An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 19, 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 17, 2024
- April 16, 2024
- April 15, 2024
- April 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
April 24, 2022 02:03 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/04/24/what-makes-a-movie-sword-fight-good.html
What makes a movie sword fight good?
Hong Kong cinema broke me. Since my first exposure to Bruce Lee, I've never been able to look at American action films the same way. Outside of the gun-wielding protagonists that populate Western media, American action heroes can't fight. To phrase it more accurately, the choreography and cinematography employed in American action films fail to accentuate how skilled their protagonists are purported to be. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/04/24/what-makes-a-movie-sword-fight-good.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article