Huo Yuan Jia

Fate Made Him A Warrior, Courage Made Him A Hero.

The Real Huo Yuan Jie (霍元甲) (-_-")


The Onscreen Huo Yuan Jia (霍元甲) (^.^)

Went to see Fearless yesterday, it was good, particularly the fighting scenes when Jet Li gets to use his fists, knives, swords, 三节棍, etc to show off his martial arts skills (hello? this is a guy who won World Martial Arts Champion 5 times before he was even 20!).
The girl who acted as Moon, the blind girl and Huo Yuan Jia's supposed love interest completely cannot-make-it, I'm not convinced she's blind AT ALL. Also, there's no love scenes or anything that suggests their in love except for the part where HYJ promises to return, other than that, zilch. In fact, I think that part is not exactly needed, considering that 40 minutes of the original movie was cut away for commercial and practical purposes (including Michelle Yeoh's part!!!!*dies*), they should really consider carefully what should exactly be cut i.e. non-Michelle-Yeoh parts.
Jet Li is good and the moral of the story is kinda good too, since it's based on the true story of a hero HYJ (see 1st picture). But due to time constraint, some parts were vague, like how and when did the stepson of that guy that HYJ killed went for revenge and killed HYJ's mum and daughter? The rest of the family were unscathed and ignorant of the tragedy.
Considering that the director is the guy who did Bride of Chucky(who resembles one of our PE teacher SO much), I shan't ask for too much.
The part when HYJ (see 2nd picture) suddenly becomes philosophical and starts talking sagely is totally Jet Li instead of HYJ but I love one of the lines:
"活着本来就不是一个人的事.". HYJ said it moments before his last fight when his opponent wanted him to treasure his life but the audience were cheering for him, he decided to fight on and died due to poisoning.
After watching the movie, apart of the entertainment value and one of the best fight scenes ever, i realise a sad thing: even a hero grows old. When Jet Li was young with his boyish look, he was the best Wong Fei Hong(黄飞鸿) or Foong Sai Yuk (方世玉) or even
张三丰(with Michelle Yeoh in the movie too!)

He is now old and his boyish charms just doesnt work like before, however, like what I've heard, Jet Li's martial arts skills makes Jacky Chan just a brute that fights around with a big nose. Regardless of age, Jet Li's still the best in Wu Shu.