yireses Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 How far are movies from real life. With one is the movie that you can say, Now this is pretty real!!! The knowing of Violence and living in no violence brings peace.Shaolin Chuan Fa
paolung Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 pretty darn far. i can't think of a single (gungfu) movie i've seen where i can say "yeah those fight scenes were totally realistic". some are more realistic than others of course, but let's face it- real gungfu isn't usually very pretty, and it doesn't translate to film real well. "It is not how much you know but how well you have mastered what you've learnt. When making an assessment of one's martial arts training one should measure the depth rather than the length". - MASTER "General" D. Lacey
Icetuete Posted June 30, 2003 Posted June 30, 2003 paolung is right. the film industry uses only the fancy stuff with good looks. maybe u should open a thread in the Entertainment section.
Thuggish Posted July 1, 2003 Posted July 1, 2003 the most realistic movie ive ever seen- for the most part- was kickboxer with jean claude van damme (you have to ignore the horrible shots with the guy jsut standing there and getting kicked, of course.) also, the action sequences in the bourne identity- the firts two ones where he tears into the cops, could actually work; assuming of course everyone was positioned right where they were. watch it in slow mo, its quite brilliant i think. thats about it- although the count of monte cristo comes to mind; it seemed pretty real, but i dont know much about fencing. oh! old kurasawa films werent too bad, like seven samurai. a broken arm throws no punches
mtmaniac Posted July 1, 2003 Posted July 1, 2003 "Once were warriors" had several realistic fighting scenes. None too pretty though, mostly dirty and brutal. Very good movie by the way.
yireses Posted August 25, 2003 Author Posted August 25, 2003 What abuot the Transporter, thats a great movie!! The knowing of Violence and living in no violence brings peace.Shaolin Chuan Fa
JerryLove Posted August 25, 2003 Posted August 25, 2003 A realistic fight? "They Live" comes to mind. "Fight Club" is good too. https://www.clearsilat.com
yireses Posted August 25, 2003 Author Posted August 25, 2003 Hey, never say it! The knowing of Violence and living in no violence brings peace.Shaolin Chuan Fa
Drunken Monkey Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 the first rule of... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
omnifinite Posted August 29, 2003 Posted August 29, 2003 Assuming the characters are supposed to be "masters" (and they usually are), and they're playing for keeps... I'd say if the combat itself lasts more than 7 seconds or so, it isn't realistic. Whoever screws up first dies. Doesn't make for very exciting movie-making I guess. 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu
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