armstron@sjuvax.UUCP (armstrong) (02/19/84)
Now come on. There's no use trying to deny it. At one time or
another you sat through one martial arts film or another, and despite the
comments you felt obliged to make about just how phony the fighting was,
you kind of liked it anyway. So then here's my question to you: if you,
(like me) really enjoy these type of flicks, what was your favorite.
Here are my top three. (I have unfortunately not seen "Enter The Ninja"
yet...my video rental store is always out of it when I try to rent it)
1. Enter the Dragon. Yes, maybe it is a bit conformist, but let's face it,
this is one movie that was pretty darn good.
2. The Game of Death. Even though many of "Bruce Lee's" seens were done
by anyone but Bruce Lee, there was still a distinct
quality and style to this film and it's fighting.
And the final fight seen between the REAL Bruce and
the Doctor's gaurd's was TERRIFIC! Not to mention
Kareem Abdhul Jabar's (sp?) "slam dunk" of the man
running up the steps in the flashback.
3. The Challenge. I was really surprised by this one. Before I saw this one,
some friends and I (we used to like to see just how much
people would believe) used to tell people this was a cult
film that was actually two hour's full of Pepsi Challenge
commercials. (People through Coke at the screen (ala Rocky
Horror... No one would be seated during the crucial
R.C. cola seen... etc.) None-the-less, it was pretty good.
Actually, I'm pretty luck. Every Saturday a local station here in Philadelphia
put on what they call Black Belt Theater, and another local puts on
Action Theater. Both show martial arts films (some of which are really *bad*)
I'd really like to here your favorites... I'm only a uupath away!
Len Armstrong
St. Joseph's Universityjdb@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf) (02/22/84)
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A friend with a black belt ("shodan") in Shotokan Karate told me
"There are no good movies featuring karate, but there is some goog karate in
movies." He cited Bruce Lee as an example.
When I practiced Shotokan, the only movie the instructor ever let the class
out early for was "The Seven Samurai". The reason was the sense of values,
rather than the techniques of fighting.
--
Dr Memory
...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!jdboz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (02/27/84)
I will only confess to enjoying one karate movie: "Kill and Kill again." I was particularly amused by the fact, that up until the end of the movie noboby died, and even at the end, once the person was dead, they had to decency to stay dead, thus no one had to kill them again. This movie also wins the award for the longest jump scene culminating in NOTHING. It is a GREAT Grade B movie for those of us that ENJOY Grade B movies (ah Remington Steele, where are you?) OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz