Bruce is what got me into martial arts, and Im a nunchaku practitioner because of him as well.
When I went from rubber to plastic, my funny bones stopped being fans of mine, but now, I can swing those fuckers like nobody's business, even wood or metal ones. Haven't touched a pair in a while, but every time I pick one up, it all comes right back :icon_chee
I just read a few paragraphs, that is some quality work for sure, man.
The second part would probably be more interesting since it's an actual analysis of a Bruce Lee movie, not just theory like the first part.
Enter the Dragon is silly and ridulous compared to most of the other Bruce
Lee films (other than Game of Death -which is over the top too)
1) What qualifies as "silly," "ridiculous," and "over the top" to you?
2) How is
Enter the Dragon "silly and ridiculous?"
3) Which version of
The Game of Death are you talking about?
Alot of people feel this way if they are honest
Or people honestly enjoy them and do not find them "silly," "ridiculous," or "over the top."
just because his movies are influential -doesn't mean they are very good.
It's true that influence and quality are not the same thing, but Bruce Lee movies make for poor evidence here.
The man. It pisses me off to no end that he wasn't around to see the MMA boom. Would have loved to hear his insights on it and its development.
Would've been cool to see him side-by-side with Helio at UFC 1.
Not to mention all the great movies we missed out on.
This kills me more than words could ever express.
It's not that I don't like the film -it's just not as interesting as more realistic martial arts films to me.
Seeing how Bruce Lee and realism are synonymous in discussions of martial arts cinema, you're really going to have to clarify your conception of realism.
It's kind of funny, Bruce was a martial artist and a philosopher who would pretend to be an actor. Stephen Seagal and Jean Claude Van Dam are "actors" who pretend to be martial artists and philosophers.
Can't help but nitpick: Bruce was acting before he was practicing martial arts. He didn't start training martial arts until he was 13, but he'd already been acting since he was 6.
I'm not sure Bruce would have dug MMA. -it's not healthy
Seems to me he would be a health and fitness/self improvement God by now -and probably have his philosopy worshipped like a religion. Wouldn't seem like the violence and injury of MMA would be a good way for him to promote a holistic lifestyle.
I'd go to Bruce Lee church though.
You really don't know him very well, do you?
