01-19-2006, 06:50 PM
The special features DVD is quite long with a lot of superfluous stuff, but a few precious morsels worth savoring.
1. Mallika Sherawat comes off as very egotistical and vapid in real life. That's disappointing to me personally since I was hoping to stalk her in a future life.
2. Some of the stunts that I wrote off as cheesy CGI were qutie real. When the fell off a cliff, they really dropped the actors and a cameraman off a cliff, hanging from cranes and wires. I figured they were jsut a few feet off the ground in front of some special effects green screen, but no. Jackie is crazy. A winter scene was filmed in a freezer at -20 C. Jackie is in just a shirt. No wonder the acting in that scene was so stiff. Jackie is crazy. I reminds me that I should have shown the 'making of' DVD for NEW POLICE STORY because there's this scene where they bike down a building and they really did that, with the aid of wires, of course, but nevertheless, Jackie's crazy.
3. There's a great authentic kalaripayattu demo. That's a real treat because that's a very rare art to see demostrated. Nice stuff. Basic thrust and parry stuff, but quick and with live blades. There's also this cool whipping flail and shield thing, but they never show it not moving, so I have no idea what it is. If I ever show this for DOOM, we must check out this one scene.
4. The Cannes premiere was quite a party. Someday. DOOM @ Cannes. Think about it...
I like the movie more now...
1. Mallika Sherawat comes off as very egotistical and vapid in real life. That's disappointing to me personally since I was hoping to stalk her in a future life.
2. Some of the stunts that I wrote off as cheesy CGI were qutie real. When the fell off a cliff, they really dropped the actors and a cameraman off a cliff, hanging from cranes and wires. I figured they were jsut a few feet off the ground in front of some special effects green screen, but no. Jackie is crazy. A winter scene was filmed in a freezer at -20 C. Jackie is in just a shirt. No wonder the acting in that scene was so stiff. Jackie is crazy. I reminds me that I should have shown the 'making of' DVD for NEW POLICE STORY because there's this scene where they bike down a building and they really did that, with the aid of wires, of course, but nevertheless, Jackie's crazy.
3. There's a great authentic kalaripayattu demo. That's a real treat because that's a very rare art to see demostrated. Nice stuff. Basic thrust and parry stuff, but quick and with live blades. There's also this cool whipping flail and shield thing, but they never show it not moving, so I have no idea what it is. If I ever show this for DOOM, we must check out this one scene.
4. The Cannes premiere was quite a party. Someday. DOOM @ Cannes. Think about it...
I like the movie more now...
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