Yeah I knew ONCE... 4 was not Jet Li, but the others were, so I wasn´t typical about pointing it out. Thanks for mentioning.<br><br>I must strongly argue on my behalf that Once 2 was my least favorite of the series. I´ve watched all but part 4 of the series, which nobody seems to like, and the only one I felt very unsatisfied with was part 2. Why? One word to describe my whole feeling about it: BORING. Really good fights, but no emotional background to back it up, thus leaving me just watching and not feeling them. Not very much of a plot, in fact, the least sophiscated of the entire series. The only good thing about part II is the music, which just recently came back and got stuck in my head (it´s always nice to have some traditional music in your head when you´re in Spain, which I currently am
); Not quite as good as the first one, but good enough to be considered one in a thousand. Other than that, I really don´t recommend II. The fights and everything else, like I said, is just boring boring boring... gotta go to sleep now kinda thing. The whole time I was watching it and going ¨ohhhhh ummmm... can we just move on to something INTERESTING?¨. But that never happened. I just happened to be watching this film with my mom and I really wanted to prove to her that kung fu movies of HK are good, but this was a disappointment and even I was convinced of its unworthyness. But the rest of the series is much better, in my humbled opinion, of course.<br><br>No offense towards anyone, and I do apologize for my personal difference.<br><br>
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2001 10:44 pm
So there ya go. But for good customes and excellent make-up, I would recommend the following PERSONAL top 10:<br><br>1. Once Upon A Time in China 1<br>2. Once Upon A Time in China 3<br>3. Once Upon A Time in China 4<br>4. Fong Sai Yuk<br>5. Tai-Chi Master<br>6. Fong Sai Yuk II<br><br>... now, let's move on to something else other than Jet Li<br><br>7. Dragon Inn<br>8. Wing Chun<br>9. Drunken Master II<br>10. Sentimental Swordsman<br><br>All recommendations up above tend to not use too much supernatural/magic power (as seen in Swordsman II, Magic Crane and Bastard Swordsman). They also feature excellent & realistic custom display, especially the Once Upon A Time in China series., which have excellent production values that no longer exist.<br><br>
Actually I wish moreover I'd seen all these wonderful movies (for explaination, read my reply to subgum's reply below); but the cruel truth may be I will never even get to watch 2% of them!<br><br>