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06-03-2006, 12:12 PM
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Jet Li's Fearless
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Originally Posted by Yahoo! Movies
Inspired by the story of a real-life icon, an action-drama set during the late 19th century when China is shrouded under increasing internal turmoil and the imminent threat of foreign invasion. The biopic is based on the life of Chinese Martial Arts Legend, Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910)--the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation--who became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced incredible personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, forever defining himself at a pivotal tournament for the honor of his country and the true spirit of martial arts.
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I just caught a trailer for this on Yahoo! Movies. Towards the end it says, "Jet Li, in his final martial arts epic." Does anyone know the true meaning of this? I'm taking it as no more films like "Hero", "Once Upon a Time In China", etc. But, that doesn't mean he's retiring from doing martial arts in his movies, does it?
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06-03-2006, 02:00 PM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
I caught this trailer in front of X3. Looks intriguing.
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06-03-2006, 02:53 PM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
I recall reading that Li was retiring from martial arts, but not acting. He wanted to focus on becoming a better actor. It will be interesting to see if this actually becomes a reality.
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06-03-2006, 03:49 PM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
He's retiring only from wushu films, so he's still doing 'traditional' action pics, as evidenced by his next film with fellow action star Jason Stratham
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During an interview with Chinese newspaper Nanfang Daily, Jet Li said he would no longer making any more wushu movie because, what he wanted to say about wushu through movies had all been said. There was nothing more to say about wushu, in another word, he could no longer show wushu on a higher level. But, he would continue doing action movies and kung fu movies. His words were misinterpreted by the media. He said action, kung fu and wushu were three different concepts.
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Perhaps a more expert source can tell us how kung fu and wushu differ. I'm guessing films featuring hand to hand combat like the "Once Upon a Time" series, "Fearless" and "The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk" are categorized as wushu, while kung fu films fall more into swordsplay like "Hero" and "Swordsman II"?
later Pooh...
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06-03-2006, 05:33 PM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
i wonder, during a trailer that i saw last night with District B13, I noticed there was some dialogue in english, so are the bastards at universal/rouge pictures going to dub this into english instead of leaving it the way it was subtitled.
Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you
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06-04-2006, 10:04 PM
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Re: Jet Li's Fearless
Wushu directly means martial arts. As a general term, kung fu does not mean martial arts, but more akin to "work" or "skill." However, I have not heard of this distinction in movies before. I can only assume that Li's use of "wushu" means a smaller subcategory, just as "action" is a huge umbrella that includes everything from Li's period films to MI:3. FWIW, the distinction that I have often heard is made between "wuxia" and "wuda" films.
From what I recall, Fearless has a few lines in English and Japanese, in addition to Chinese. I have not seen this trailer, so I don't know if the movie is dubbed.
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06-06-2006, 02:22 PM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
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Originally Posted by Ryan L. Bisasky
i wonder, during a trailer that i saw last night with District B13, I noticed there was some dialogue in english, so are the bastards at universal/rouge pictures going to dub this into english instead of leaving it the way it was subtitled.
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Ryan: I saw this on DVD, and IIRC, those scenes from the trailer are merely discussions among European businessmen and a Japanese man about holding a tournament in which they can bet money. The rest of the movie is subtitled (at least on DVD.) |
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06-07-2006, 12:36 AM
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Re: Jet Li's [B]Fearless[/B]
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Ryan: I saw this on DVD, and IIRC, those scenes from the trailer are merely discussions among European businessmen and a Japanese man about holding a tournament in which they can bet money. The rest of the movie is subtitled (at least on DVD.)
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i didn't know there was even a version of this movie that was subtitled... link?
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06-08-2006, 12:06 PM
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Re: Jet Li's Fearless
Ryan: The only version I can find with English subtitles are the DVDs currently on Ebay. They look like the copy I rented from my local video store, and the specs match up (DTS, subtitles.)
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