Ong Bak

[PhillT]

Anyone seen the Thai martial arts movie Ong Bak?
The word 'Crikey' springs to mind. Tony Jaa makes Jackie Chan seem like an arthritic pensioner.
Watch it and be bedazzled.

[cotty]

A couple of people have
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=180310&f=141&h=0&hw=ong+bak

[pesty]

IMO the film is very poor. but that guy has great potential. just needs a good director good production values and a story.

[PhillT]

My bad, I seem to be months off the pulse...
But still, anyone who has yet to see it, er, see it.

[cotty]

PhillT said:

My bad, I seem to be months off the pulse...

Dont worry I think it has only recently been released on DVD so unless people saw it in the cinema they are only just seeing it for the first time.

Im looking forward to seeing it

[PhillT]

pesty said:

IMO the film is very poor. but that guy has great potential. just needs a good director good production values and a story.

Yeah, but who watches a martial arts film for the story? You watch it to see people having the living snot kicked out of them, preferably in a series of ever-more complex and spectacular ass-kicking frenzies.
It's like saying Monty Python was rubbish because the lighting was below-par...

[pesty]

PhillT said:

pesty said: IMO the film is very poor. but that guy has great potential. just needs a good director good production values and a story. Yeah, but who watches a martial arts film for the story? You watch it to see people having the living snot kicked out of them, preferably in a series of ever-more complex and spectacular ass-kicking frenzies. It's like saying Monty Python was rubbish because the lighting was below-par...

mm up to a point but I had to skip to the fight scenes on this because I could take no more.

the fight scenes are good. he will be a name to watch

[Wildfire]

PhillT said:

Tony Jaa makes Jackie Chan seem like an arthritic pensioner.

Well considering Jackie Chan is over 50 odd now he pretty much is. Don't get me wrong I am a HUGE Jackie Chan fan, but he has been doing it a long time and has had loads of injuries.

[skibum]

I was amazed by the stunts, but the four/five replays of the same move from different camera shots got a bit tedious.

The fact that he didnt use wires made it even more impressive. His first prize fight was a classic moment!

[PhillT]

Wildfire said:

PhillT said: Tony Jaa makes Jackie Chan seem like an arthritic pensioner. Well considering Jackie Chan is over 50 odd now he pretty much is. Don't get me wrong I am a HUGE Jackie Chan fan, but he has been doing it a long time and has had loads of injuries.

I haven't seen his recent stuff, so I'll amend that to a young Jackie Chan...

[greg_D]

i've seen it recently, very good, i liked the bit where he jumped through the roll of barbed wire and ran over the top of the chasing gang, quality

Greg

[soir]

really talented guy - shame script/director ect let him down really.

didn't enjoy as much as hero or kung fu hustle, but fantastic potential (very, very slow film - but the first 'strike' made me go back & watch it again, wow!!)

[Jaglover]

Just got around to watching this, good movie.

The plot and other 'non fight' parts of the movie are rather terrible. Though it did have a rather interesting contrast between the cities and the countryside in a rapidly industrialising country.

The reason to buy it however is the fight scenes, probably some of the best I have seen in a movie, very fast paced well choreographed and (at times) brutal.


>> Edited by Jaglover on Friday 3rd February 13:21

[paulie-mafia]

I fookin love this movie - a proper, old school martial arts film! It's not about production values, storyline etc, it's about showcasing some of the best fighting action you've ever seen!

[Jaglover]

satch said:

the last third especially entertaining, the fight stuff in the cave is amazing. don't forget how good the extras are too....

I thought the best bit was the second fight scene in the club.

[Yugguy]

Absolutely bloody fantastic and nice to see Muay Thai getting some exposure, and nice to see no bloody wires, no cgi, no bollox 25-kick scissor moves 50 foot in the air.

[Jaglover]

Yugguy said:

Absolutely bloody fantastic and nice to see Muay Thai getting some exposure, and nice to see no bloody wires, no cgi, no bollox 25-kick scissor moves 50 foot in the air.

[Yugguy]

Ong Bak did remind me of some of the early chopsocky movies, minimal plot/acting but cracking fight scenes, perhaps the films will improve as the kungfu films have improved?

[Cotty]

Great film and the extras on the DVD are good as well

[Cotty]

satch said:

did you lot like kung-fu hustle?

Havent seen it yet

Also want to see the soccer one