The Best of Tony Jaa

[yuiyoshida]

One of the best martial artist since Bruce Lee.

[Xyzse]

1. Yeah, Tom Yum Goong was awesome!

LOL, I love how they used a soup as a movie title.

I didn't like Ong Bak 2-3 though. I mean, the martial arts are pretty awesome, I just don't think the story was any good.

I am liking Iko Uwais lately though, he does Silat.

[yuiyoshida]

2. nice.

It reminds me of Shaolin Kung fu... or what I have seen of it.

[Xyzse]

3. He was in the Raid

It became pretty popular recently.

He's also in Man of Tai Chi done by Keanu Reaves.

[yuiyoshida]

4. Any movie clips?

Sounds interesting.

[Xyzse]

5. This one was good.

I am not going to post the final fight scene. All I could say is, this should have been the way Darth Maul was offed.
Then again, it would have made the movie R.

I watched it in Theaters, same with the first Ong Bak. The collective gasps as someone does something crazy in regards to martial arts, and making it look explosive is just awesome.

[yuiyoshida]

6. Awesome

Wow, martial arts movies have come a long way from "Enter the Dragon". Pretty cool stuff.

[Xyzse]

7. Yeah, they have.

I tend to go for the ones with as limited wire work as possible.

Which is why I tend to go for these kinds of movies rather than the cinematic ones. The cinematic ones, if I watch them, I go to them for drama and story rather than considering them action flicks.

[yuiyoshida]

8. Well I have to admit, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon is my all time favorite

[Xyzse]

9. I can understand

One of my favorites is Musa. It is Korean though, but it has Zhang Ziyi.

[yuiyoshida]

10. And than there is this!

[Xyzse]

11. I saw that... It was pretty good

[yuiyoshida]

12. lF NOT for that scene...

The movie probably would have sucked. That scene alone saved that movie, IMHO.

[Xyzse]

14. That's true

I have to agree.

I wish I could have watched that live. They had to slow it down they said.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Some of the best martial arts in terms of sword play has to be

From the late great Shintaro Katsu.

[Xyzse]

15. I LOVE Zatoichi

I am not that much of a fan of the new one, but the old one was great.

I like the series with his brother though. The one with Ogami Itto. Wakayama Tomisaburo.

[AsahinaKimi]

16. Yes..

The lone wolf and cub series...

[Xyzse]

17. I was such a fan boy of that back then.

Granted, I wasn't born yet, but I saw a bunch of them around the 80s when I was still a kid.

Then, I got in to it even more around mid-90s when it finally was released in VHS in America.

Me and a friend of mine were recreating some of the fight scenes. Particularly the fast draw ones he did.

Same with Sleepy Eyes of Death.

I am such a Geek...

It took so long for these things to come out here. I was just lucky that I had contacts from fan-subbers around mid-90s that gave me bootleg stuff.

Must admit, I am glad that youtube and sharing was not popular back then. Especially glad that we didn't film them. I mean, that would have been embarrassing.

By the way, what are the recent Japanese movies out there that would be interesting?

[yuiyoshida]

18. oh!! I never knew his name...Shintaro Katsu..

But I love watching those movies with my dad!