Sunday, May 3, 2009

God fucking damn, Indonesia!

Where have you been all my life?

Starts slow, then unleashes some of the craziest shit I've seen in a long while.
at 12:21 AM Posted by Andrew Cunningham
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  1. 774May 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    I'm not so sure. They've clearly been watching Ong Bak etc. (fair enough), but what that makes Ong Bak awesome is BONE-CRUNCHINGLY REALISTIC ACTION whereas as this came across more CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED AND PERFORMED SAFELY AND SKILLFULLY.

    Then again it did have a couple of fucking awesome moments, and I like this guy's hair. If the film entire has less of the Ong Bak vibe it could be pretty good.

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  2. Andrew CunninghamMay 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM

    I said something similar in the Twitch comment thread. I don't see the Ong Bak influence as much as the Jackie Chan one, but they've clearly seen a bunch of great fu flicks and learned from them.
    But there are definitely a few moments where I felt you could see an extra beat built in that made it feel more like a dance than a fight, or just like a film made by people who've never made a fu flick before.
    Hopefully they'll work better in context/have insert closeups to cover them in the editing process the way HK directors have learned to do. Trailer is clearly all master shots.

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