Hong Kong Films

I used to like the old Hong Kong films in the late 70's, early 80's when they had real kung masters and good acting in the movies. Movies such as Executioners from Shaolin, 36 Chambers of Shaolin and Prodigal Son were well done. Nowadays, the Hong Kong films coming out have bad acting, bad kung fu, and a pretty poor storyline. Now they are floating on houses and rivers across the sky. The fighting is so bad they have to speed up the fight scenes so as not to make it obvious the scenes are pretty poor. They seem to have a common theme of "poor me, there's nothing I can do about my life because I am a loser". Somehow this attracts the Asian crowd. They go nuts over these films. I watch them and feel sick to my stomach.

If I wanted fantasy, I'd watch Bugs Bunny. At least I'd get good laughs, and the guy is pretty clever. You gotta admire his spirit. :)

Old movies like Executioners from Shaolin showed people who had a drive for achieving their goals despite the hardships they were placed in. They showed tenacity and strength, courage, honor, dignity. They pushed their way through until they were victorious.