Is This The Greatest Scene Ever? Enter the Dragon
When you’re a little kid, watching kung-fu movies is the greatest thing ever. When you get older and you watch kung-fu movies while completely shit-faced, they get even better. ENTER THE DRAGON is in a league of it’s own when it comes to martial arts masterpieces. So many modern action films and their characters have copied the structure of the fight scenes in the film it’s almost comical. Bruce Lee was Rambo, John Matrix, John McClane, Neo, and anybody else that shows up in the next EXPENDABLES movie all rolled into one lean-mean-ass-destructing machine.
So when I pop a couple barrels of whiskey in my belly and sit down to re-watch this classic every so often I’m almost positive this is one of the greatest scenes of all time. And then I get up and do kung-fu shit on my kids stuffed animal collection in the next room. They keep coming – I keep fucking them up with my plastic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle nunchaku. It’s pretty glorious. Anyway, let’s take a look at the master.
I love the gradual upgrade of weapons. By the time he gets the nunchaku everybody in the room knows they’re fucked. I love his random stares into the distance as he’s snapping some asshole’s neck. I especially love how hard he presses the elevator button, like he’s doing some sort of ancient death grip on that bitch. So let me know if you agree below and I won’t have to karate chop your face off.
Esco
August 2, 2013 @ 2:42 am
Grew up loving it and still enjoy the shit out of it. Never gets old.