild Geese previously or lately? My favorite Merc flick. Lots of small arms action. An oldie but a goody.

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I'm like the most Hong Kong-crazed moviegoer I know. Often the stories are completely silly and over-the-top, but what they seem to capture well is energy; something which a lot of more polished films manage to overdirect out of them.

Some cool and surprisingly higher-budget films (all live action) I've seen of late are Avenging Fist (apparently originally based on Tekken, but they couldn't secure it) and Storm Riders, and I've been accumulating Jet Li movies when I can.

Wing Chun became my gf's favorite movie (score one for the guys! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif ) and I'm pretty partial to "women kicking ***" movies in general. That's why Fann Wong in Shanghai Knights and of course, Zhang Ziyi in CTHD were oh-so-sublime. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

zen

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Guys, the Matrix is coming!!!

The Matrix Reloaded trailer

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Click below for another link.

Link

[ April 28, 2003, 18:24: Message edited by: Aloofi ]

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Saw Dreamcatcher yesterday. If you're a Stephen King fan (my wife is), by all means go see it. If not... you will probably hate it.

It thought it was... interesting. Not great, perhaps not even good, but interesting.

For those of you who saw the movie, here's a part of my post-movie conversation with my wife (no big spoilers included):

Me: "Didn't Beaver have any powers ?"
My wife: "Well, he could drink whiskey without swallowing the toothpick." http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I didn't like Dreamcatcher, but the idea of representing the mind as a library was absolutely genious.

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Stephen King worked as a library assistant for some years before he started to teach English (and write). Most of his stories have at least one library scene. Like I said, you have to be a King fan to like the movie.

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X-Men 2 is coming out this Friday! I'm definitely going to see this one. I've been wondering how Magneto escapes from his pLastic prison, and I can't wait to find out how he does it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif By the way, Patrick Stewart is perfect as Xavier, but I keep thinking of him as Captain Picard. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif