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I don't care how good once upon a time in Hollywood may be.... That disrespect to bruce lee made me throw it in the bin. You know how many of us in Africa got inspired to do martial arts because of that man and how he resonated with a lot of us? Yeah tarantino was a fool for that one.
I also was immediately pissed and turned off by that scene. Couldn't enjoy the movie, just seemed like racist fantasies to me. No way Brad Pitt could beat Bruce Lee, what the hell. Haha
Swear I don't know what pissed me off worse... That bruce lee is portrayed as a bully when he was anything but, or that he loses in that manner. His family didn't like that shit. That tarantino goof loves using the hard R in his movies and went hard for Polanski. Swear its been fuck him for the longest time.
Totally agree. I loved Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs when I saw them as a kid, still enjoy them, but Tarantino is overrated and on borrowed time.
Personally, I think he's the most overrated director of all time. I think his only good movies were Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction. Everything else is just scenes lifted from other directors cobbled together, then he has everyone die at the end because he doesn't know how else to finish a story. A lot of his movies start off great, then turn into parodies of themselves by the end.
His support of Isreal, support of Polanski, and problematic writing make me hope he falls off a cliff. I think he was also involved with Harvey Weinstein, but dodged #MeToo allegations because he stays out of the public eye. Uma Thurman's interview about how he treated her on Kill Bill should have ended his career.
Shit how much of kill bill had bruce lee inspiration
I recall Tarantino tried to also complain, and I'm paraphrasing, "Bruce Lee wanted to use real, hard force in his fighting moves against stuntmen, during choreographed fights" {note: this is typical in HK kung fu movie production, not limited to Bruce Lee}
Like what are :cracker: proving? That HK kung fu fighters and even their stuntmen are the real deal, when it comes to giving and taking blows to and from others?
Then tarantino says cliff would have killed bruce lee in a fight because hes a world war vet. Mate bruce lee was a competitive boxer and would have gone far. He's one of the most influential figures of mixed martial arts. Hell hes had legit fights with other martial artists that he's won like wong jack man. More white male fantasy shit. How many soldiers even really used close combat? There was that American dude in the North korean war but other than that? They're tough but their training is mostly split in weapons etc. See videos of navy seals sparring pros its embarrassing.
Hell look at jackie chan movies. Those hits were fuuuuucking hard. Like his fights against benny the jet urquidez that shit had nasty blows from the takes. The speed they went at was insane. Hollywood is not sniffing a lightyear of the atyleticism, coordination, speed of that kind not even with all the slow motion and camera cuts they use in movies. And before joining those stunt teams you had to be extremely proficient at martial arts.
Jackie Chan breaking his foot from that jump he did for Rumble in the Bronx is proof of his abilities. Not only did he make that jump, anyone else would have died even trying to do it. There's problems with actors doing there own stunts, but holy shit Jackie Chan does all his own stunts lmao
Facts. To this day idk how jackie is still alive. In armour of god he fell from a tree, fractured his skull and a piece of bone pierced his brain. He should have died on that set. The guy is straight up superhuman.
he also said he wanted to join the Communist Party of China
Yeah thats why a lot of these Americans in the martial arts scene were mad at him because his father I think opposed the CPC if I remember right
Imagine WWIII happens and China air drops one soldier at Pensylvania... and it's Jackie Chan
He reminds me a bit of that clown kakarot. If thats the case.......
And Jackie was taking hits before he was a star too. Famously was knocked out by Bruce Lee himself, what an honor.
https://youtu.be/U8CtOqJy6xM
What an honor indeed
Lmmfao fam I heard of that story and I'm like... Okay that makes sense. No shame. Jackie legit wanted a real fight with benny the jet. Benny the jet was a beast in kickboxing. Undefeated for years
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