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Man of Tai Chi gets the green light!
LucaM
2014-03-05 23:32


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http://cinemaontherocks.com/reviews/manoftaichi.html
LucaM
2014-03-08 23:03


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http://spencer-douglass.blogspot.hk/2013/11/spencer-douglass-working-on-keanu.html?spref=tw&m=1

source: Ayako's facebook and mr-reeves.com

Anakin McFly
2014-03-08 23:11

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I like the guy on the helicopter. :D
LucaM
2014-03-23 16:30


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http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/welcome-to-lala-land-30108173.html
ARYA
2014-03-23 23:24


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Hollywood has never been a writers' town. Directors, producers and actors all have their two cents to pitch and you have to accommodate everyone's taste.

When making 'Man of Tai Chi', most of our money came from China. But because we were shooting in China we had to deal with Chinese censorship.

We had to change a lot. The script we went into production with was very different to the script we ended up shooting."


So, he's saying it was more about the chinese censorship than about reeves? Or not.

LucaM
2014-03-23 23:54


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It's not clear. But I remember Reeves saying - in the Strombo interview or at TIFF, or on both occasions- that due to the censorship the corrupt policeman could not be in Beijing, so that part of the action had to be moved to Hong Kong, where it was 'allowed'; that the illegal fights club could not be in China so it was 'moved' on that freight ship... and that all these challenges 'opened' the story.
ARYA
2014-03-24 01:11


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That is part of the Reeves magic. He can turn obstacles into opportunities. Good message for all of us.
axie
2014-03-24 03:11


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But I remember Reeves saying - in the Strombo interview or at TIFF, or on both occasions- that due to the censorship the corrupt policeman could not be in Beijing

Yeah he said it in a couple interviews. Never saw the Strombo either. Your entire post is correct Luca. The censorship is funny in China. Guess because HK was under British rule for so long, corrupt police and underground fighting is only due to Western Capitalists influence. ;)

MmeRenard
2014-03-24 08:23


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Preach it, Arya! Very well said!
LucaM
2014-04-23 02:32


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-sucher/men-of-tai-chi_b_5188257.html
MmeRenard
2014-04-23 19:53


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Astounding that anyone can write that poorly and get published. It's a review! It's a rant! It's a criticism of Michelle Obama! He could have saved everyone a lot of time and trouble by merely saying "Keanu sucks and should only play Ted." Freaking fish. Just put 'em in tempura batter and deep fry the bastards.
axie
2014-04-23 20:10


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It's Huffington Post. There used to be great writers on there. A lot of them are friends. I don't know this Joel guy though. Most of my friends moved on to WaPo and similar publications.

This is the site creator, she sold HP to AOL for 315M back in 2010 [it was announced]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington

MmeRenard
2014-04-23 21:00


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You're right, Axie, content used to be great. More and more "journalism" gets sold out to Big Business and then journalism goes to hell. Did you see the great movie "The Insider" with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, about the demise of CBS "news"? Christopher Plummer was brilliant and scathing as Mike Wallace. Celebrity gossip and disrespecting is not journalism.
I still think that fish taste best with tempura batter.
axie
2014-04-23 21:42


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Media is consolidated to only a few holders now. All major corporations. Print, online, TV = same people. It is about ad revenue and not rocking the boat.
LucaM
2014-04-23 22:01


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Joel Sucher is a writer/filmmaker with Pacific Street Films. He's written for a variety of publications and outlets including American Banker, Huffington Post and In These Times. Currently he's working on a pilot for a martial arts series, titled Tough Guy.

Well, let's see how good his tv series will be ;)

The article is not a professional review, though. The movie is used as a pretext for the writer to advertise his own documentary and his own 'knowledge' of the martial arts. I've linked it because I found it interesting - for several reasons.

MmeRenard
2014-04-23 22:05


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I understand that, Luca. I wonder if he always writes this poorly? That's not going to go well.
LucaM
2014-04-23 22:05


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that's his problem ;)
axie
2014-04-23 22:15


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The movie is used as a pretext for the writer to advertise his own documentary and his own 'knowledge' of the martial arts.

That was my take-away from the post. The entertainment section on Huffington is really dreadful. Some of the blogs are great; otherwise it is an aggregate of news from other sites.

LucaM
2014-04-27 20:35


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http://braindamaged.fr/2014/04/27/man-of-tai-chi-la-castagne-made-in-keanu-reeves/
LucaM
2014-06-18 03:50


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Academic paper written on MOTC.
Yep ;)

http://www.academia.edu/4440518/Primitive_Passions_in_Man_of_Tai_Chi_The_Deconstruction_and_Intensification_of_China

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