Tony Jaa is F@#King Awesome!!

Tony Jaa brings Realism into Martial Arts movies which has been Lacking since Bruce Lee..

Filling Bruce Lee's shoes has been one of the hardest tasks for any young martial artist. Over the past 2 decades we seen the emergent of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Samo Hung (Hahaha fat bastard) and afew others from the Asian movies scene. They had moderate success with Jackie Chan proving that he can only have a box office if hes partnered with either Chris Rock or Owen Wilson. Jet Li, without strings attached, is just normal.

I know i have a midterm tme and a few assignments due on Tue, but My blog wouldnt be a blog without a post on Tony Jaa. Alright, i admit, the acting in his movies is pretty lame, but is compensated by some of the most amazing fight scenes i've seen in a long time.

Tony Jaa uses his own fighting style (which he adopted by watching elephants), and they way he executes his moves.. WOW!!! The first time i saw him was Ong Bak - i was recommended this movie around a year back, but i held myslef back watching it.. was doubtful of Thai martial arts movies - but once i did watch it, I was an instant Fan.. and kept searching all over for his follow up movie - "Tom Yum Goong", and i was dissapointed. Although the acting was terrible, the fighting left me breathless.. And for all you guys wondering, there were no special effects or stunt men - Tony Jaa follows the list of Asian actors who refuse Special effects. and unlike jackie Chan and Jet Li - Tony Jaa is no graduate of the Chinese School of Opera (where they teach aspiring actors to fly on strings and do acrobatics). If you manage to get the original DVD of ong Bak (alternativle try downloading it) please dont forget to watch the making of Ong Bak. Its equally as exciting as the movie..

I thought I would never say this - Tony Jaa may well be the next Bruce Lee

http://www.tonyjaa.org/