JCVD

I’m a little lost. What about WW1?
Me too...the closest I can get to WW1 and JCVD is...

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To be fair, fish and chips is the only way this country survived the horrors of the great war. Homegrown potatoes and plenty of fish. True story. Yet another reason to eat this paragon of deliciousness.
 
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I personally ain't particularly invested in Jean Claude (beyond that he seems like a quite ok guy to me), and don't particularly like his movies either (the one or two I've tried to watch, that is), because I found the plot ridiculous and the acting terrible.

But I just watch the guy moving.

That's more than enough. His acting I don't care about at all, but that he was and he still is a superb martial artist, it just takes a look to evaluate. A guy who moves like that, at his age now and not in choreographed movies.... I don't find any particular reason to question that he could have been a sport champion 40 years ago.

For example, looking at say how Dolph Lundgren (3 years older than Van Damme) moves now I have a much harder time thinking he was a competition champion back then.

Hence my surprise to your remark.

But it wasn't anything more than that - surprise. Movie personalities dont interest me in the slightest.
I personally ain't particularly invested in Jean Claude (beyond that he seems like a quite ok guy to me), and don't particularly like his movies either (the one or two I've tried to watch, that is), because I found the plot ridiculous and the acting terrible.

But I just watch the guy moving.

That's more than enough. His acting I don't care about at all, but that he was and he still is a superb martial artist, it just takes a look to evaluate. A guy who moves like that, at his age now and not in choreographed movies.... I don't find any particular reason to question that he could have been a sport champion 40 years ago.

For example, looking at say how Dolph Lundgren (3 years older than Van Damme) moves now I have a much harder time thinking he was a competition champion back then.

Hence my surprise to your remark.

But it wasn't anything more than that - surprise. Movie personalities dont interest me in the slightest.
No worry, I didn’t have you in mind when I as now realize that some may actually hold JC as inspiration for their own martial arts performances, which I think is ok, in this way I think JC done a good job. My intention was not to discredit anyone’s idol.

I’ve seen some JC movies and I actually like one or two of them, not because of any martial arts performances/acting skills but more for a sort of overall feel to them having to do with the setting.

As for Dolph Lundgren, he fought the toughest fight - cancer, so quite understandable he might not be in his former shape.

Otherwise martial arts wise related to the movies I actually like Steven Seagals Aikido tricks both on and of the cinema screen, in this sense and my mind JC take a 2nd place to SS, which is not bad at all.
 
Heeeey we're actually having fish and chips for dinner too!!! Cheers all!
See, that’s also another example on taking another shape when it comes to the US/Europe - the Chips and Fries thing.(although I think the Belgians actually say fries(in French) when it comes to Chips)
 
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