Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-24 Thread Divya
Painted Skin: The Resurrection has very nice cinematography and art design. The special effects are nicely done as well - not jarring, which was sometimes the case with Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. As a bonus, all the leads are very good looking, which is actually a plot point. I saw both

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 22 December 2012 23:43, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, he's an amazing martial artist, isn't he. Trivia: Sammo Hung, who plays a Hung Gar master in the Ip Man sequel is a Wing Chun expert in real life. Speaking of Ip Man, there's another biopic about him due out in 2013,

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Divya Sampath
  From: Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: I watched another Donnie Yen movie recently, the animation-adaptation flick Dragon Tiger Gate. It's high on martial arts but low on storyline (too many plots for a 2 hour movie).  Ip Man is going on my to watch list.  Not a martial arts

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Ashwin Nanjappa
[Related] Is there a good reviewer/blog/website you folks use to follow releases of Chinese, Korean and Japanese movies in one place? Thanks,~ash Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:23:18 -0800 From: divyasamp...@yahoo.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Divya Sampath
From: Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@outlook.com wrote: [Related] Is there a good reviewer/blog/website you folks use to follow releases of Chinese, Korean and Japanese movies in one place? I don't read any particular film review website/blog regularly, but you could try

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Shoba Narayan
Message: 1 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:37:49 +0530 From: Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com I second the endorsement of Wu Xia. Terrific martial artistry courtesy Donnie Yen, and excellent performance by Kaneshiro Takeshi as the persistent cop. On that note, good Asian action (including

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Anything tsui hark is going to be a visual spectacle if nothing else. Park your brain at home though. Chinese movies tend to have a comedy track which leaves senthil / goundamani far far behind in the crudity and slapstick department. --srs (iPad) On 24-Dec-2012, at 11:20, Shoba Narayan

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-22 Thread Divya
I second the endorsement of Wu Xia. Terrific martial artistry courtesy Donnie Yen, and excellent performance by Kaneshiro Takeshi as the persistent cop. On that note, good Asian action (including martial arts) flicks I saw in 2012: - The Bullet Vanishes, with Nic Tse and Lau Ching-wan.

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-22 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Divya divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: I second the endorsement of Wu Xia. Terrific martial artistry courtesy Donnie Yen, and excellent performance by Kaneshiro Takeshi as the persistent cop. On the subject of Donnie Yen, I was fascinated with Ip Man (not so much

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-22 Thread Divya
Yes, he's an amazing martial artist, isn't he. Trivia: Sammo Hung, who plays a Hung Gar master in the Ip Man sequel is a Wing Chun expert in real life. Speaking of Ip Man, there's another biopic about him due out in 2013, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai and directed by Wong Kar Wai. Cheers Divya

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-12-21 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 1 October 2012 13:42, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: To that list of movies, add The Banquet a

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-10-01 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: To that list of movies, add The Banquet a stylishly mounted Chinese adaptation of Hamlet. Is this the same movie

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-29 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
To that list of movies, add The Banquet a stylishly mounted Chinese adaptation of Hamlet. Venky On Sep 29, 2012 7:16 AM, xxxrum xxx...@yahoo.com wrote: Shop is called habitat..national market Is a better option... Sent from Samsung Mobile Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-29 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: To that list of movies, add The Banquet a stylishly mounted Chinese adaptation of Hamlet. Is this the same movie which is also The Legend of the Black Scorpion ? -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay

[silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread Shoba Narayan
Does anyone know where to get Chinese martial arts movies in Bangalore? Specifically, the House of Flying Daggers, Reign of Assassins, Curse of the Golden Flower, and Sliver Hawk? Many thanks.

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
flipkart.com if nowhere else --srs (iPad) On 28-Sep-2012, at 20:10, Shoba Narayan sh...@shobanarayan.com wrote: Does anyone know where to get Chinese martial arts movies in Bangalore? Specifically, the House of Flying Daggers, Reign of Assassins, Curse of the Golden Flower, and Sliver

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 28-Sep-12 8:10 PM, Shoba Narayan wrote: Does anyone know where to get Chinese martial arts movies in Bangalore? Specifically, the House of Flying Daggers, Reign of Assassins, Curse of the Golden Flower, and Sliver Hawk? Many thanks. There's this video shop on Church street, next to

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: There's this video shop on Church street, next to Glenands - the name escapes me for now. Worth trying there. Habitat. Personally, I'm a fan of National Market though. And Parsons Manare, and even Burma Bazaar when in

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

2012-09-28 Thread xxxrum
Shop is called habitat..national market Is a better option... Sent from Samsung MobileUdhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:On 28-Sep-12 8:10 PM, Shoba Narayan wrote: Does anyone know where to get Chinese martial arts movies in Bangalore? Specifically, the House of Flying Daggers, Reign of