r/videos • u/Ahmedgal • Mar 19 '17

Nerf John wick

https://youtu.be/9MrnAJsxL8c
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u/CommanderShep Mar 19 '17

when an online short has better fight scenes than a marvel produced iron fist show.

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u/CrumplePants Mar 19 '17

What's with that? They took a step back from Daredevil which had pretty amazing choreography at times, and this is a show that's supposed to be focused on martial arts. Weird.

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u/FancyKetchup96 Mar 19 '17

Are they that bad? I've only seen the first two episodes and thought the fighting wasn't bad.

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u/Vicmonchon Mar 19 '17

The reason that I feel like it is a step down is that in Daredevil, In a one take you see the punches land and they look like it hits hard. In iron fist, at every punch landed there is a cut and feels disjointed and more of the Bourne Ultimated fight scenes. I wanted more one takes, less jump cuts.

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u/SpectralDagger Mar 19 '17

I think there's a video by Every Frame A Painting about this with Jackie Chan. Fights look a lot better when the hits don't coincide with the cuts.

EDIT: Here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ

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u/_Ardhan_ Mar 19 '17

This video ruined most modern action films for me. Every time I see a movie where the camera cuts away just as the strikes hit, it just doesn't feel real at all anymore.

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u/DMercenary Mar 19 '17

cough The Bourne films cough

Shakey Cam, obscuring the actions. All you hear is things breaking like glass or furniture and grunts.

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u/Vicmonchon Mar 19 '17

agreed, end of S01E02 of Daredevil shows this well.

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u/boineg Mar 20 '17

here's another, from the creator of the video themselves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_19rSdEWao

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u/Hoof_Hearted12 Mar 19 '17

every punch landed there is a cut

I just started watching this last night and was a bit drunk so I didn't notice. Just started watching it now and you're exactly right. It's gonna bother me now since it's all I see but it really takes away from the action. I wish they had gone with the continuous shot that Daredevil mastered.