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- From: nahilgendorf@honors.uoregon.edu (Nathan Hilgendorf)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: THE MASTER
- Message-ID: <nahilgendorf.18@honors.uoregon.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 22:12:12 GMT
- Article-I.D.: honors.nahilgendorf.18
- References: <farant.27j8@terapin.com> <1992Nov16.151033.23375@bcrka451.bnr.ca> <axolotl.722221091@syzygy> <1992Nov20.223843.5591@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.223843.5591@oracle.us.oracle.com> glo@dvlseq.us.oracle.com (George Lo) writes:
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- >In article <axolotl.722221091@syzygy> axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au writes:
- >>fwong@bnr.ca (Frank Wong) writes:
- >> >It's not too bad. Story is basically ; Jet Li comes to U.S. to visit
- >> >his Sifu, has to battle bad white guy who has beat up Sifu and destroyed
- >> >his herb shop (Bo Chi Lam). The fight scenes are o.k. , but there is
- >> >no comparison to Once Upon A Time In China : Wong Fei Hong 1 & 2.
- >>
- >>I don't think many westerners will get to see Once Upon A Time in China 1 & 2,
- >>since they are deliberately not subtitled. (If I directed a film with 19th
- >>century white kung fu experts called "Tiger" who spoke perfect Cantonese,
- >>I'd make sure it wasn't subtitled. :-)
- >>
- >>Jet Li was the one using the umbrella, right? Impressive, to say the least.
- >>What styles is he best known for?
- >>
- >If you get the real copy, (not pirate copies from LD), it is subtitled.
- >Yes, Jet Li used an umbrella in part 1, really good fighting scenes,
- >you won't be interested in US martial art movies after seeing this
- >quality one.
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- Minor quibble: Jet Li actually used an umbrella in Part II, as well.
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