Comments on: Tom yum goong (2005)

By: paco

paco — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:04:38 +0000

“Long superfluous fight scenes follow each other almost back to back, leaving barely any room for plot development. ”

So, you say like that’s a bad thing?

I think with movies like these you shouldn’t expect a good plot. Ong Bak’s plot wasn’t much better either. After seeing Ong Bak, some of the surprise is gone and although the fighting scenes are less realistic than On Bak, they still kicked major ass.

I did like the rotunda scene a lot and the fight with the capoeira guy. Great stuff.

By: Roy Tanck

Roy Tanck — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:12:58 +0000

The ‘rotunda’ was actually one of the scenes I didn’t like. The camera lags behind the action, making it impossible to see just how Kahm defeats all those opponents. It looks like he just tosses most of them out of the way, and doesn’t really do anything that would make them not get up again.

The scene in Ong Bak where he defeats the the long-haired Englishman with one very skillfully timed kick made much more of an impression on me.

Oh and forget about getting tired, how about getting stabbed with a knife that would put Rambo’s to shame? How do you keep fighting after that?

The temple scene was well filmed indeed, but I thought the action wasn’t all that great either.

By: Darren Seeley

Darren Seeley — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:39:34 +0000

While not much is given for plot, I could not help but watch the scene where Kham enters a building and works his way up a rotunda. I think that could very well be the best martial arts throwdown on camera since Bruce Lee’s fight with Han’s guards in Enter The Dragon, an unbroken take for almost eight minutes-!

I also thought the fight in the temple was great, and well filmed. Does it make any sense? No, and Kham (Jaa) hardly gets tired. Still, I found it more enjoyable than On-Bak.

I also liked the Jaa demonstration on the DVD; the “fan films” are also interesting.