Forbidden kingdom 4.18.08

[BOROSUN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85t7OzNJBA

i didn't know this was going to be epic. its what all hk/gung fu movie fans like
me have been waiting for jackie chan vs jet li.

other epic fight i can think of right now: bruce lee vs chuck norris from return of the dragon, jet li vs donnie yen from heros, van dam vs bolo yueng from bloodsport, jackie chan vs benny the jet from wheels on meals.

a legend vs a legend...
hopefully the rest of the movie is good too.

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[yarou]

I'm sure the fights will be epic, but it'd probably be a lot better if it was originally in chinese. Their engrish+chan's humor and that bro kind of ruins the "epic" atmosphere. Yeah? Yeah?

[BOROSUN]

i dont think chan has much humor lines on this movie. i could be wrong but, i know he wants to be a serious actor. lol


also how could i forget donnie yen vs collin chou (seraph from the matrix) from flash point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyNYw-NJilA
crazy violent movie.

[exitspeed]

It's funny that Jet Li said he wasn't making anymore martial arts movies a couple years ago.

I'm glad he didn't follow through with it.

[BOROSUN]

i think it was only certain movies he didn't want to do anymore.

they are getting old jet on his 40's and jackie on his 50's

[BustedS13]

i've got a boner

[MTalon]

I think i still got money on jet li over jackie chan



But... Jet Li is going to be in the Mummy 3... so i dunno

[BustedS13]

jet li is a wire trick pussy, jackie chan does real shit.

[s13.dark1]

that forbidden kingdom movie looks sick!! im watchin that bad boy

[alindeman1989]

O man that looks amazing.

[Kn1ves]

ugh. i thought it was going to be in chinese and subtitled.

no cheesy american/outsider please

completely ruins it

they dont even fight each other

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

ugh. i thought it was going to be in chinese and subtitled.

no cheesy american/outsider please

completely ruins it

they dont even fight each other

+ rep for speaking the truth!

[azndoc]

Seriously....

I'm disappointed already.

I miss the old school Jet Li movies.

Sigh.

[BOROSUN]

doesnt ruin it for me and i grew up watching subtitles.
you just got to realize this is not crouching tiger hidden dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7ny2bfXF0

yuen woo ping choreograph with li & chan.
you know the fight scenes are going to be good.

[BOROSUN]

Seriously....

I'm disappointed already.

I miss the old school Jet Li movies.

Sigh.


the films that jet li that doesn't want to do anymore are those films.
fong sai yuk or wong fei hung based movie. fearless was his last one.


there's rumor even jet li collab with the story based adaptation on the journey to the west/ monkey king.

[kingkilburn]

there's rumor even jet li collab with the story based on the journey to the west/ monkey king.
*movie guy voice*
Jet Li stars in



Dragon Ball!!!!!!!!!!

[picho]

looks like a good movie good looking out

[jeeper_x]

i dont think chan has much humor lines on this movie. i could be wrong but, i know he wants to be a serious actor. lol


yea, you're wrong, dude....

most of his movies are fucking funny....

he dubbed his own movies as "Action/Comedy".....

"Drunken Master", "The Legend of Drunken Master", "City Hunter", and "Who am I?" are the ones of my favorite.....

"Police Story" series and "Thunderbolt" are good too.....

damn, he made a lot of good movies......

I've been watching his shit ever since i can remember....

[D1GP]

wow, definitely gonna go see it.

[florante rea]

looks really good. can't wait to see it.

[BOROSUN]

here check this about jackie.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4341588.stm

Actor Chan seeks serious new roles

The New Police Story marked the birth of "new Jackie Chan"
Actor Jackie Chan has said that he wants to move on from action
movies in order to take up more serious dramatic roles.
Chan's new film The Myth - a fantasy epic showing for the first time
at the Korean Film Festival - is a departure from the traditional fighting hero
that Chan has played in Hollywood films such as Shanghai Noon and Around The World In 80 Days.

The Hong Kong-based star, who previously indicated that he was bored with such roles, told
BBC World Service's The Ticket programme that The Myth was moving his career on in a new direction.

"I choose my own parts," he said.

"In Hollywood, it's difficult for me - and also, I know my problem... my role is always
the police from Hong Kong. With Jet Li, it's the police from China.

"For us, it's so limited because our English is not that good."

'Have to change'

Chan explained that this had, for example, been the case when he had received the script
for The Interpreter - the UN-set thriller released earlier this year, starring Nicole Kidman.

He also said that he wanted to be considered the "Asian Robert De Niro," in particular because
he admired the American actor's ability to take a wide number of roles.

"He's not young anymore, but he's still the bad guy, the good guy, the good cop, the bad cop - and then in comedy," he said.

Nobody writes a love story - on the beach, in slow motion, with kissing - for Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan
"What I realised is that the life of an action star is very short... I want to continue to make movies, so I have to change.

"In Hong Kong, I can do whatever I like, so last year I started my own company and started The New Police Story - a drama.

"This year it's The Myth - a fantasy. Next month I start another movie that is totally comedy.
I want all the audience to know that not only can I fight, I can really act."

This film would announce "a totally new Jackie Chan," he added.

But while his Chinese contemporary Jet Li has already said that he is giving up action stunts,
Chan said that he would continue to make some action films, but of a different kind.

Stunt Oscar call

He pointed out that Clint Eastwood still performs in action films, but his roles are of a
different nature to, for example, the Dirty Harry series.


Chan combines acting with his role as a Unicef goodwill ambassador
"Nobody writes a love story - on the beach, in slow motion, with kissing - for Jackie Chan," he added.

"So this is why I have to write my own scripts."

And he also said there should be a better acknowledgement of action films by critics and award selectors.

"I think sometimes that action films are more difficult than art films," he added.

"In a film like Drunken Master, when I fight, I have to pretend I'm drunk, and pretend to cry.
I also have to do all the stunts, acting, and comedy.

"It's not only a drama. I think that, slowly, the new generation is recognising that action films
are art films. A different kind of art film."

He also called for a new Oscar, to be awarded to the best stunt co-ordinator.

"It's not special effects, it's stunts, the design of a fighting sequence," he said.

"Every festival should set up an award for this kind of movie."



also check out "heart of the dragon" is one of his drama role movie.

[jackjack]

isnt this the movie where dude gets teleported to another dimension or something? ungh........ i dunno......... maybe. i guess i'm just tired of chan trying to be funny in ALL of the movies he's in.

[BOROSUN]

anyone goin to watch it? give us your thoughts/review.

i'll be to busy today and i got training this weekend. i wanna see arg arg.

[jackjack]

movie looks cheesy as hell. no thanks.

[cuddlesthesheep]

This movie looks absolutely terrible, i work at a movie theater, this reminds me of in the name of the king. A PG movie with chan and li. Its a childrens movie that looks really cheesy.

[ALTRNTV]

It looks cheesy as hell to me, as most of
Li's movies. I mean, the action sequences
are great, but the storyline... :cool:

[exitspeed]

Who cares if it's cheesy. It's supposed to be fun. I personally like these kinda movies. I could care less if it wins an Oscar.

One of my favorite movies of all time (Dawn of the Dead1978) as cheesy as it gets, but that's one of the things thats so great about it.

Woot, 9,999 posts.

[powersteeringless180sx]

wow exitspeed one more post and your at 10,000.

the looks good except for the whole idea of an american kid getting zapped back in time and having to learn kung fu. if they took that out i'd be totally on board w/ this movie.

[exitspeed]

^
Done.

I honestly have no idea what the plot of this movie is. But to see Jet li and Jackie Chan together is just cool.

[aziankingz]

wished this happened when they were in their younger years..they are too old and jackie chan is slow as hell now..jet li would kick his ass any day..

[s14_legend]

jet li old school style is the best...freakin' hollywood bahhh

[exitspeed]

jet li old school style is the best...freakin' hollywood bahhh

I do agree, Fist of Legend is the best Jet Li movie IMO. The only exception, I think is, Unleashed which I really liked.

[PhAtXSuMo]

I cant wait for this, im actually gonna watch it tomorrow tonight i have work =(.
Huge fan of Jackie Chan and Jet li, trailer and previews for this movie are really good.

Can't wait to expect from it! if its a bad movie it will still be good

[florante rea]

i'm going to see the movie tonite. i just wanted to see the fighting scenes. i could care less about the story line.

[2slow2go]

i watched it last nite

it was a funny movie. worth the money

you guys should

[an_orange_s2k]

the looks good except for the whole idea of an american kid getting zapped back in time and having to learn kung fu. if they took that out i'd be totally on board w/ this movie.
seriously the idea is shit...i just wanna see jackie chan vs jet li

[aziankingz]

is that what this movie is about? that is so hollywood of them to do...reminds me of that martin lawrence movie when he went back to the medieval times..

[RiversideS13]

more review? i might seeing it tonight

[D1GP]

the movie was pretty damn good. fight scenes were awesome and a lot of the stuff in there is based off of actual chinese myths and stories. really funny but cheesey. cg definitely could've been toned down a notch. other then that, well worth the money.