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by Stewball
Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:11 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: Ranking the Bond films
Replies: 170
Views: 101730

Re: Ranking the Bond films

... the line at about 40, you've got, Joseph Gordon-Levett, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Leo DiCaprio (who's in a lot of action movies if not an action ... stayed in private life once he left. Tell me what the hell happened to Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and the martial arts genre in Hollywood? ...
by ShogunRua
Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:03 pm
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: Ranking the Bond films
Replies: 170
Views: 101730

Re: Ranking the Bond films

... haven't been relevant in a decade? Tell me what the hell happened to Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and the martial arts genre in Hollywood? When is the last time you ...
by TheDenizen
Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:07 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: Actors who play only "good guys"
Replies: 9
Views: 7250

Re: Actors who play only "good guys"

Jimmy Stewart played a killer in one film early in his career: [spoiler]After the Thin Man[/spoiler]

I think Jackie Chan fits the bill, though. When he was just a stuntman, he played nameless goons getting beaten up by the hero a couple of times, but he's never played a villainous role that I can think of.
by TheDenizen
Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kung Fu
Replies: 32
Views: 13148

Re: Kung Fu

... both starring Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa's first two films, and a bunch of Jackie Chan flicks (other than the Police Story series, Who Am I?, Project A, Rumble in the Bronx ...
by TheDenizen
Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kung Fu
Replies: 32
Views: 13148

Re: Kung Fu

... Gordon Liu) 3) Drunken Master 2 (aka Legend of Drunken Master. starring Jackie Chan) 4) Fist of Legend (starring Jet Li) 5) Magnificent Butcher (starring Sammo Hung) 6) Knockabout ...
by ShogunRua
Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kung Fu
Replies: 32
Views: 13148

Re: Kung Fu

... Drunken Master. Among many other things, there's no comparison between Jackie Chan in 1994 (mid forties) to the one in 1978 (late twenties, his physical prime). I'd also ...
by CMonster
Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kung Fu
Replies: 32
Views: 13148

Kung Fu

... flicks, especially not from other countries. I was reading a thing on Jackie Chan earlier today and started thinking I need to see some good kung fu. Any recommendations ...
by cameron326
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your most HATED movie and why?
Replies: 41
Views: 18090

Re: What is your most HATED movie and why?

... the fight scenes, having since seen many of the superb kung fu in early Jackie Chan movies, I think less is defnitely more. Its not even about realism - many of Chan's fight ...
by cameron326
Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is your most HATED movie and why?
Replies: 41
Views: 18090

What is your most HATED movie and why?

... to be in the film. Jet Li even took a pay cut to get in it apparently. Jackie Chan, who declined a part according to IMDB, was the notable exception. 8) the fact that this ...
by ShogunRua
Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jason Statham: great, horrible, or in between?
Replies: 38
Views: 16968

Re: Jason Statham: great, horrible, or in between?

... though, I don't think there's any action star better than Jet Li. Jackie Chan has been well past it for a decade, but Li still seems to be able to produce the goods ...