Awesome fights

[Horseboy]

check out this guy hes got some incredible fight scenes

http://www.youtube.com/user/LinYee#p/u

[geko]

love that classic kung fu stuff, HB.

[Martin Penwald]

[Martin Penwald]

[leokef]

This one just occurred to me. Now this is less about strict physical choreography and a bit more about well utilized vfx and sound effects, but I find it a touch more thrilling and beautiful than most hand-to-hand stuff. The evil harpists versus the good martial arts masters in Kung Fu Hustle:



It's the integration of music that really sells me about this scene. It's not just a soundtrack: the music is actually part of the scene. There's a point around four minutes in where the sound effects fade and all you hear is the Guqin playing. I also just love the novelty of musicians fighting by strumming their instrument--and yet playing music at the same time.

Worth noting that Stephen Chow didn't direct this scene, but rather Woo-ping Yuen. He's got a lot of good films under his belt, including some classic Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Also worked on The Matrix trilogy.

[ploppy]

casting revive on this thread to talk about how huge a boner Ip Man gave me. Holy mother of fuck what a balanced and brutal film. Any movie that has a man completely destroy 10 men in under 5 minutes has my vote.

It's been a few hours since I've seen it and my blood is still running red red hot.

[Martin Penwald]

geko posted some Ip Man on the first page. I need to get the DVD/BR of that flick; I really want to watch it.

[leokef]

I remember seeing parts of this fight in the first teaser trailer. Turned out even cooler than I thought it would. Arthur's such a badass.