http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1053379045929040117
Looks interesting, and the action looks really good. This girl is badass.
**** i been waiting to see this since i read the article on kfc **** that was nasty. can;t wait to watch this movie.
It looks different, that’s for sure. A lot different than Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong.
yeah the story looks more commercially viable. actually ir reminds me of old boy with more kung fu
Cool trailer
When I met Tony Jaa, his agent told me to watch for Chocolate. He described it as being about a female idiot savant who is forced to fight by gangsters (ala Unleashed). I’ve been eagerly awaiting this one too.
Baa Ram Ewe has yet to miss for me.
yeah defininate unleashed meets oldboy
Her name is Nicharee “Jeeja” Vismistananda
Although I’ve also seen her listed as Nitcharee Wismitanant. Is there a standard romanization for Thai? Americans could handle Tony Jaa, but they’ll never be able to get their mouths around Nicharee… Jeeja maybe… :rolleyes:
Here’s another teaser - there’s a short action sequence and a lot of people talking in Thai, and a nice shot of the Baa Ram Ewe studios.
The premiere is Feb 7th. I heard there was a trailer for Chocolate in front of Warlords.
Looking forward to this one…
man these guys are amnazing but there voice’s are to ****ing high to do anything here in the states. at least with lines anyway
“Chocolate”
I had a meeting with Warrington Hudlin this Sat.in Manhattan and when I drove him home he told me that he featured Tony Jaa at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Tony told him about a new Thai movie entitled “Chocolate”
Here’s the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGjUyu9c8Ng
yea i emailed warrington the trailer a few weeks ago and he told me tony told him about it. he said he would hold a screening for it if he can.
[QUOTE=doug maverick;840548]yea i emailed warrington the trailer a few weeks ago and he told me tony told him about it. he said he would hold a screening for it if he can.[/QUOTE]
Cool, he also showed me a place on Canal and Bowery that has lots of kung fu DVDs. I’ll be teaching a WC class at 77 Mulberry St. every Sunday from 12:00 - 2:00pm so this Sunday I’m going there to check out what they have in stock. I’ll presume your name is Doug. What do you study?
Phil
yeah the name is doug, for the past five years i’ve been learning xing yi chuan. but i’ve studied lung ying kuen, hung gar, traditional northern shaolin, and some japanese styles.(i resisted putting: "and a whole bunch of other **** you never heard of"lol)
[QUOTE=doug maverick;840700]yeah the name is doug, for the past five years i’ve been learning xing yi chuan. but i’ve studied lung ying kuen, hung gar, traditional northern shaolin, and some japanese styles.(i resisted putting: "and a whole bunch of other **** you never heard of"lol)[/QUOTE]
I don’t know about that. After 42 years in the martial arts I’ve seen a lot of ****. . . 
Why don’t you show up at the class in Chinatown Sunday?
as for “whole bunch of other **** younever heard of” thats a line from that old wayans bros. flick i’m gonna get you sucka. but sure i’ll pop up if my schedule allows.
Kill Bill meets Rain Man
I give Chocolate a hearty thumbs up. Baa Ram Ewe has turned in another fine flick. I haven’t laughed so hard at fight scenes in a very long time. Jeeja is very quick and agile and even turns in a satisfactory acting performance. Her striking power isn’t convincing because she’s a skinny girl, but what she lacks in impact is made up for with crazy Jackie Chan/Parkour style stunts. There’s some great self reference too, a quality I found outstanding in The Forbidden Kingdom. If you know the genre, there are nods to Big Boss, Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong, Unleashed, and like I said, Kill Bill. Pankaew and Rittikrai are obviously keen observers of martial arts cinema and I can’t wait until their next project, which I believe to be Ong Bak II. Long live Baa Ram Ewe! Baa Ram Ewe! To your breed, your fleece, your clan be true!
Hey Gene, how did you get to see it??? 
I’ve seen this DVD for sale in certain places…
i’m going to watch this bad boy today. and will have a nice little revue for you guys.
I know it’s not fair to compare her to Tony Jaa…but I did, and she came up short.
What I really don’t understand is how they can put so much effort into amazing fight choreography, and so little effort into a decent plot to surround it.