Tony Jaa is the next generation of martial artist, our new entertainment, and he fills the shoes of Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee all by his lonesome.
Not really. Did you see Wu Jing in SPL? He was far more impressive in that movie than Jaa has ever been.
You wanna know why he's so appealing? Because he puts everything he has into it, he almost risks his life with every stunt,
Ok...so did Jackie Chan, and his movies when he was 30 were a LOT better than Tom Yum Goong and Ong Bak. (Project A anyone?)
Jackie Chan and Jet Li don't seem as brutal to me, well, maybe Jet Li sometimes, but those 2 are more graceful then anything else these days,
What does brutal have to do with anything? Story of Ricky is brutal, but it's also pretty stupid. It doesn't matter how brutal a fight scene is as long as it looks nice. Jet Li and Jackie Chan have fights that look extremely good. Tony Jaa doesn't (except for maybe the one against the Capoeira guy somewhat).
Jaa meets a person that he needs to fight, and there's no hesitation, he does what he has to do to completely take that person down,
So did Steven Seagal, and his movies sucked.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan have never done anything compared to what Jaa does in Tom Yum Goong, taking down almost 70 guys in 3 and a half minutes, I'm pretty sure that hasn't been done in movies before, he breaks about 66 bones in that scene alone.
That's because that was a stupid scene where everyone just runs up to Jaa one at a time just to get their arms broken. Jet Li and Jackie Chan have scenes where they take on 5-6 opponents at the same time, which is far more impressive.
Then theres the staircase scene, which is unbelievable, he cannot be stopped, and they did that take like 4-6 times, he has so much more stamina and endurance then Jackie Chan and Jet Li,
It was a nice scene, but the choreography is a lot clumsier in it than in Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies. I can forgive that though because it's hard to have a lot good choreography in one take.
I'm not saying he's better, but they're long past their prime, they'll be completely out of the martial arts business in the next decade or so, Tony Jaa has like 30 years left to keep going strong, he's getting so much praise because he's bringing himself forth as the next new martial arts king, letting us know that great martial arts films will not become extinct just because Chan and Li are getting old, now we have Tony Jaa, and he's more then we could possibly ask for, not to mention he's a very nice person and a quickly developing actor, he can go very far, I don't think we've seen enough to properly judge yet, I hope his present problems in life get resolved soon, because I'd love to see him keep striving in the business, I think he will keep us entertained for a while.
Firstly, there are plenty of other Hong Kong actors who can carry the baton. Jaa has provided us with clumsily choreographed fights that pale in comparison to Jet Li and Jackie Chan's fights from their movies when they were about Jaa's age. Sure he has ability, but there are tons of martial artists with ability. Jaa hasn't presented us with anything spectacular so far, and he has little charisma when acting.
Or do you honestly want martial arts films to die with Chan and Li, you have to realize they are getting old, Tony Jaa is more then enough compensation for them, he's our new hero.
Donnie Yen is still going strong, and there are still other people to fill their shoes.
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