BulletProof Monk... Desert Eagles..

[CatsDieNow]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was obviously done with wires, but it was subtle.

Bulletproof Monk was just plain obvious in many places.

Yeah, that scene was pretty funny.

 

[BerettaNut92]

When the chick showed the guy her toys, my buddy sitting next to me said......"ohh....Marry me!!!"

 

[braindead0]

for you non asian people, it's pronounced, "Chow Yun Fa" notice there's no T in the Fat.

Wouldn't it be: Jow Yun Fa

Ch'ow would be chow...

At least that was how it was written way back when.. ;-)

 

[Wilhelm]

Its called a D E A G L E!!!!! Sheesh people get it right.




Wilhelm

 

[Frohickey]

The main problem here is that Hollywood is treating movies the same way each time.

Partnering Chow Yun Fat with a white dude.
Partnering Jackie Chan with Chris Tucker
Partnering Jackie Chan with Owen Wilson.
Parnering Chow Yun Fat with Mark Walhberg.
Partnering Jet Li with DMX.

How about a movie where Chow Yun Fat is with Jackie Chan, trying to save Jet Li from Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon, and they end up standing up Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba and Leonardo DiCaprio... errr Gweneth Paltrow.

 

[LiquidTension]

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. So what if he used a pair of Desert Eagles in one scene? He's a 90yr old Tibetan monk that has been blessed with the power of the scroll he's protecting in addition to his own martial arts skill - he doesn't need ANY guns.

Hey Skunk - I said the same thing to my buddy sitting next to me - that girl was REALLY hot. I mean, she's beats @ss, has an armored car, has explosives, is FINE, and she's rich to top it all off!

The whole hot dog thing was a bit off though. Everyone knows that hotdog buns come in packages of 8 and hot dogs come in packages of 10 so that you'll have to buy more hot dog buns. Then you have more buns than hot dogs and you have to buy more hot dogs It's a big conspiracy between the bun manufacturers and the meat industry

I'm not upset that I spent $5.50 on it.

 

[vapor22]

for you non asian people, it's pronounced, "Chow Yun Fa" notice there's no T in the Fat.

Guess it depends on what type of chinese you happen to know

I've always pronounced it with a T at the end. Not a really hard T like in the english word 'fat'

My grandparents pronounce Chow as Jow but my parents and I pronounce it with the "ch" although it's kinda hard to tell..

 

[Schuey2002]

Someone has to say it. Welcome to THR, vapor22.

 

[vapor22]

thanks Schuey2002!

It's good to be here. Now all I need is a gun...

 

[BerettaNut92]

Partnering Chow Yun Fat with a white dude.
Partnering Jackie Chan with Chris Tucker
Partnering Jackie Chan with Owen Wilson.
Parnering Chow Yun Fat with Mark Walhberg.
Partnering Jet Li with DMX.

LOL

Mark Wahlberg...don't get me started. What movie were they in together?

Hey Skunk - I said the same thing to my buddy sitting next to me - that girl was REALLY hot. I mean, she's beats @ss, has an armored car, has explosives, is FINE, and she's rich to top it all off!

I don't know, she didn't really do anything for me.

Guess it depends on what type of chinese you happen to know

All rook same! (Cantonese here, I forgot everything except calling a cab, yelling 'ROACH!!' and asking for the bathroom)

 

[twoblink]

Agent Smith in Matrix uses a Desert Eagle, so indeed, they are popular..

Hmm.. Don't spoil the movie for me! I'm sure it's highly predicable, but I want to watch something lighthearted and funny with some decent action.

So there's a chick I'm suppose to watch for? Will do...

 

[vapor22]

All rook same! (Cantonese here, I forgot everything except calling a cab, yelling 'ROACH!!' and asking for the bathroom)

Yeah me too. My folks are from Hong Kong

But there's as many dialects of Cantonese as there are bullet calibers. I practically can't understand my grandma and supposedly she speaks cantonese.

Although I have to say it does look wierd for Chow Yun Fat to have Desert Eagles instead of Berettas. But I guess the good old days of Teahouse shootouts are long gone...

 

[gudel]

what about the recoil, people? if you fired those two at once, isn't that going to make you pushed back and fall on your back?

 

[Frohickey]

Agent Smith in Matrix uses a Desert Eagle, so indeed, they are popular..

You mean Elrond.
When I saw "Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Rings", I kept giggling and wanted to hear Hugo Weaver (the actor playing Elrond) to say "You hear that, Mr. Baggins? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound....of your death."

 

[4v50 Gary]

Crouching rifleman, hidden sniper. I like that.

 

[Mastrogiacomo]

Career advice for Chow? Make a US movie with John Woo or go back to Hong Kong and make movies again with an international appeal. It's been one bomb after another since the Replacement Killers, with the sole exception of "Crouching Tiger.." which was not directed by an American...or his best role. It wasn't Michelle Yeoh's either but that's another forum topic...

Personally, I love Chow with any kind of weapon but my favorite films all included Berettas. If he's not careful, his career might fall 24 floors like his old friend Leslie Cheung from his "Better Tomorrow" days.

 

[BerettaNut92]

What the Goddess of Dual Berettas and Chinese Chopsockey said....

 

[Kamicosmos]

I just saw the flick tonite, and yeah: Jade is uber hot, and I'll admit that I was digging the blonde nazi chic too.

The movie is funny and a bit cheezy, but it's not quite over the top. It's enjoyable.

As far as Chow goes, I thought I heard way back that when he and Woo first got Over Here that there were some contract issues that wouldn't allow them to make movies together? Now this movie, and replacement killers also, were produced by Woo, so maybe that's all crap.

I also heard Rumors of remaking Hard Boiled, but they both don't want to do it because Hard Boiled was their 'statement' about Hong Kong going back to Chinese control. I read a really good article about it, maybe I can find it. Anyways, I've also heard that both Chow and Woo are tired of doing gun-action movies. Maybe they've caved into Hollywood's 'anti-gun anti-violence' crap, or maybe they just want to try new things...

 

[tex_n_cal]

I saw it, it was fun.

The only thing that bugged me was the British chick hanging with the Nazis. My mom met my Dad when he was stationed in England during WWII, and Brits and Nazis do not mix.

 

[BerettaNut92]

What British chick hanging out w/ the Nazis?

I didn't think the heroine was hot....

 

[Justin]

Mark Wahlberg...don't get me started. What movie were they in together?

ARRGGGHHH! That movie was 'The Corruptor.' I had almost relegated it to nothing more than a repressed memory, and you had to bring it up!

I too have to concur with Mastrogiacomo. Chow's newer movies are nothing more than poor Xerox's of his older stuff. But then how do you top The Killer, A Better Tomorrow, and Hard Boiled?

After all, Hard Boiled is arguably the best action movie ever made.

I just don't think it's possible to make a Hong-Kong style action movie in Hollywood. Hollywood is chock full of lawyers. The sort who'd be happy to sue if a stuntman were to get a hangnail.

Hong Kong, on the other hand...well, Hong Kong stuntmen are all insane, which is why their action sequences are the best.

BTW, if you're a fan of chopshootsy, check out Bangkok Dangerous. It's not the melodic genius of Woo, but very watchable, especially for a movie quite obviously done on a shoestring budget.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

The only thing that bugged me was the British chick hanging with the Nazis. My mom met my Dad when he was stationed in England during WWII, and Brits and Nazis do not mix.

Actually, during WWII you could find sizable pro-German, and even pro-Nazi organizations in both Great Britain and the United States.

 

[Kamicosmos]

Also, the 'british' chic was the Nazi's granddaughter.

 

[twoblink]

I watched the movie.

First, the chick was cute, but didn't do too much for me (skunky, with you on that one) she did however, look like a video game character..

Second, Chow Yun Fat needs to get Chow Yun Thin. He said he's gained quite a bit of weight, and even he says he looks fat on the silver screen.

Third, the movie was filled with predictability, and was cheezy, but was lighthearted enough to be ok.

Forth, the most vicisous stuntmen are now in Thailand. Look for Thai movies to make an explosion. Anybody watch a preview for Onk-Bak? The stunts in there are amazing!! NO WIRES!!!!
http://sawatdee.free.fr/generationvideo/ongbak/ongbak_en.htm

 

[bogie]

BTW, if you're a fan of chopshootsy, check out Bangkok Dangerous. It's not the melodic genius of Woo, but very watchable, especially for a movie quite obviously done on a shoestring budget.

I've got it on DVD, and really like it. I really need to find new copies of The Killer, Hard Boiled, and A Better Tomorrow I and II (did they make a III?). Made the mistake of loaning my tapes to a neighbor, who promptly moved...

Now, I dismember - was The Killer the one with the ending in the church? I have to admit that I liked the church ending better than the whole often-schmaltzy hospital bit...