On why ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR worked in every way that TRANSFORMERS didn't.

[xiphias]

Ong-Bak was a 2003 film that I'd intended to see in the theaters, but never got around to. It was on sale for pretty cheap, so I picked it up, and I'm glad I did

Comments

[browngirl]

Hey, I still like CGI. But that's beside my point. Writing fanfic has taught me a lot about story construction and how to appreciate it in the stories I read, hear, and watch.

I need actions to have consequences -- if you're going to have a car chase through a city with cars flipping all over the place, I want the ramifications to be clear-- I don't want to see three buses blow up, and then be expected to be happy because the one minivan in which we can see the face of a little kid and a puppy DOESN'T fall off the cliff, although forty other cars just like it did.

Me too, and I think about that when I write, and when I watch.

[maggiebloome]

Knees, elbows, boards, tables, chairs... what are we missing? Oh yes, pelvis. Somebody else on my friends list did a screencap recap of that movie last year. I came out of it with two icons that say "crotch-fu!"

[micheinnz]

"Within the bounds of physics but _only just_" is the reason why a lot of "wire-fu" martial arts movies annoy me. Show me what people CAN do, not what they WOULD do if they weighed four kilos and had hollow bones.

[xiphias]

Well, extreme wire-fu can be fun. I liked CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, for instance. If you're using wire-fu to do things that are far, far beyond what is humanly possible, then what you are watching is actors who are also athletes doing impressive stunts, with mechanical help -- but it's STILL an athletic and artistic endeavor.

But, if you're using wire-fu to do things that are "OUTSIDE the bounds for physics, but only just," yeah. What's the point? Scale back the stunts just a little. You're working with actors and stuntpeople who ARE impressive athletes -- we're going to be impressed.

[dancing_kiralee]

I'm not actually impressed with movie athletics

[marquisedea]

omg me and josh love both these movies, i will have to show him what you've written!! ^_^