10-13-2013, 06:13 PM
Back in the '80s, I competed in a martial arts tournament in our studio, Wing Lam Kung Fu School. I also helped judge.
Three competitors surprised me (and other judges) by doing nunchuka routines. They did them in direct competition with Hung Gar and Shaolin Kung Fu routines, if I recall. The nunchuka routines seemed flawless. I mean, they were so short, and it's so hard to catch any mistakes with the nunchukas whipping all around. I was docking points for mistakes I saw in all routines, but could see almost nothing wrong with the nunchuka routines.
The nunchuka students cleaned up with some of the highest scores, and I helped them with it. Afterwards, I felt such high scores were probably unwarranted.
Gravity is a nunchuka routine. It's a nice little movie, and while it does have errors, they're very hard to catch. I highly recommend it. Yet there's a side of me that hesitates at such a high recommendation. Gravity is an "incident" movie, where something happens and the rest of the movie is a reaction to that. This seems a lesser effort than a movie with a complex plot and well-developed characters and backstory. But at the same time this looked good, was very suspenseful and held my interest, and as far as I could tell the nunchukas never went far errant. Besides, how often do you get to see nunchukas in space?
I think Lady Cranefly is mostly aboard with this appraisal. If not, maybe I can coax her into debating it here.
Three competitors surprised me (and other judges) by doing nunchuka routines. They did them in direct competition with Hung Gar and Shaolin Kung Fu routines, if I recall. The nunchuka routines seemed flawless. I mean, they were so short, and it's so hard to catch any mistakes with the nunchukas whipping all around. I was docking points for mistakes I saw in all routines, but could see almost nothing wrong with the nunchuka routines.
The nunchuka students cleaned up with some of the highest scores, and I helped them with it. Afterwards, I felt such high scores were probably unwarranted.
Gravity is a nunchuka routine. It's a nice little movie, and while it does have errors, they're very hard to catch. I highly recommend it. Yet there's a side of me that hesitates at such a high recommendation. Gravity is an "incident" movie, where something happens and the rest of the movie is a reaction to that. This seems a lesser effort than a movie with a complex plot and well-developed characters and backstory. But at the same time this looked good, was very suspenseful and held my interest, and as far as I could tell the nunchukas never went far errant. Besides, how often do you get to see nunchukas in space?
I think Lady Cranefly is mostly aboard with this appraisal. If not, maybe I can coax her into debating it here.