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antiterror13

Brigadier
Way of the Dragon. Lee Actually broke Norris arm during that fight.

Are you sure about that ? ... any link regarding Bruce broke his arm ?

In real fight, no way Chuck Norris would even touch Bruce Lee. Chuck would be down in 20 seconds or less

Chuck Norris was the world champion of many rules applied .... "you can't do that, this and that, you have to wait until bla bla bla" Bruce Lee was not interested in that area, he was more interested in free fight, no rule
 

TerraN_EmpirE

Tyrant King

Are you sure about that ? ... any link regarding Bruce broke his arm ?

In real fight, no way Chuck Norris would even touch Bruce Lee. Chuck would be down in 20 seconds or less

Chuck Norris was the world champion of many rules applied .... "you can't do that, this and that, you have to wait until bla bla bla" Bruce Lee was not interested in that area, he was more interested in free fight, no rule

Sorry Anti but both were pros and Bruce As a Action star had more rules well Chuck was a Fighter.
In the Movie and off the Screen the Two were pros abut even when the Camera's rolling things happen.
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Equation

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Sorry Anti but both were pros and Bruce As a Action star had more rules well Chuck was a Fighter.
In the Movie and off the Screen the Two were pros abut even when the Camera's rolling things happen.
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I have to disagreed with you there, Bruce was a street fighter and fighting anyone who wants to challenge him before he even became a star. Now during those days fights were brutal with no tournaments rules and any goes without guns and knives of course.

Sonny Crockett:

What most people don’t realize is that Jeet Kune do was not made for tournament fighting. The art as it was taught by Bruce himself was for self-defense in street-scenarios. Eye-gauging and other tactics made to cause permanent damage were espounded upon often. In a real street-fight, a boxer, karate-man, judo-man or any other “man” who follows a systematic “system”, will always fall to an in shape, well prepared street-fighter who will use whatever tactic necessary. And contrary to what some still believe, that’s what was Bruce was at heart and there are many stories of his challenges by stuntmen on film-sets or “masters” who questioned whether or not he was that talented.
 

Jeff Head

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Elysium was a GREAT movie. Scenes on earth had a lot of that District Nine grittiness to it.

Damon did a fantastic job in his role...and I have to tell you, the Elysium undercover field agent was one bad, and actually insane guy who was a tough nut to crack, and that actor played his role masterfully too.
 

Equation

Lieutenant General
Elysium was a GREAT movie. Scenes on earth had a lot of that District Nine grittiness to it.

Damon did a fantastic job in his role...and I have to tell you, the Elysium undercover field agent was one bad, and actually insane guy who was a tough nut to crack, and that actor played his role masterfully too.

Great movie I agreed with you Jeff, and that bad guy Kruger, played the role very well, along with Jodie Foster's character and so many other support role actors and actresses. It has a very good story and plot along with so many political agendas that we see in today's world, of the "haves and have nots". I think I will see it again and probably get the dvd as well.:D
 

AssassinsMace

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‘Pacific Rim’ fails to wow Japanese auds
VarietyBy Mark Schilling | Variety – 20 minutes ago

Tokyo — In what was supposed to be one of its friendliest foreign markets, Japan, “Pacific Rim” ended its opening weekend, August 10-11, with a so-so sixth rank on the B.O. chart.

The Guillermo del Toro robots-versus-monsters epic, inspired by Japanese kaiju (monster) pics, scored $3.04 million from 134,506 admissions.

Meanwhile the other big Hollywood opener, “World War Z,” earned $3.38 million for the number two slot, selling 236,910 tickets.

The Hayao Mizazaki-directed toon “The Wind Rises” won its fourth weekend in a row, boosting its cume to $57 million. For the year to date, this is second only to “Monsters University,” with a total of $68 million on 4.5 million admissions.

Prior to the opening of “World War Z,” both Brad Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie made the PR rounds in Japan. “Pacific Rim” helmer Guillermo del Toro and star Rinko Kikuchi also appeared before the fans, but local coverage centered on the charming nine-year-old Mana Ashida, who has a supporting role in the pic.

But neither Ashida nor Kikuchi have the star power of Pitt. Also, their pic lacked the sort of franchise branding that powered the many knock-offs and spin-offs of the original “Godzilla” (1954) to B.O. heights in Japan, until the series finally began to flag.

The last “Godzilla” pic, “Godzilla: Final Wars”(2004) finished with a mediocre $13 million at the Japanese BO and producer Toho has no immediate plans to make another, though it is distribbing the Hollywood “Godzilla” reboot that Gareth Edwards is helming and Warner and Legendary Pictures are producing. Release is skedded for May, 2104.

The okay performance of “Pacific Rim” in Japan stands in contrast to its powerful showing in China. There it held on to its number one spot for the second week, taking $33.9 million despite strong competition from local franchise movie “Tiny Times 2.0.” That lifted its cumulative total to $79.5 million.

Interesting Pacific Rim didn't do that well in Japan. Makes me wonder if they would do a sequel since practically everywhere it did do well weren't the traditional strong markets. Probably critics were right the movie need a bigger name lead actor.
 

Player 0

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^Or its the fact that Japan's market is already flooded with that genre of film, but the Japanese have done it a lot longer and better with deeper storylines on televised mediums. Besides it could be that there's market hesitation over the fact that the DBZ hollywood adaptation fell flat and were trying to avoid American adaptations.
 

AssassinsMace

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^Or its the fact that Japan's market is already flooded with that genre of film, but the Japanese have done it a lot longer and better with deeper storylines on televised mediums. Besides it could be that there's market hesitation over the fact that the DBZ hollywood adaptation fell flat and were trying to avoid American adaptations.

Could be but the Japanese could never really do a good live action anime-type movie. Recently I saw their own live action adaption of Space Cruiser Yamato which as a kid I watched the American edited cartoon under Star Blazers. It was just bad. The cartoon was way more dramatic and thrilling.
 
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