Guest Morgoth Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 That is a damn shame Bruce and Bolo didn't get to fight on screen. Makes no sense:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted November 11, 2007 Author Member Share Posted November 11, 2007 That is a damn shame Bruce and Bolo didn't get to fight on screen. Makes no sense:confused: I hate Bolo's only fight in the movie! He gets kicked in the nuts by John Saxon and dies WHAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iron_Jinon Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 pathetic...john saxon would have died from looks of bolo in real....game of death had some good fightscenes filmed pity we never gonna find out how complete film would have rocked:(. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted November 12, 2007 Member Share Posted November 12, 2007 Fist of Fury is my #1 favorite of Bruce's complete films followed by Enter the Dragon, then The Big Boss, and then Way of the Dragon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted November 16, 2007 Author Member Share Posted November 16, 2007 Did you know he was supposed to do a Shaw Bros. film, but it was never completed I forgot where I heard that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morgoth Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Did you know he was supposed to do a Shaw Bros. film, but it was never completed I forgot where I heard that! Not a Shaws movie, but he was supposed to be in Lo Wei's Rebellious Reign. Board member Raider Yang's avatar has Bruce dressed in a costume for that movie. He probably didn't work with the Shaw Brothers because he got a lot more money at Golden Harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iron_Jinon Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Shaws should have been really ashamed for releasing shit like Bruce Lee And I:mad:...I watched fist of fury this morning(last time was maybe 5 years ago) and it was even better than I remembered,chinese surely must have loved that movie a lot...what bugs me a bit Bruce is always too good.there are not really good duels in his movies(except against norris+maybe some in game of deaths surfaced footage,I have not bothered to check out???).99% of henchmen are just waiting to be kicked&powerpunched by bruce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morgoth Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Even his match against Chuck Norris wasn't too much of a fight. Bruce had no problem with Chuck at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iron_Jinon Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Even his match against Chuck Norris wasn't too much of a fight. Bruce had no problem with Chuck at all. you are right,and maybe Han Ying Chieh was bit tougher.Still no contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morgoth Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Kareem Abdul Jabaar gave him a match though! Too bad they had to resort to that sunlight gimmick at the end of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fabhui Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 It's a tough choice for me as I'm a big Bruce Lee appreciator and like all of his movies for various reasons. If I had to pick only one then it would be Fist of Fury as that movie is just so intense. Big Boss would come a close second for me, a very dark moive which to me at times feels like it's verging on 'horror' territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iron_Jinon Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 sunlight??I just googled info about finnish tape I saw in early nineties and noticed it was cut over 11 mins:eek: .*sigh*I hated movie then and not hardcore bruce junkie but I have to invest for dvd to see what I have missed...in case some1 is curious from,this list can see how strict censopship has been here in past http://users.tkk.fi/~javaisa2/hellhole/sfx.html cut=leikattu edit;bloodsport cut 17!!!mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I think Chuck Norris was Bruce's best one on one opponent on film. That fight to me had the best choreography and flow out of all his screen fights. Chuck was clearly kicking Bruce's ass at the start of the fight until Bruce changed his fighting tactics. Instead of attacking straight in like he did at first, he started dancing and faking Chuck out and establishing his own rythum to the fight. Bruce was applying his own personal philosopy of Jeet Kune Do to the fight and the reason this fight stands out above all his others imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thekfc Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 Fist of Fury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted November 17, 2007 Member Share Posted November 17, 2007 CK, I disagree with your call as to who was Bruce's best onscreen opponent. I believe Bob Wall was his best opponent on screen and their fight choreography together always made for great action. It would have been great to see Lee perform choreography under a stylist, who would have him do shapes... (I know, Lee hated shapes), however, that was the direction MA movies was heading anyway, and it still would've been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milkyway Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I think Chuck Norris was Bruce's best one on one opponent on film. That fight to me had the best choreography and flow out of all his screen fights. Chuck was clearly kicking Bruce's ass at the start of the fight until Bruce changed his fighting tactics. Instead of attacking straight in like he did at first, he started dancing and faking Chuck out and establishing his own rythum to the fight. Bruce was applying his own personal philosopy of Jeet Kune Do to the fight and the reason this fight stands out above all his others imo. I can understand people taking FoF or Big Boss over WotD, that's due to Lee's presence as an actor and fighting style: energy, emotion, anger and charisma and I'll have to agree in some way (in WotD Bruce only shines when he fights, nothing more). but I'm with Chinatown Kid, Bruce was def in his prime choreography-wise in that movie and I believe Bruce would've taken his choreo style to a whole new level if he had lived long enough to complete Game Of Death (I personally take the original footage anyday over everything in Big Boss, Fist Of Fury and Enter The Dragon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted November 17, 2007 Share Posted November 17, 2007 I believe bob Wall was his best opponent on screen Dragon I respect your opinion and the fights Bruce has with Wall in Way and ETD were great but I think this was because Wall made a great punching bag so to speak and made Bruce look all the more better, but he wasn't much of an opponent skillwise because he was no challenge to Bruce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted November 17, 2007 Author Member Share Posted November 17, 2007 Dragon I respect your opinion and the fights Bruce has with Wall in Way and ETD were great but I think this was because Wall made a great punching bag so to speak and made Bruce look all the more better, but he wasn't much of an opponent skillwise because he was no challenge to Bruce. I totally agree with you! That's exactly what me and people I've spoken to all said. When you recall his fights you remember, "Did you see how bad Bruce whooped his ass!", never, "Did you see the moves that guy did!". He was enjoyable to watch when he was beaten, Enter the Dragon and in Game of Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted November 18, 2007 Share Posted November 18, 2007 I think I understand what you mean Sifu, it was more believable to see Bruce take some punishment as well in his fights because it made him all the more human instead of an invincible superman that couldn't be hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfood Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 IMO, his best completed film was probably Fist of Fury, but it wouldn't have been any good without Bruce Lee. His presence and skills made it what it was. My personal favorite to watch was Way of the Dragon. I thought the fight scenes, and Lee's skills overall, looked the sharpest here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted November 23, 2007 Author Member Share Posted November 23, 2007 My personal favorite to watch was Way of the Dragon. I can't believe that Way of the Dragon is in last place in the polls! It's my second favorite, followed by Enter the Dragon and Big Boss. I loved the fact that it had my favorite comedic scenes from Bruce Lee, it was so funny to see him like a fish out of water. I mean come on, I die everytime I see it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted November 23, 2007 Member Share Posted November 23, 2007 I totally agree with you! That's exactly what me and people I've spoken to all said. When you recall his fights you remember, "Did you see how bad Bruce whooped his ass!", never, "Did you see the moves that guy did!". He was enjoyable to watch when he was beaten, Enter the Dragon and in Game of Death Well if that's the case, Sifu, how about his fights with Dan Inosanto and Jie Han Jae in GOD? Those fights showed Lee adapting to the opponent very well and in one he verbally tells the opponent/audience why he's going to succeed in battle and in the other, he physically expresses the same. "...Rehearsed routines lack the flexability to adapt..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted November 23, 2007 Author Member Share Posted November 23, 2007 Well if that's the case, Sifu, how about his fights with Dan Inosanto and Jie Han Jae in GOD? Those fights showed Lee adapting to the opponent very well and in one he verbally tells the opponent/audience why he's going to succeed in battle and in the other, he physically expresses the same. "...Rehearsed routines lack the flexability to adapt..." What're you talking about! I know that fact about Lee, I was talking solely about Bob Wall, I meant that all they used him for was to get his butt beat in the movies. I'd never question Lee's ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Yeah most of Bruce's screen opponents were nowhere near his level, I guess Chuck and Kareem seemed to give him the most trouble on screen. There's no questioning Lee's abilities for sure, he was way ahead of his time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfood Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Too bad Lee never had a screen fight with Yasuaki Kurata; with Kurata's speed and skills, it would have been a good one. They did know each other, though, and probably would've eventually worked together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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