Fight Club
This is a fascinating post about the evolution of the Hollywood fight scene. It starts with Charlton Hesston in The Big Country (1958), and takes 10 steps through Bruce Lee, The Matrix, Jason Bourne, and the revival of the long edit.
His remarks about each clip are spot on, though he does tend to enjoy the long edits more than I do. We share a dislike for the MTV Aesthetic/Shaky Cam which The Bourne Supremacy fell prey too and Ultimatum recovered slightly from.
On the other end, I can respect the desire and skill of the long edit most recently championed by Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew. While they might claim inspiration from Bruce Lee, they fail to incorporate any of his style.
I believe the best fights can be found somewhere in between the stylized wire fu Morpheus/Neo fight from The Matrix and the WTF shaky cam of Bruce Wayne/Prisoners in Batman Begins. Examples of such scenes can be found in The Borne Identity, Kill Bill, and Troy.
His remarks about each clip are spot on, though he does tend to enjoy the long edits more than I do. We share a dislike for the MTV Aesthetic/Shaky Cam which The Bourne Supremacy fell prey too and Ultimatum recovered slightly from.
On the other end, I can respect the desire and skill of the long edit most recently championed by Tony Jaa and Prachya Pinkaew. While they might claim inspiration from Bruce Lee, they fail to incorporate any of his style.
I believe the best fights can be found somewhere in between the stylized wire fu Morpheus/Neo fight from The Matrix and the WTF shaky cam of Bruce Wayne/Prisoners in Batman Begins. Examples of such scenes can be found in The Borne Identity, Kill Bill, and Troy.
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