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David Mamet's new flick, REDBELT, about American Jiu-Jitsu fighters!?!?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Now this sounds cool as hell...
David Mamet has a project with Sony Pictures Classics called REDBELT, which is being tauted as an American samurai flick set in an underworld filled to the brim with cage-fighters, bouncers, cops and special forces operatives.
The flick stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (Whedon geeks know him from the space show, Cuaron geeks know him from CHILDREN OF MEN and tranny geeks know him from KINKY BOOTS) as a Jiu-Jitsu badass who runs a self-defense studio. Somehow movie stars and fight promoters fuck him over and he has to kick some ass to regain his honor.
Doesn't that sound fucking sweet? It's a David Mamet movie!
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I luv Mamet. Haven't seen any of his films though. Just like his name.
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Mamet is hit and miss but.....maybe.
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*groan* I thought I had time to register a new account and still make it as the first poster
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Chiwetel Ejiofor need to learn some spelling...
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Yeah!
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plot almost sounds a little cheesy... but i am totally there for the dialog. And chiwetel ejiofor, loved him in children of men and serenity. he will deliver Mamet's lines amazingly.
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Now that would be sweet. Or Randy Couture beating the shit out of every Brazilian redbelt thrown at him.
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....I'M IN. "I used to be a saleman...it's a tough racket. CLOSE OR WALK YOU FUCKERS. A guy doesn't walk onto a lot unless he's willing to buy"
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Sounds very very cool, i'll keep my eye on this one.Big up to chiwetel ejifor !
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DAMN YOU JIU-JITSU CREATOR!!!
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I'm one of those martial arts movie purists who doesn't like wire-work flicks. I've studied a number of martial arts over the years. Jiu-jitsu is probably the best, most comprehensive of the arts, but the least flashy. There's no way they can make a cool movie using real jiu-jitsu. That's why Steven Segall went from realistic fight scenes in his first few movies to over the top schlock, he needed more flashiness for his fat ass.
Best book on jiu-jitsu/jujutsu: http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Jujutsu-Principles-Jonathan-Maberry/dp/1932045066/ref=sr_1_1/102-8412232-7805764?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176469503&sr=8-1 -
And Chitwel is amazing in it. The guys the real deal. Its starting that anything he is in will now be good! Now thats acting!
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"...sheep count HIM."
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...with the jujitsu stuff, but hey, so is "Joan of Bark, The Dog That Saved France"
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A friend of mine attended an acting class Mamet taught through the Atlantic Theater courses in LA and said Mamet was wearing a t shirt with an MMA logo on it. Plus this will be about guys doing guy things which has clearly always fascinated him. "Third prize is you're fired."
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Samurais vs Tanks and Cobra choppers!!! Sweet B-Movie goodness.
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No one writes like Mammet, love his whole ethos, including his approach to actors (Pretentious Stanislavskians beware). This is going to be good.
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He has done genius work, but a lot of his stuff is just flat. But at least he always has the potential to hit one out of the park even if he strikes out instead.
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...but with Mamet at the helm, I'm sure the script will be tight, with lines like "Do you wanna gossip or do you wanna shoot somebody", "Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money", and "What could have been conducted in collegial atmosphere is now fucked into cocked hat."
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i have to say, this sounds interesting. BJJ is an awesome martial art, which totally conditions your entire body... but how that will transfer into an ACTION movie, i have no idea. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu doesn't employ any punches, or kicks... so it'll be interesting to see them make an intense movie out of it.
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1. Aikido is teh gay, and can only be used against willing students who have been brainwashed by their instructor.
2. darth, you don't think flying armbars/triangles or some sick choreographed transitional rolling would translate well to the screen?
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(killer bear stalks old dude) into good movies, and c'mon, he wrote Ronin and Spartan! He can handle an action movie. I'm in.
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Spartan is criminally underrated. No one writes bad ass machismo better. This sounds cooler than The Fonz in a freezer.
"Don't you teach 'em knife fighting. Teach 'em to kill. That way, they meet some sonofabitch who studied knife fighting, they send his soul to hell." -
This sounds so lame. I hate martial art movies that don't stay true to the art. I love the last Samurai but Tom Cruise is no swordsman. just because he was taught to use one for the movie does not mean he knows the essence of what he holds in his hand and you can see it in the film. I am sure in this movie i will see the same thing.
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I don't know if I'm missing the point or something. I really liked Spartan and I've never seen House of Games. I've enjoyed Heist, but for most of Heist and Spanish Prisoner, the dialogue really got on my nerves. It just takes me out of the experience. Its kind of distracting and feels too much like a play. Maybe somebody can shine some light, so I can watch his movies with new eyes and ears.
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Look it up, tough guy. Segal uses Aiki-jutsu, which is an offshoot of Jiu-jitsu, not Aikido. Just because the names sound the same doesn't mean they're the same thing. BTW, the link I gave was to a Jujutsu book written by my teacher, one of the few Americans authorized to teach by the Japanese council. We know quite a bit about the history of the art, so "shut you [sic] uneducated mouth". And hammerofthegods, Aikido is a sporting martial art, like Judo, and while Aikido is an incomplete art, it is still useful, as it is also based on jiu-jitsu. Finally, Darth Sars is correct; Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu is a form of Jiu-jitsu that concentrates on floorwork as opposed to strikes and kicks, but it's still pretty darn effective for what it teaches. P.S. Spartan rocked, Kilmer was awesome in it.
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I paid £2.99 for this DVD in the supermarket.
The first ten minutes didn't seem very good but then two hours later i had to watch the whole damn thing over again. And the second time around i was WHISKEY drunk. (bushmills) This film has it's flaws but it has as much heart as any old spaghetti western and so little dialogue that sometimes you can forget it's a talkie. I won't even say why i loved the ending. alright, one word. Rhythm. to anyone who hasn't seen it yet- enjoy!
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