Member Omni Dragon Posted November 28, 2012 Member Share Posted November 28, 2012 What do you think was the best individual year for Kung Fu Films? 1978 as always seemed like the best year to me partly because DRUNKEN MASTER was the first shape I saw & at the time it was the best film I'd ever seen then I seemed to link other films made in 78 but off the top of my head it would be somewhere from 76-81 but most likely 78 or 79. what do you guy's think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member odioustrident Posted November 28, 2012 Member Share Posted November 28, 2012 I feel like shapes choreography peaked at some point in the early 80's. A few people on this forum will have an opinion on the specific year. Hard to say when physical talent peaked (on the whole) as so many stars had physical peaks at many different times. As far as film quality goes I have no idea what the peak was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted November 28, 2012 Member Share Posted November 28, 2012 In terms of quantity, it's gotta be '79...... quality is another matter, probably somewhere between '78 and '82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fatcat Posted November 28, 2012 Member Share Posted November 28, 2012 Ill say I seem to like movies from 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ching li Posted November 29, 2012 Member Share Posted November 29, 2012 I really loved the basher style kung fu in the early 70s (1970-1975); the rawness of it really showcased the actor's talent and no fakeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BlackLamaFaction Posted November 29, 2012 Member Share Posted November 29, 2012 I have got to agree with 79, it seems like somewhere between 70%- 75% of all my favorite indie films seem to come from that year. It really amazes me that 7 Steps, Cantonen Iron Kung Fu, Chessboxing, 7 Commandments, Choy Lee Fut, Fists, Kicks, and Evil etc etc etc all came out that same year. There were great films made every year during that period, but in 79 Hong Kong, and Taiwan were really putting in work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member KyFi Posted November 29, 2012 Member Share Posted November 29, 2012 I'd also go with the '70-'75 years. It just seemed like that was an incredibly creative time, and new sub-genres were being created every couple of months. You had the early bashers like King Boxer and Chinese Boxer, you had the gangster stuff like Vengeance, the Duel and Boxer from Shantung, Chang Cheh's Shaolin series starting up the shapes thing and martial arts history, some big-budget historical epics like Boxer Rebellion and 14 Amazons, You had some great swordplay stuff coming out like Lady Hermit, King Eagle and others. You had the literary adaptations like Water Margin, Delightful Forest, etc. And with Golden Harvest you also had Sammo, Angela Mao and some guy named Bruce Lee tearing things up, as well. I will agree that as far as pure fight scenes and choreography, those got better in the late 70s, but as far as the movies themselves, I like the early 70s better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted November 29, 2012 Member Share Posted November 29, 2012 Just some of the titles from 1979 Butterfly 18 The Challenger Choy Lee Fat Kung Fu Crystal Fist Dance Of The Drunk Mantis Daredevils Death Duel Of Kung Fu Dirty Ho Hell's Wind Staff Kid With The Golden Arm Kung Fu Genius Knockabout Last Hurrah For Chivalry Mad Monkey Kung Fu Mar's Villa Monkey Kung Fu Mystery Of Chessboxing Of Cooks And Kung Fu Seven Steps Of Kung Fu Shaolin Rescuers Thundering Mantis World Of Drunken Master and many more...... I might go with '79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member paimeifist Posted December 5, 2012 Member Share Posted December 5, 2012 Dance with the Drunekn Mantis and Knockabout are in my top 5, Kid with the Golden Arm is my favorite venoms film, Chessboxing is a favorite, others I have see on that short list are very good as well (Dirty Ho, Mad Monkey.) Yah, I might have to go with '79 as well. Quite a few there I have heard much about but have yet to see, 7 Steps, Hells Wind Staff, Last Hurrah, Of Cooks, and Mars Villa...Any of these must sees? The first three I named seem to be from what I have heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted December 5, 2012 Member Share Posted December 5, 2012 For anyone who's more than a casual fan, i'd say they are all must-sees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member northern b Posted December 6, 2012 Member Share Posted December 6, 2012 For me the peak years were between 1975 and 1982 as the majority of films with tight choreography were made in this period In terms of quantity, it's gotta be '79...... quality is another matter, probably somewhere between '78 and '82. Tibetan I think you may be right in terms of quantity of titles from 1979 Ill say I seem to like movies from 80 Well… 1979 was certainly a prolific in terms of the number of films maybe a peak year? There are some great titles from 1979 in my list as well but going by number of titles on my list of the greatest films (in the stuck thread on here) the peak year for me is 1980! There are some killer titles in there as well The Victim and Buddhist Fist will always be in my top 10 maybe even top 5 of all time The list was posted in this stuck thread http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=506&page=5 And breaking the list down by year gives this: 1977 Executioners From Shaolin 1978 Showdown at the cotton mills Snake in the Eagles Shadow Drunken Master Snake Crane Secret 1979 Hellz Windstaff Last Hurrah For Chivalry The Challenger Fearless Hyena 5 Superfighters Seven Steps of kung Fu Avenging Boxer (aka Fearless Young Boxer aka Method Man) 1980 The Victim Buddhist Fist The Loot Buddha Assassinator Master Killers Ring of Death Woman Avenger Magnificent Butcher Encounter of the spooky Kind Rebellious Reign 3 Evil Masters 1982 Legend of a Fighter Shaolin Temple 1 Crazy Horse Intelligent Monkey 1983 Shaolin vs Tai Chi 1984 South Shaolin Master 8- Diagram Pole Fighter 1986 Shaolin Temple 3 1994 Drunken Master 2 And others that were not on the initial list Fatal Needles vs Fatal Fists (1978) Writing Kung Fu (1979) Snake Deadly Act (1980) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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