https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-the-fight-scenes-in-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi-might-look-like-this-20120622/ Fri, 13 May 2016 12:10:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-the-fight-scenes-in-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi-might-look-like-this-20120622/#comment-75487 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:10:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/watch-the-fight-scenes-in-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi-might-look-like-this-109125/#comment-75487 I think you're missing the point comparing this to the Matrix… Keanu himself states that the difference here is that it allows you to capture actual actors fighting in continuous, uninterrupted takes without resorting to CGI – which can't capture the physical nuances of two skilled martial-artists letting loose on each other. It's like comparing the spaceships in Event Horizon or even Prometheus with the lunar buggies in Moon or the Nostromo in Alien – practical effects just feel more real and weighty and thus help immerse the viewer, propelling them to invest in the scenes or film as a whole. That's how I take it anyway.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-the-fight-scenes-in-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi-might-look-like-this-20120622/#comment-75488 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:10:35 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/watch-the-fight-scenes-in-keanu-reeves-man-of-tai-chi-might-look-like-this-109125/#comment-75488 Kinda cool. When the Matrix sequels had those big CGI fights with this roving effect, I would literally become sleepy. I don't know if this would be much better, but I remember the awesome freeway chase in Reloaded got me all excited, and then the movie failed again with that horrible Morpheus/Agent Whoever fight on top of the semi truck.

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