Member Drunken Monk Posted January 6, 2010 Member Share Posted January 6, 2010 Embedded... 2seO1R3PL34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted January 12, 2010 Member Share Posted January 12, 2010 More HQ stills here: http://slide.ent.sina.com.cn/slide_4_163_3598.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted January 12, 2010 Member Share Posted January 12, 2010 cant wait this movie to be released! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Maz Posted January 13, 2010 Member Share Posted January 13, 2010 http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/p/2010-01-13/23182843287.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi-Long Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The hair and beard aren't very convincing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted January 14, 2010 Member Share Posted January 14, 2010 Is that the first shot of Gordon Liu in the last still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted January 25, 2010 Member Share Posted January 25, 2010 With True Legend's release date drawing nearer, more and more videos and stills from the film are surfacing. The gala premiere will be held in Beijing on January 31, possibly attended by some Hollywood personages. In addition, True Legend, as well as Little Big Soldier, will get a special screening at 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February. The opening 10-minute battle scene, taking 21 days to shoot and involving 1000 extras and stuntmen, takes place in a huge cavernous stockade in a mountain. The stockade, covering 5km², built at a cost of 10m yuan in 3 months, is billed as the biggest indoor set in Asia. Cameras attached to mini-choppers were employed for for aerial shots. The scene sees Manchu soldiers led by Zhao Wen Zhuo, Andy On and Guo Xuo Dong battling Cung Le and his henchmen, using over 200 different types of weapons, which are further enhanced and multiplied with special effects in post-production. When this scene was being filmed, director Oliver Stone, a friend of director Yuen Wo Ping, paid a visit to the set and interacted with various cast members, including Zhao Wen Zhuo, whom he found to be familiar. The finale is set in Thousand-Snake Cavern that is filled with poisonous critters. As the shot was not well captured due to difficulties of shooting and handling the wirework inside the narrow well, another set of the well was built in Hong Kong after filming wrapped up and Andy On and Zhao Wen Zhuo were recalled for a rematch. When choreographing the martial arts sequences, Yuen Wo Ping approaches Drunken Fist from a new angle. Apart from more modern elements, Yuen Wo Ping is discarding all fixed forms as well as the various fanciful names accompanying each of moves. The action here will be more realistic, Beggar Su will fight based on instincts, delivering whatever blows that come to his mind, following his heart completely, how to hit, how to block, how to stand up and give the enemy a back thrust, all acting according to circumstances, no posing whatsoever. Yuen Wo Ping speaks very highly of Zhao Wen, "His performance was excellent, for he has very good foundation in wushu. I told him to learn Drunken Fist, there were a couple of very demanding moves, he could perform it in front of the camera with ease after training for one month. I'm making the action more contemporary, using wushu and more modern elements like street-dancing to execute Drunken Fist. "Apart from immense explosive energy, Zhao Wen Zhuo is very strong and has high level of endurance. The training duration was long, and there were many outtakes, but he could still take it. There were outtakes not because of Zhao Wen Zhuo, but his opponent, Andy On's action sense was a little weaker, resulting in outtakes as I was a little more demanding." Still, Yuen Wo Ping says that Andy On is a very mindful and hardworking actor who could have performed better had his leg not been injured before shooting, and he was given a month of rest, his fist and kick were very powerful. Yuen Wo Ping also says that it was Jay Chou who designed his own [outlandish] costumes for the film. On the lack of talent in the action film industry, Yuen Wo Ping regrets that there aren't any new martial arts directors, in particular, to take over the mantle, "No one is learning this in Hong Kong anymore, they feel that it is too tough, better focus on academic studies, don't learn other things, you can't earn a living with kungfu, and it's so arduous. The hope of the future lies in Mainland, for there are many talented wushu practitioners in Mainland, and their choreographies are very creative, have to recruit them, train them in creativity. For example, Wu Jing, when I brought him into this industry, I purposely trained in a certain way, he said this was not good, so I changed, more or less like that. That was how Wu Jing, Donnie Yen were taught. "In Mainland, I would get people to train them. When filming, every script is different, every action, situation is different, that is not something that can be imparted, it depends of your wisdom and creativity, I trained them to work on the set, I roughly relate the meanings to them, what kind of kungfu style, and let them get a hold of the feeling, this is how they were trained. "There are a lot more talented individuals in Mainland than Hong Kong, so have to teach them some common knowledge on filmmaking, but for creativity, and groundwork, they have to be with you on the set. Give them chances, you do it, I watch, it's like a test, if you don't pass, get someone else. So, it's better to look for successors in Mainland; in Hong Kong, no one is learning this, without wushu background, it's very hard to train them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted January 26, 2010 Member Share Posted January 26, 2010 cant fuckin wait!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member rdenn Posted January 26, 2010 Member Share Posted January 26, 2010 basically yuen woo ping is saying hk is finished, besides that good to see a film with this kind of budget has drunken fist in it. Amen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SimonMW Posted January 27, 2010 Member Share Posted January 27, 2010 Looks like this will be a Taiji Master for a new age (albeit using drunken fist instead). I think the one thing HK has lost is its innocent bonkersness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CrazyFrog Posted February 3, 2010 Member Share Posted February 3, 2010 Well, I'm totally excited for this too. Beardy, Gordo, Michelle, Woo Ping, Zhao Wen Zhuo, Cung Le- even if it's awful (and I'm thinking not), I'll still get it. My only real fear is that it becomes too ponderous to watch more than once or twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted February 3, 2010 Member Share Posted February 3, 2010 What is a beardy? What is a gordo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted February 4, 2010 Member Share Posted February 4, 2010 I did ask about beardy, read above.... Gordo would be gordon Lui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Knetan Posted February 10, 2010 Member Share Posted February 10, 2010 hey, for those interested, the team at Podcast On Fire just put up a podcast previewing True Legend and as a special guest later in the show we landed the legend that is Mike Leeder. Enjoy! http://podcastonfire.com/2010/02/podcast-on-fire-68-true-legend-special/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted February 10, 2010 Member Share Posted February 10, 2010 im so happy! This title looks sweet!! Good to see Zhao get a strong movie role with such a strong cast...and freakn Master Killa and Beardy!This is gonna be a good year for kung fu! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted March 2, 2010 Member Share Posted March 2, 2010 I work in Chinatown in NY and I went to the DVD store under the Manhattan Bridge and they had "True Legend" region 6 with English subtitles. Even though I have an all region player I really didn't want to pick it up just yet. The lady said the Chinese subtitles play on top of the English ones together. Hopefully the English subtitles one will come out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Pai Mei Posted March 16, 2010 Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 Thought I'd mention that LoveHKFilm.com has a review up for True Legend. They say that there is a drastic change in tone in the third act which ruins the movie. It also mentions that the 3D effects which are used in portions of the film are "ultimately not that impressive, simply creating distance between the background and overly flat human figures in the foreground. For True Legend, regular 2D is the way to go." But who cares... I'll still watch it at the theater and buy it on DVD, even if it is two years from now. Personally, I can't wait to see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BaronK Posted March 16, 2010 Member Share Posted March 16, 2010 Saw it... Glad I don't get hopes up anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Charuto Posted March 17, 2010 Member Share Posted March 17, 2010 That's disappointing. I was looking forward to this the most out of the Bodyguards & Assassins, 14 Blades, True Legend late-2009/early-2010 HK trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member QueMuchita Posted March 29, 2010 Member Share Posted March 29, 2010 Whats the deal with this movie? Has it been released yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kingofkungfu2002 Posted April 9, 2010 Member Share Posted April 9, 2010 UK distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired True Legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted April 9, 2010 Member Share Posted April 9, 2010 hope it's a better package than Bangkok Adrenaline was...a dull behind the scenes and shoddy looking non anamorphic trailer for Blu ray action films like T2, Rambo etc PQ & AQ for the film was good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member crazedjustice888 Posted April 9, 2010 Member Share Posted April 9, 2010 Quick question...does Gordon Liu even fight in this movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kingofkungfu2002 Posted April 12, 2010 Member Share Posted April 12, 2010 The HK dvd is listed for April 29th...But no English subs http://www.yesasia.com/global/true-legend-2010-dvd-hong-kong-version/1022488337-0-0-0-en/info.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fiol Posted April 12, 2010 Member Share Posted April 12, 2010 The HK dvd is listed for April 29th...But no English subs http://www.yesasia.com/global/true-legend-2010-dvd-hong-kong-version/1022488337-0-0-0-en/info.html lol no eng subs? ok i will buy the mainland rls (i think it won't have eng subs as well, but at least it will be cheaper) as soon as it gets released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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