I have a question about modern martial arts films, can anyone help? [View All]

[Bouncy Ball]

There seems to be this trend of depicting people performing martial arts and doing things that just aren't humanly possible. I first saw it in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and now I am watching Hero with Jet Li and seeing the same thing. People can fly through the air when they are particularly disciplined and strong in the martial arts? I just watched a woman single-handedly fend off a huge armies' bunch of giant arrows flying through the air with only her moves and apparently her long red sleeves that can go 100 miles per hour.

I also saw this kind of stuff in the Kill Bill movies. I'm sure there are others.

What is this about? In the 70s, I saw some Kung Fu flicks and I'm sure they used camera tricks, etc but no one flew through the air. I realize they didn't really have the sophistication to do that in movies then, but I just find this stuff rather unbelievable. What's wrong with martial arts I can actually believe?