BlackI Posted August 28, 2002 Posted August 28, 2002 Hey Do you think they should make a BLADE 3? What were your thoughts on BLADE 2? In search of the Temple of Light
monkeygirl Posted August 28, 2002 Posted August 28, 2002 Blade 3??? Man, I haven't even gotten a chance to see Blade 2!!! I did like the original Blade though...even if it was kinda gross. I heard Blade 2 was even more graphic than Blade 1. 1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard.
Martial_Artist Posted August 30, 2002 Posted August 30, 2002 BLADE II was a horrible movie. Further attesting that Wesley Snipes can't do martial arts. The production was terrible and made way too much use of unnecessary CGI FX shots. BLADE, however, was at least partially decent and had the redeeming quality of being somewhat original. BLADE III? I was hoping they wouldn't....oh well. "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein
BlackI Posted August 30, 2002 Author Posted August 30, 2002 I don't know if I would say it was horrible, but I will agree that it was not as good as the First. CGI was overdone, but it had alot of fight scenes, but the plot sucked. I don't agree tha Wesley can't do MA. From what I hear he is very good at Capoeria and some other arts In search of the Temple of Light
Karateka_latino Posted August 30, 2002 Posted August 30, 2002 I don't know if we saw the same picture. But to me Wesley Snipes is one of the few actors in Hollywood that CAN do martial arts for real. He's a high degree BB in shotokan Karate and he also trained in Capoeira and some other things. As far as the movie goes. the movie was good in action. Less plot and too much FX, but well, it seems that's what are we going to get from Hollywood from now on.
Martial_Artist Posted August 30, 2002 Posted August 30, 2002 For me, I have peculiar tastes, Wesley Snipes fight scenes are bad. They play to bad a$$ genre of fight movies. They way they are choreographed is completely unrealistic. (Don't believe me watch his fights in Blade II against all the vampire guards. He manages to take them all on one-by-one.....) Plus his technique is limited to break arm; side kick to the face. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching him as an actor. I enjoyed the Art of War, but his martial arts fight scenes are a bit lacking in realism and effect. But, hey, this is just my personal opinion and really doesn't matter in the end. "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein
BlackI Posted August 30, 2002 Author Posted August 30, 2002 Hey Martial_Artist, Can you tell me a movie where you liked the fight scenes? Just about all movie fight scenes are not realistic. This goes back to days of Bruce. Real fights are not pretty, but neither is life, so that is why we have movies. I do agree about the choregraphy in the movie, they could have been a little more creative. I think the should have done some more fight scene with the elite guards, especially that girl. In search of the Temple of Light
Martial_Artist Posted August 30, 2002 Posted August 30, 2002 Return of the Dragon, Bruce Lee. Kiss of the Dragon, Jet Li (although unrealistic, did contain many things very realistic and much creative on the choreagraphy) Jackie Chan's Who am I, Operation Condor: The Armor of God. (Both of these movies contain some scenes not very realistic, but for the most part many of the scenes hold true) Just about all movie fight scenes are unrealistic, the Chinese being as much a culprit as the Westerners. BUT, the chinese being a bit more creative in their choregraphy. They are, after all just movies and designed for entertainment. For Wesley Snipes, his moves in the movies can almost literally be numbered on one hand. As a numbered point for realism, when Westerners have a multiple opponent scene they seem to magically fight one opponent at a time. The other enemies lingering in the back. Now, while some chinese movies do this same thing, most show multiple enemies attacking simultaneously, especially Jackie Chan. He translates the realistic into something surreal, but still holding true to some aspects of fighting. Most westerners simply do not. "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein
Karateka_latino Posted August 30, 2002 Posted August 30, 2002 Hey, have you ever saw a documentary called "Jackie Chan: My Stunts"??? that was awesome.. the explained how he decided to reduce the number of attackes from his old chinese movies .. from 20 to around 5 and makes those 5 attack at the same time so he could create a more realistic like fight scene. Also show how he changed the old traditional weapon to "prop" fighting using whatever; mops, chair, etc... He look for beautifull fights, not realistic fights but he tries to give a taste of reality at least.
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