This past weekend I saw Enter the Dragon for the first time. Some of you may believe this is long overdue, but every thing has to happen a first time.
For those of you who have seen it, I hope to entertain you with my addled perception of the movie. For those who havent, you must do so at the earliest opportunity.
It seemed to me that Bruce Lee is working for some government agency. (Now, when I say seemed, its because I was hung-over and capable only of limited concentration. This must be kept in mind throughout my diatribe.) Which government agency is immaterial, it is good enough to say that its head is a bookish gentleman with strange facial hair, poorly done hair, and an MI-5 accent. (Again this is only an impression I have. A visceral image that flashes in my mind like the after-image of a bright light on my retina.) He charges Bruce with going to a martial arts tournament being held somewhere in the South Pacific and hosted by the nefarious Mr. Han, who, as luck would have it, murdered by proxy a female member of Bruces family (possibly his sister or mother). Great. A revenge plot crossed with an international spy thriller. Other tournament participants include a Black-Panther-type fighter raised on the streets who learned to fight in order to survive in the racist world of the Man, and a virile white man seduced by the thrill of gambling whose last resort is to skip town and mounting debts and fight, win, bringing home a cash purse. Further, there is a mesomorphic Chinese kung fu expert who is the henchman-ringer of Mr. Han.
But of all the characters, Mr. Han is by far the best. He is the most evil villain I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. He lives on an island which is pretty standard fare, but from there it just increases to this exponential level of Criminal Mastermind Supervilain unparalleled even by current James Bond caricatures. He has a troop of beautiful female personal bodyguards who are also his daughters, guaranteeing their loyalty. In addition, he has an acid-filled pit surrounded by spikes in the underground lair where he processes the heroin he will use to corrupt God-fearing white folks in America. He has a kung fu army and a malevolent cat! But as if all that were not enough, he has a metal hand that he can switch out for weapons, my favorite of which was a stylized bear claw complete with fur. He is truly the most evil of villains.
For those of you who have seen it, I hope to entertain you with my addled perception of the movie. For those who havent, you must do so at the earliest opportunity.
It seemed to me that Bruce Lee is working for some government agency. (Now, when I say seemed, its because I was hung-over and capable only of limited concentration. This must be kept in mind throughout my diatribe.) Which government agency is immaterial, it is good enough to say that its head is a bookish gentleman with strange facial hair, poorly done hair, and an MI-5 accent. (Again this is only an impression I have. A visceral image that flashes in my mind like the after-image of a bright light on my retina.) He charges Bruce with going to a martial arts tournament being held somewhere in the South Pacific and hosted by the nefarious Mr. Han, who, as luck would have it, murdered by proxy a female member of Bruces family (possibly his sister or mother). Great. A revenge plot crossed with an international spy thriller. Other tournament participants include a Black-Panther-type fighter raised on the streets who learned to fight in order to survive in the racist world of the Man, and a virile white man seduced by the thrill of gambling whose last resort is to skip town and mounting debts and fight, win, bringing home a cash purse. Further, there is a mesomorphic Chinese kung fu expert who is the henchman-ringer of Mr. Han.
But of all the characters, Mr. Han is by far the best. He is the most evil villain I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. He lives on an island which is pretty standard fare, but from there it just increases to this exponential level of Criminal Mastermind Supervilain unparalleled even by current James Bond caricatures. He has a troop of beautiful female personal bodyguards who are also his daughters, guaranteeing their loyalty. In addition, he has an acid-filled pit surrounded by spikes in the underground lair where he processes the heroin he will use to corrupt God-fearing white folks in America. He has a kung fu army and a malevolent cat! But as if all that were not enough, he has a metal hand that he can switch out for weapons, my favorite of which was a stylized bear claw complete with fur. He is truly the most evil of villains.
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flux:
i did, and i really loved it!
bathory:
good quote! some chilly jogging, hey? ill race you!