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PMP
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columbus, o
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Dec 10, 2010 - 05:27pm PT
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thanks sensi. didn't think anyone would mention the drunken master!
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Fat Dad
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Los Angeles, CA
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Dec 10, 2010 - 06:39pm PT
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I'd exclude the Kurosawa films as martial arts films. Just because they're Asian doesn't mean martial arts. Assuming that to be true, then there's only one choice:
Enter the Dragon
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Mungeclimber
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sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2010 - 06:44pm PT
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Warriors looks cool
Kung Fu Panda?
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Dec 10, 2010 - 07:24pm PT
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Six-String Samurai is pretty high up on my list. It's certainly the hands-down winner in the Weird Category.
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Scole
Trad climber
San Diego
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Dec 10, 2010 - 08:06pm PT
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Don't forget Iron Monkey.
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gonamok
climber
aging malcontent
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Dec 10, 2010 - 09:45pm PT
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Then theres "ring of iron" schmaltz taken to the level of high art.
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marv
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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Dec 10, 2010 - 09:59pm PT
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Gold: 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Silver: Enter the Dragon
Bronze: Game of Death
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Dec 10, 2010 - 10:20pm PT
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d-know Knows!!
Toshiro Mifune in "Yojimbo" has the warrior mentality and awesome fight scenes. No excessive blood and gore, just tremendous skill and focus with a sword.
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MH2
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Dec 10, 2010 - 10:44pm PT
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^^^^ Is it lyricism where you see the cat shadow decapitation? Or mood?
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lars johansen
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 10, 2010 - 11:05pm PT
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Director Kenji Misoguchi's "Sansho The Bailiff". Filmed in 1954 and still as powerful as the day it was made. A true cinematic masterpiece.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 10, 2010 - 11:17pm PT
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After everything's said and done, there still "Dirty Harry" .....
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wack-N-dangle
Gym climber
the ground up
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Dec 11, 2010 - 12:20am PT
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"Curse of the Golden Flower" was quite enjoyable. Same family dynamics as "Manon of the Spring" and "Jean de Florette", but the kung fun, and war scenes are a bonus.
"Fearless" Jet Li's direction and "attitude" can't be beat.
The samurai trilogy, based on "The Book of 5 Rings" is worth a few nights of watching.
It seems like the best films either touch on the philosophy behind martial arts, or have killer action sequences that defy the laws of physics.
Finally, Jackie Chan seems to be the anti-Steven Segal. I appreciated his self deprecating sense of humor in City Hunter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI1AwZN4ZYg
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MH2
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Dec 11, 2010 - 04:15pm PT
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"Any movie with people flying around on hidden cables and CGI special effects is automatically eliminated from contention."
Ah. Someone with a f-f-f-firm grip on reality. Because movies are real.
Jim Brennan:
Yes, the cat shadow thing happens during the lethal music. I don't care how a movie does it; if it can create a believable and interesting world, I'll buy in. Kung Fu Hustle I sat through twice. That's rare.
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sandstone conglomerate
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sharon conglomerate central
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Dec 11, 2010 - 07:08pm PT
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valhalla rising..badass, non-speaking pagan viking snapping necks in the permafrost. how much better can you get?
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D'Wolf
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Man, you guys have missed the mark...ALL of you.
How can you compete with "The Born Losers" where Billy Jack made his first appearance, followed, of course, by "Billy Jack".
Predates Bruce Lee by a couple of years.
Thom
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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As much as I dislike Tom Cruise, The Last Samurai was a great movie. Pretty high on the all-time martial arts list for me.
I own all the Bruce Lee movies, but they really aren't very good movies, even for the genre. Enter the Dragon was probably the best of them. Game of Death is hilarious because it was shot all out of order, so you'll have the replacement guy in scenes, then Bruce, then replacement,etc.
The early Jackie Chan flicks were awesome, and like prior poster said the outtakes are insane. That dude was pullin some crazy stunts. Stuntman? He WAS the stuntman.
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D'Wolf
climber
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Oh com'on! You can't dis Billy Jack, man! That guy could take on Bruce, Chuck, Jackie, and Jet all at once an not even break a sweat!
Well, okay; Lenny Bruce, Chuck E. Cheese, Jackie Gleason, and Joan Jett.
Seriously, that's a hard one: Legend of Drunken Master, The Seven Samurai, and Ong Bak come to mind. I did rather enjoy Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the Kill Bill series.
Thom
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August West
Trad climber
Where the wind blows strange
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Is the question greatest movie with martial arts or movie with greatest martial arts? I've never been a big fan of martial arts just for its own sake.
Jackie Chan was an awesome stuntman, but that doesn't make for a great movie. I never cared much for Bruce Lee's films either.
I like the Kurusawa films, but (as far as martial arts goes as opposed to great plots/actors) I actually find the flying through air more convincing than films that pretend to be realist but do unrealistic things. I loved Kill Bill, but it also suffered from this. If you are just up front that strong willed martial experts can bend the laws of physics it works better, in my mind, than the not-humanly-possible acrobatics and drag-out-fights for the "realists" films.
Hero and House of Flying Daggers are on my short list for great movies with martial arts. Crouching Tiger is a similar sensibility, but not quite as good. Curse of the Golden Lotus is good as is Legend of the Black Scorpion. The last two have that Shakespearean/Tragic struggle against fate.
The Once Upon a Time in China series, light hearted, but very well done with fun martial arts scenes. Jet Li has done plenty I'm not that thrilled with, but Swordsman 2 is another gem that is a little more serious than the Once Upon a Time, but still pokes fun at itself (the over the top poking fun is Eagle Shooting Hero).
For true Samurai films, the Sword of Doom might be my favorite. A really dark film that deconstructs the genre.
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