Why are kung fu films falling in popularity.
By that i mean why and when did you start to not like them or get a distaste for them and what would restore your faith in them
I think it's just that so many action films and mega blockbusters have good fight choreography and are out everywhere, whereas kung-fu films are 90% Asian, come out mainly in Asia, and you have to search to find them. Jackie Chan's Zodiac and one or two more kung fu flicks are coming out this year. I'll definitely be seeing all of them.
What good mega blockbuster fight choreography do you speak of?
Two guys tackling eachother through glass for 2 minutes
Does not strike me as good choreography. Which is the only type of choreography i see in these mega blockbusters
Because this generation always wants something more....
But doesn't know exactly what that "more" is.
Chinese cinema has gone the way of 90's Hollywood and lost all of it's roots.
CG is the death of Horror, Sci Fi and Action films, for it eliminates the viewers "minds eye" perceiving what's real and whats not.
The original Star Wars films had alot of real models and puppets representing their illusions. The Prequels just replaced them with CG effects. And viewers knew they weren't remotely real.
The original Alien films had animatronics showing the monsters and they looked amazing. The failed sequels had the alien as CG effects.
The beauty of original Kung Fu cinema was real men doing real stunts. Modernization destroyed it. Even Tsui Hark films back in the day had some SFX involved but it was always equalized by the feats of the stuntmen who displayed the amazing feats.
The Art of Kung Fu in cinema is dying because "art" itself is dying in cinema.
We're being dumbed down. Audiences want "more digital SFX" and no substance.
Compare American Werewolf in London to Van Helsing. And see where I'm heading.
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Last edited by the ninjak on Jun 2nd, 2013 at 05:22 PM
kung-fu movie were the rage back then.. i agree with ninjak, CG kill the kung-fu masters.. when you watch jackie chan back in day, you know he was risking his life and limb to do these stunts.. even before he became well known in the states with battle in the bronx, he was big in asia already.. the drunken master, operation condor, super cop.. now, it's all CG..
The popularity of types of movies rises and falls. Decades ago, musicals were popular. Then by the 1950s, giant monsters wrought by radiation were the thing. 1970s: blaxploitations films; these days it's superhero flicks.
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A time to tell the army to fire,
A time for even superheroes to retire.
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