[internetworkers] first time car buyer here--help
Cristobal Palmer
cristobalpalmer at gmail.com
Mon Aug 28 16:24:09 EDT 2006
If you want good sword-(and spear, and...)-fighting look to Yimou
Zhang, the director of both House of Flying Daggers and Hero:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955443/
For a strange and compelling amalgamation of Kung Fu, Gangster,
Western, and Chuck Jones-ish animation, look to Kung Fu Hustle:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/
-CMP
On 8/28/06, B Holroyd <beeholroyd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Cool! I haven't seen that -- I'll keep it in mind.... The highly choreographed swordfights in "Princess Bride" began my fascination with the genre.... Other good swordfights come to mind, but I can't remember sources.... "The Man in the Iron Mask," maybe? "The Fifth Musketeer"? Both recent Zoro flicks provided good action.... ~B
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> On 8/28/06, dave.m.parker at gsk.com <dave.m.parker at gsk.com> wrote:
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> > Straying farther and farther from the original topic...
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> > I haven't seen it, but I heard that "Rob Roy" has the best swordfighting scene ever.
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> > Dave Parker
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> > Subject Re: [internetworkers] first time car buyer here--help
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> > I recently discovered a guy flick quite by accident.... Being rather
> > fond of swashbucklers, I bought the "Master and Commander, The Far
> > Side of the World" CD on special.... I wasn't too fond of it, as it is
> > bloody and full of fights and other gross stuff and you only see a
> > total of, like, four women (for, like, 10 seconds as they are paraded
> > past the ship with other wares for sale). The battle scenes were
> > horrifying, the sword fights were vicious. My husband was mesmerized.
> > I think it may even beat out "The 13th Warrior" for having the least
> > appeal to a female mindset... Russell Crowe is no Antonio Banderas! As
> > for the car flicks -- I kind of liked Vanishing Point, way back when
> > it first came out, but not enough to watch it a second time, FWIW....
> > ~B
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> > On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I couldn't wait. I watched the video on-line. Wow!
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> > > On 8/28/06, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > That one sounds like a winner.
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> > > > (for the record I'll take Vanishing Point over Bullitt. But it's a close
> > > call. A very close call.)
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> > > > On 8/28/06, ron thigpen <ron at fuzzsonic.com> wrote:
> > > > > my pick:
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> > > > > C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch
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> > > > > It's all of eight minutes long. One shot, live to film. A high speed
> > > > > run thru pre-dawn Paris captured by an early gyro-stabilized camera
> > > > > mounted low on the front bumper.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.rendezvousdvd.com/
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> > > > > Interesting, but some spoilers:
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> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous
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> > > > > You can see it on the net, but I highly recommend holding off to view it
> > > > > from DVD. Good stuff.
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> > > > > --rt
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Cristobal M. Palmer
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