Changed the channel when...
...the Pirates of the Carribean chick showed up and started kicking more butt than anybody. There went the last shred of credibility.
shareWrong movie, dude. You're thinking of King Arthur.
shareNot to mention Knightley starts kicking butt only in the final battle of King Arthur, so OP must have changed the channel pretty late. Once you've watched 9 tenths of a movie, why not stick till the end of the movie?
"Occasionnally I'm callous and strange."
I'm NOT talking about King Arthur and I'm not talking about Keira Knightley. But I was making a comparison to the POTC series which started off well, but was ruined due to political correctness so much so that, by the end, 90 lb Keira Knightley was kicking more butt than anybody. I labeled the character a POTC chick for this reason and due to her dress which somewhat resembled a pirate costume. As for King Arthur, I actually enjoy it and have seen it a dozen times. The Keira Knightley character at least has a basis in fact being loosely based upon the historical figure Boadicea. Sure, Boadicea was purely a leader of armies and very likely never lifted a sword in anger but, as you pointed out, the Knightley fight scene doesn't come in until the end and she pretty much sucks at it having to ultimately be rescued by men. Another series ruined in this fashion was The Mummy series and another series that ended before it even started was the latest Robin Hood which made Maid Marian a knight in shining armor. They could all learn a thing or two from Spiderman with 3 strong entries where Kirsten Dunst stayed in her role as damsel in distress.
shareThen what are you talking about?
share...Oh, it's easy for martial artists like her to kick butt. She was trained in kalaripayattu since little and in case you don't know, that's one of the most lethal martial arts in the world. It's actually more effective than karate or Chinese kenpo, and the pressure point techniques can kill an adult man in one hit.
Also, the end of your post makes it seem like you think women are weak and aren't supposed to fight at all. :\ I'm a girl and could actually lift my tallest classmate - a guy that weighed 50 kg/110 lbs - off his feet when I was 10 years old. Now I'm nearly 24 and can lift my mom off her feet (she weighs 80 kg/176 lbs). ...And I've never studied any martial arts, or even done sports. :l
"Can you still see when your head has been severed from your neck? Let's find out..."
- Drancron
You are one of the dumbest people on the planet. You contribute nothing to society. If it helps you sleep at night thinking a woman can beat up or even kill a man in hand to hand combat then god bless you. Just keep your stupid ideas to yourself. Your attitude would be much different if you were ever on the receiving end of a punch from a man.
Women like you always talk in speculation. You know this idea of a woman physically beating up a man would never happen so you can make any comment you want.
I have been on the receiving end of a man's punch. He lost. XD I only needed to hit him once in the gut and he was down.
"Can you still see when your head has been severed from your neck? Let's find out..."
- Drancron
go spout that theory to John Bobbitt...mkay? I wouldn't say he won.
and let's see most men go up against someone like Tatyana Ali.
And Max the king of all wild things wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
Okay, I get it.
Yeah, to be honest, it does piss me off too. If you're going to include a warrior woman in a film, then at least base it in some reality. Rai's action sequences weren't even that good, and she looked wholly unattractive in this film. And this is from a guy who likes attractive Indian women. But she ain't one of them.
It would be nice that if the film makers want to include someone of another culture or ethnicity, to keep it historically accurate.