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John Woo & The Writer Of CROUCHING TIGER Take Us To 1949!!

second by JeanLuc Dickhard	May 20th, 2008 10:24:27 AM
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Hey John, dummy, make another action flick by picardsucks	May 20th, 2008 10:27:27 AM
with Chow Yun Fat in Hong Kong becuase your Hollywood ones were watered down poo. No one wants to see your bloated period pieces.
Whatever by Blade_Runner	May 20th, 2008 10:27:57 AM
zzzzz...
was i the only geek by Gatsbys West Egg Omlet	May 20th, 2008 10:32:01 AM
that didn't like crouching tiger? now, admittedly, it had the most bad ass sappy romantic line i've ever heard ("i would rather roam this world as a ghost than enter Heaven without you," or some such) but other than that it was just a bunch of people being drug around by wires. i'd rather watch Fist of Legend or any early Jackie Chan. or maybe even Ninja Warrior on G4.
17th and this will suck by Mr. Mcpoops	May 20th, 2008 10:32:29 AM
Woo is Poo
Is this the... by matalo	May 20th, 2008 10:37:14 AM
8th sequel to Spielberg's CLASSIC 1941?
I thought the Chinese Civil War wasn't over, technically speakin by SpencerTrilby	May 20th, 2008 10:42:44 AM
Any scholar can confirm?
based on true events by ArcadianDS	May 20th, 2008 10:44:19 AM
as the government of China deems appropriate to share with its people.
If this is anything like Windtalkers.. by Itto Ogami loses Daigoro	May 20th, 2008 10:44:50 AM
it will be crap
Woo is a great director by Live.	May 20th, 2008 11:33:20 AM
It's just the material he is choosing to work with now that is lacking.
DAMN YOU, George Lucas! by Motoko Kusanagi	May 20th, 2008 11:52:06 AM
Damn you to hell!
Damn You George Lucas by DamnMichaelBay	May 20th, 2008 12:15:50 PM
Damn You George Lucas
Am I the only one who thinks John Woo is overrated? by crazybubba	May 20th, 2008 12:42:21 PM

Please leave a post if you know the answer to this by crazybubba	May 20th, 2008 12:49:29 PM
I saw a kungfu movie on kungfu theatre in L.A. It was about a drunken kungfu fighter, but it was NOT Jackie Chan. He had to fight some guys with iron legs and iron fists and some other guys with like fire fists and when he punched you it left a burn imprint of his hand on you and another guy had fire feet that left a burn mark of his foot on you. If anyone knows the title of this flick please let me know. Its been like 25yrs since I've seen it and wanna watch it again. Thanks dorks.
THOSE POOR TREES! by Prof_Ender	May 20th, 2008 12:52:34 PM
Is there no end to these vile acts of hatred on Chinese soil!?!?!?!
SpencerTrilby RE: Chnese Civil War by Jamesonite	May 20th, 2008 01:15:22 PM
Depends who you ask. Most in Taiwan would argue the current government of China is still illegitimate. But with most of the world formally recognizing China in the 1970's one could easily argue that the definitive end of the Chinese Civil war was 1949, as Mao's forces had easily taken total control of mainland China.
I thought Lust, Caution and Crouching Tiger were by CrichtonAstronut	May 20th, 2008 01:33:00 PM
pretty brilliant on a story level. Woo's good with action. Ang Lee should be involved in this, but its good to see Woo doing something ike this. Sounds like a good subject matter.
no DRAGONBALL news?! c'mon! John Woo directed that too!! by Mike_D	May 20th, 2008 03:06:26 PM
PFFT!
Production has been held up by a pigeon strike. by kevred	May 20th, 2008 03:19:03 PM
The doves say they will return to work if their breadcrumb portions are upped by 20%, and they are not asked to suddenly flutter upward in groups more than ten times per day. Producers are optimistic that production can resume soon.
john woo is not overrated by cloudrider`	May 20th, 2008 03:30:23 PM
when he's good, he's the best there is. his gunplay mayhems is, personally, the best action sequences ever put on celluloid. some might favor hollywood pyrotechnics, wire-fu, sfx, cars chases, etc. but for me, nothing can match the sheer thrill of watching a well choreographed gunplay. and woo is the best at what he does. there's a reason tarantino & scorsese are a fan. face/off, hardboiled, the killer - these are the works of a genuine artist.
Boo Hoo Woo : Mission Impossible II by EbertsFatThumb	May 20th, 2008 03:40:06 PM
A midget named Cruise dodging bullets in slow motion? Enough said. Next!
Yea but... by crazybubba	May 20th, 2008 03:54:14 PM
I still think woo is over-rated. Mission Impossible II is so dull I can't watch it and I thought Face Off sucked. I haven't seen Hard Boiled or The Killers. I love Tarintino, but I don't assume that the movies he likes are gonna be good, because I've tried watching some the movies he likes I their unwatchable like that Sonny Chiba stuff. I don't get Chiba I prefer anything they do in Hong Kong.
What's the deal with the video? by I Hope You Die	May 20th, 2008 04:00:04 PM
The movie is going to be a Kuomintang propaganda piece? That, uh, doesn't seem likely.
Whoever thinks that Woo is overrated. by Stalkeye	May 20th, 2008 04:13:48 PM
..obviously haven't seen the killer, a better tommorow and especially hard boiled.This guy set the precedent for action crime dramas in asia.Sure MI2 was somewhat disapointing, but hard target and face off are fucking classics.Haters; Move along, Move along..
MI2 bought it for me when Dougray's character by CrichtonAstronut	May 20th, 2008 04:35:13 PM
started rattling on about Stock options. I kept hearing that commercial in my head "When we made smarter kind of investment, we also created a smartwer kind of investor." On the other hand it did make me laugh. Other than Woo's cool to me.
investment firm by CrichtonAstronut	May 20th, 2008 04:36:27 PM

Wanna see the Sock Puppet version of this. by TomBodet	May 20th, 2008 09:44:48 PM
C'mon you know you wanna, too.
If there are slow motion sequences with white doves by Nerdgasm	May 20th, 2008 10:12:33 PM
I am so not there. On second thought, even if there is no slow motion and white doves, I am so not there. John Woo IS overrated, and that's a fact.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PUT GONG LI IN THIS MOVIE by MrSentinel	May 21st, 2008 10:05:25 AM
Quite possibly the most beautiful woman on the planet...
I'm reminscing by MRJONZ72	May 21st, 2008 02:07:17 PM
back in the day when I would pay an average of 80 bucks to get copies of his VHS movies in the early 90's....I thought these were some of the greats action movies I ever seen, especially with thier themes..then he came over here and did Hard Target which I enjoyed for its his actions scenes.. I still enjoy the movie. I still think that movie could had been even better without studio and star interference (but it was his first US movie)...I didnt care that much for Broken Arrow. I loved Face Off (saw it 3 times in the theater)---after that though BLAH!! He kinda died to me, lol..At least I got HT, FO and all of his Hong Kong films to remember him by.
awesome, I love the Woo... by The Amazing G	May 21st, 2008 08:53:05 PM

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