ทีเซอร์ ต้มยำกุ้ง 2 (Official Teaser TYG2) : My most awaited film (updated with final trailer)

yup the film looks to have kickass action like its preceddesor but on a larger canvas perhaps. this also features jeeja yanin, another very talneted martial arts actor from thailand. should be a feast for action fans. but it may release in india only next year

an interesting comment on realistic action and their brand perception:

actually, people had quite a lot to say about it when Jackie Chan started using VFX in his films (being VFX free was never a core part of the Yen or Li image, both used VFX right from the start) and it’s not at all hard to demonstrate that his popularity began to slip around the world as he increasingly did so. It’s not purely the VFX’s fault, but the increasing use of digital tech in Chan’s films coincides directly with the decreasing quality and fan satisfaction. And there’s a very simple reason for that. Two of ’em actually.

One, movie stars are – on a very significant level – a commodity. A brand. And like any brand they have a particular identity that is fostered and sold to the audience as what makes them distinct and somehow ‘better’ than all competing brands. In the case of both Chan and Jaa their brands have been built to a VERY large degree on the base of “We really do this stuff, if you see it on screen it’s because someone really did it.” That’s what adds that extra bit of thrill to their work, because their really laying their bodies on the line. So when you step away from that and start using the VFX technology that you very loudly and proudly spent years dogging as only for use by other people but not for you, then you are actively working against your own brand. You make yourself into just one of the masses, stripped of the factor that made your work unique.

Two, stripping yourself of your brand uniqueness hits you on two fronts beyond simply having to backtrack from your previous identity. First, in these cases, by driving your stunt work by VFX as much as physical skill you’ve just essentially made yourself into any other actor. If there’s nothing different about the way The Myth, say, or TYG2 executes its stunt work than the way The Matrix does, or one of the Marvel films, then the martial arts guys are going to start to be judged on level ground, in all aspects, next to the actors that star in those other films. Actors who – by and large – are hired at least partially on their ability to act. Why did Jackie start getting hammered for his acting performances in this period when nobody had cared before? This is why. The same thing is about to ramp up for Tony. It’s inevitable.

Also, if you are driving your stunt work with VFX then you are, inevitably, going to have that VFX work compared to the absolute high end of Hollywood VFX work. There’s no avoiding it. You’ve added the attention to the VFX yourself by publicly speaking against it for so long and so people are going to be paying special attention and there is not a single film industry anywhere in the world that can compete with Hollywood on that level. None. You’re always going to be found lacking.

Does this mean that TYG2 is automatically a bad film or that there aren’t people out there that will enjoy it? No. But it does mean, inevitably, that it will alienate a certain percentage of core fanbase by the simple fact that it has gone off the established Jaa ‘Real Fight’ brand, and it will – also inevitably – face tighter scrutiny and criticism on both the acting and the technical side of the film than Jaa has ever faced before. It’s already happening in a lot of places if you go out and look at the comment threads and its only going to get worse as some of the more overt CG sequences are seen.

mindboggling latest video from tony jaa. truely inspirational person

a very interesting final trailer. what makes it more interesting is to see glimpses of tony jaa vs fire-armed men. this is one aspect often not seen in even the best martial arts films around the world.mostly what we see is probably sticks, tubelights, iron rods etc type weapons used. it is scientifically proved that a martial artist has faster reflexes than a serpent. hence in a showdown with even a fire armed guy, the chances of armed guy getting hit by his own arm are more.there should be more scenes involving this aspect in fight choreography. it will add more realism to action scenes.

the difference between a hyped hw and asian action star. one is easily hitting a kick at a height six feet above normal height and another is struggling to reach shoulder level of a normal guy

https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/film/376279/dude-where-my-elephant

Finally saw tyg2. I have to say this is the worst tony jaa film so far.not one bit because of jaa but entirely due to its director prachya pinkaew. Cant believe he blew such a great opportunity after giving us Ong bak and tom yum goong.The basic plot is more or less the same as tyg 1 so no point in wasting time in talking about it.Lets get straight to the action.I dont understand this need to go on broad canvas and ruin the kind of films that you stood for.(Raid 2 looks to be going the same route from the last 2 promos).

There are several scenes were there was such a huge opportunity to choreograph a great fight scene but the director simply ruined it by his sudden obsession with wirework and poor CGI. Saale, yahi film mili thi experiment karne ke liye?

The biggest irritation for me was to see the director desperately trying to pass off Mareese Crump as this newest greatest martial artist on the block. Watch him just for 2 mins and you realise its all a farce. Crump is not 1/10th as good as prachya thinks he is.All his fight scenes with Jaa are poorly choreographed in an attempt to make crump look good. You can clearly see jaa has been asked to go half -speed and cut down on his moves to make it look like an even contest and it is all the more disbelieving that someone as novice in Capoeira as crump can match upto jaa when we have already seen how convincingly he took on the much superior capoeira fighter lateef crowder in tyg1.The only scenes choreographed well are the ones that do not involve crump , most defintely the one in the hotel room where an unarmed Jaa fights several armed men. Its a pretty short scene but expertly choreographed and such 1-2 scenes give glimpses of the tony jaa we know.Sadly the director had other ideas.

Jeeja yanin is wasted and most of her stunts have wirework. Tony jaa has admittedly slowed down and looks a bit overweight than his usual lean self. age is catching up.I know Fast and furious is a crap series but i am hoping to b surprised by Jaa’s outing in it. Hope they utilize his potential.