Darth Shoju
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BroccoliRage said:And?
I never said you have to agree with me. I just think Duel to the Death is awful. I also have a very low opinion of Hero. I blame Hero's lack of resonance with me is my distaste for nigh-unbeatable heroes. The writing was interesting, but the fights were too...well..perfect for me. I really disliked the fight choreography in the Matrix because of the. I like the idea that tough Heroes are still human and can be hurt, which was well communicated in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, as well as House of Flying Daggers (another fantastic movie, though very little wuxia actually occured.)
I loved Fearless, though. I tend to lump Kung Fu flicks together with wuxia flicks at times (which isn't very fair of me). I could compile a list of D&D-esque movies/shows I like, and a good chunk of old school kung fu and wuxia flicks would be on there, as well as some of the better samurai epics.
I own Duel to the Death as well but I agree it is crap. I compared it to Crouching Tiger for the contrast as I consider CTHD to be excellent. I agree on Hero; I found that the cinematography was amazing and the story pretty cool, but overall it was a bit lacking IMO. The fight on the lake looked amazing but some of the maneuvers they were pulling off violated some sort of personal wuxia-physics standards for me (running on water I'm fine with but using your sword blade to push off of in water is stupid to me-go figure :\ )