Huo Yun Jia ( Fearless )
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rating might be classified into NC16.
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saw the introduction on ch 51 yesterday.
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Huo Yuan Jia is founder of Jing Wu Men mah.Originally posted by ^spidee^:They also used it in Fist of Fury by Bruce Lee.. Sifu!!!
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A brief Biography of Huo Yuan Jia
Huo Yuan Jia, whose given name was Junqing, was born in a Kung Fu family in Jinghai, Tianjin. He was the fourth child in the family. He learned Kung Fu by secretly observing his father, Huo En Di, teaching others. Eventually he humbly mastered Kung Fu.
While growing up, he began making a living by selling firewood in Tianjin. He later worked as a helper at Tianjin Huaiqing Pharmacy. During this time Yuanjai became acquainted with Nong Jinsun, boss of the pharmacy, and he became his intimate.
In 1901, there was a Russian in Tianjin who claimed to be the strongest man in the world. Huo Yuan Jia fought the Russian and effortlessly defeated him. From December 1909 to April 1910, Huo Yuanjia and his apprentice, Liu Zhen Sheng, went to Shanghai twice (at the invitation of patriotic personage in Shanghai) to compete with Oupin, a westerner with unusual strength. Oupin, however, fell victim to fear and left without competing. Thus, Huo Yuan Jia's fame has spread far and wide.
At this moment, Chen Qi Mei, a member of Tung Men Hui (the Chinese Revolutionary League) raised his suggestion to train millions of youth to be both physically strong and militarily skillful within ten years so as to meet the demand of large-scale revolution and military renovation.
According to Qi Mei's suggestion, China Chin Woo Gym Association (predecessor of Shanghai Chin Woo Athletic Federation) was founded. Nong Jinsun was the first president and Huo Yuan Jia was in charge of Kung Fu training and military training. In June 1910, the Eastern Times announced the establishment of this association in the name of Huo Yuan Jia. It was the first civil Kung Fu organization in China.
While Master Huo was building Chin Woo towards a great prospect, there were several Japanese who despised him and plotted to murder him. They secretly poisoned him day by day, which eventually destroyed his lungs. Inevitably, the poison killed him and Huo died at the young age of 41, much of his life having been dedicated to Chin Woo. -
The first Jet Li movie which I watched as a little boy, was his Shaolin Temple. Jet next shot to fame and prominence with the various Chinese folk heroes that he played in the late 80s and 90s, like Wong Fei Hong, Fong Sai Yuk, Zhang San Feng, and even taking on Bruce Lee's Chen Zhen role in a Fist of Fury remake called Fist of Legend. In Fearless, he plays martial arts master Huo Yuanjia / Fok Yuen Gaap, whom I presume most who are familiar with Fist of Fury, will know who this chap is.
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good!
jet li play huo yuanjia.
sequel will have donnie yen play chen zhen
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watched it yesteday
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So the story depicted in the movie is not entirely true? I.e Huo yuan jia 's family got killed & he ran away b4 returnin to Shanghai?
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Originally posted by Prince Cumming:
According to a magazine article, only 3 things are true:
So the story depicted in the movie is not entirely true? I.e Huo yuan jia 's family got killed & he ran away b4 returnin to Shanghai?- 1. The historical setting
2. The wushu spirit with which Jing Wu was founded
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indeed, huo yuan jia also never fought a thai fighter before.Originally posted by Tuatau:According to a magazine article, only 3 things are true:- 1. The historical setting
2. The wushu spirit with which Jing Wu was founded
3. The age at which Huo died -
thai fighter part was cut off in the show leh...Originally posted by Gordonator:indeed, huo yuan jia also never fought a thai fighter before. -
oh really? cos i saw a screenshot of huo fighting a thai fighter before. director ronny yu did mentioned he cut off 40 mins of footage for this movie, guess the thai fighter part was 1 of them.Originally posted by UandMe:thai fighter part was cut off in the show leh...
hopefully we get to see the extended edition on DVD in future.
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not as good as expected but it's still good
can see that jet li old liao..... -
saw it today. personally i don't see the need for the NC16 rating. unless i smell a conspiracy theory.
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i juz watched it.Originally posted by Gordonator:saw it today. personally i don't see the need for the NC16 rating. unless i smell a conspiracy theory.
supposed to watch but sis bought the wrong tix, end up watching .
I'm not someone who can sit still for a few hours watching an action/martial arts movie. I find this movie a little bit too bloody and cruel.. maybe bcos i dun dare to watch bloody scenes also... see how he break opponents' arms, how they vomit blood, head bleeding.. hand bend here bend there... gross!! I closed my eyes a few times, especially the part where he aimed the Master Qin's heart. OMG!
I feel that there's a little to rate it as NC16. Last week, my uncle wanted to bring us to watch this movie with my little cousin. But we we did not get to watch it because my cousin is only 5 years old.
Blood, violence, cruelty.... I dun like it. But I muz agree that this is a good movie. I was touched at the near ending. -
read recently in the papers that the descendants of huo yuan jia, his grandson is suing the the studio and jet li for inappropriate portrait of huo yuan jia's life as seen in the movie, namely the part where huo's family is massacred.
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again the movie is over-rated like many others produced in hong kong.
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rubbish movie