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One of my favorite "Every Frame a Painting" videos is on Jackie Chan. If you haven't seen it be warned, it will ruin your view of almost all modern action fight

One of my favorite "Every Frame a Painting" videos is on Jackie Chan. If you haven't seen it be warned, it will ruin your view of almost all modern action fight scenes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ

johnny_reilly 9y ago
Thanks so much for sharing that - amazing!!
autarch 9y ago
I love that video (and all of the other videos from that channel). Fortunately for me I already hated most modern action scenes from years of watching Jackie and other Hong Kong film greats. There are a few decent fight scenes that happen from time to time in modern action films. Haywire is really good, for one.
- icelancer 9y ago
  >>There are a few decent fight scenes that happen from time to time in modern action films. Haywire is really good, for one. Some of Jet Li's work in the early 2000s is good as well.
- bfuller 9y ago
  Donnie Yen is great
- enraged_camel 9y ago
  You should watch the Ip Man series.
bitmapbrother 9y ago
His thoughts on editing were very insightful. I do think his fight scenes do border on being silly at times, but his attention to detail and rehearsal is amazing.
- azernik 9y ago
  Intentionally, though; a big part of what this video points out is the blend of action and comedy. Which may just not be your genre mix of choice.
mariodiana 9y ago
The scene where he's fighting while naked and hiding his nudity with the oversized plates, for that alone I thank you.
icelancer 9y ago
One of the best videos on cinema. You gain a huge appreciation for Jackie. IMO his best work was with Benny the Jet, particularly this fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owz45n-QUNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owz45n-QUNQ
- defen 9y ago
  Movie is "Wheels on Meals", for anyone curious. > The film's title was supposed to be Meals on Wheels. Superstitious Golden Harvest executives however demanded the title change because their two previous films with titles began with the letter 'M' – Megaforce and Menage A Trois – were both box office flops.
- tomcam 9y ago
  WTF. They're both astounding. Not sure I ever saw anyone that close to Jackie's skills.
  - Noos 9y ago
    Hwang Jang-Lee is probably better, and has had more of an impact. In Jackie's older films, he plays many of the villains, and he is the one behind the iconic Silver Fox villains like pai mei that Tarantino lifted for Kill Bill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang-lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang-lee He is almost always amazing to look at, like in this clip from the Buddha Assasinator, where he plays the main villain in red at the end. https://youtu.be/ehqAgeewn_o https://youtu.be/ehqAgeewn_o
- puranjay 9y ago
  This is magic. Like an extremely difficult, extremely well choreographed dance.
  - Noos 9y ago
    It's not magic at all. I don't think people realize that it looks so impressive because it's undercranked; it's shot more slowly so the action is sped up. They are't moving that fast in real life at all. Camera trick.
digi_owl 9y ago
I remember the ladder scene. And even more so the bloopers reel where at one point the ladder closed on him mid-stunt. Ouch!
Someone 9y ago
”as many takes as necessary to get it right” That’s also what gave us Fawlty Towers (sitcom, 2 series of 6 episodes, each of which took weeks to write) and Fred Astaire looking an even better dancer than he was (edit: just came across https://youtube.com/watch?v=lfyXPONE7Ws https://youtube.com/watch?v=lfyXPONE7Ws, showing two versions of the same Fred Astaire scene side by side (I can’t find info on how much time there is between the shots, but Wikipedia says ”Long after the photography […] was completed […] the entire sequence was reshot.”, so it likely was days, if not weeks))

johnny_reilly 9y ago

Thanks so much for sharing that - amazing!!

autarch 9y ago

I love that video (and all of the other videos from that channel). Fortunately for me I already hated most modern action scenes from years of watching Jackie and other Hong Kong film greats. There are a few decent fight scenes that happen from time to time in modern action films. Haywire is really good, for one.

icelancer 9y ago
>>There are a few decent fight scenes that happen from time to time in modern action films. Haywire is really good, for one. Some of Jet Li's work in the early 2000s is good as well.
bfuller 9y ago
Donnie Yen is great
enraged_camel 9y ago
You should watch the Ip Man series.

bitmapbrother 9y ago

His thoughts on editing were very insightful. I do think his fight scenes do border on being silly at times, but his attention to detail and rehearsal is amazing.

azernik 9y ago
Intentionally, though; a big part of what this video points out is the blend of action and comedy. Which may just not be your genre mix of choice.

mariodiana 9y ago

The scene where he's fighting while naked and hiding his nudity with the oversized plates, for that alone I thank you.

icelancer 9y ago

One of the best videos on cinema. You gain a huge appreciation for Jackie. IMO his best work was with Benny the Jet, particularly this fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owz45n-QUNQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owz45n-QUNQ

defen 9y ago
Movie is "Wheels on Meals", for anyone curious. > The film's title was supposed to be Meals on Wheels. Superstitious Golden Harvest executives however demanded the title change because their two previous films with titles began with the letter 'M' – Megaforce and Menage A Trois – were both box office flops.
tomcam 9y ago
WTF. They're both astounding. Not sure I ever saw anyone that close to Jackie's skills.
- Noos 9y ago
  Hwang Jang-Lee is probably better, and has had more of an impact. In Jackie's older films, he plays many of the villains, and he is the one behind the iconic Silver Fox villains like pai mei that Tarantino lifted for Kill Bill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang-lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwang_Jang-lee He is almost always amazing to look at, like in this clip from the Buddha Assasinator, where he plays the main villain in red at the end. https://youtu.be/ehqAgeewn_o https://youtu.be/ehqAgeewn_o
puranjay 9y ago
This is magic. Like an extremely difficult, extremely well choreographed dance.
- Noos 9y ago
  It's not magic at all. I don't think people realize that it looks so impressive because it's undercranked; it's shot more slowly so the action is sped up. They are't moving that fast in real life at all. Camera trick.

digi_owl 9y ago

I remember the ladder scene. And even more so the bloopers reel where at one point the ladder closed on him mid-stunt. Ouch!

Someone 9y ago

”as many takes as necessary to get it right” That’s also what gave us Fawlty Towers (sitcom, 2 series of 6 episodes, each of which took weeks to write) and Fred Astaire looking an even better dancer than he was (edit: just came across https://youtube.com/watch?v=lfyXPONE7Ws https://youtube.com/watch?v=lfyXPONE7Ws, showing two versions of the same Fred Astaire scene side by side (I can’t find info on how much time there is between the shots, but Wikipedia says ”Long after the photography […] was completed […] the entire sequence was reshot.”, so it likely was days, if not weeks))