If hr did that, Hollywood fight scenes wouldn't be so crappy
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Jackie Chan to get lifetime achievement Oscar
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Lol this guy...
Way to try to ruin a topic about this mans achievement by throwing in some of your political bs.
Absolutely deserved, my favourite action star and actor too, love my Chan's work and even if his stuff in the last decade and a half or so don't match his output in the 80s and 90s he will always be one of the great if not greatest action star to me.
Think Armour of God 2 is possibly my favourite film starring him. The final fight with him going Superman always cracked me up.
Think Armour of God 2 is possibly my favourite film starring him. The final fight with him going Superman always cracked me up.
Smiles and Cries
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MarkMclovin
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Would love to see Gareth Evans get him in a movie.
friskykillface
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Jackie always ok.
I'm happy for Jackie Chan, his movies are amazing and I loved them growing up. I've got rush hour 2 in my top ten of movies that I've seen, it's a perfect film
I'm happy for Jackie Chan, his movies are amazing and I loved them growing up. I've got rush hour 2 in my top ten of movies that I've seen, it's a perfect film
Nobody will ever make movies like Jackie did again. Insurance and workplace safety standards are so different now than they were in '70s/'80s Hong Kong; nobody is allowed to put their body on the line the way they were back then, even if they're willing. Jackie was such a perfectionist, and so ready to film a simple shot hundreds of times or hurt himself to make it look right on camera.
Not to mention a lot of the time Jackie was writing, directing, starring in, choreographing the action scenes, being his own stuntman, and singing the theme song over the ending credit montage of him injuring himself. The man is a legend the likes of which we'll never see again.
Jackass happened. Sasha Baron Cohen happened. Some always get away with it.
How is the first political? Did you read?
aygomyownroad
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Amazing.
He is a great actor and stuntman.
Highlight when I was younger was when Sky would show his movies.
You have your action hero's from the 80s etc but Jackie Chan was the only one who was badass, I loved the end of his films which had the outtakes of all the mistakes made in the scenes.
Well done Jackie!!!
He is a great actor and stuntman.
Highlight when I was younger was when Sky would show his movies.
You have your action hero's from the 80s etc but Jackie Chan was the only one who was badass, I loved the end of his films which had the outtakes of all the mistakes made in the scenes.
Well done Jackie!!!
It's not merely a western, anti communist knee jerk criticism. On multiple occasions Chan has been critical of those in Hong Kong who prefer to exercise democratic values. Plenty of people in China and other countries have a problem with governments severely limiting free speech and other freedoms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/10/10/jackie-chan-is-no-friend-to-hong-kongs-protesters/
He's easily my favorite martial arts actor but he has kind of been a communist stooge.
Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy from Every Frame a Painting
Jackie isn't just a super talented martial artist and stuntman. He's a great actor and filmmaker. He doesn't get enough credit for that.
Jackie isn't just a super talented martial artist and stuntman. He's a great actor and filmmaker. He doesn't get enough credit for that.
DoctorFling
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I hope he accepts it drunk off his ass, his drunken technique is excellent
uncelestial
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Jackie Chan is actually a billionaire, worth $1.88B according to the webz.
Frankly, I wouldn't hold being a patriotic Chinese person against someone from Hong Kong. Give the guy a break. He's given the world a lot in 40 years; enough to deserve a stupid fucking statue.
Edit: Hadn't seen zelas' post; yeah that's lame but probably not too out of the norm for a 62-year-old guy from Hong Kong.
I have trouble holding old people's views against them. He's 60. The world has changed since he developed most of his views. Like Clint Eastwood being a conservative. Who cares? Well all be out of touch one day tooFair but points deducted for being a millionaire spokesperson for an oppressive fake communist regime?
Also double damn GAF algorithm.
DontBeThatGuy
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Yeah, Chan is a fucking asshole.
PsihoPerihelion
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Well, well, well deserved. I hope the Academy does more original picks like this instead of "yet another white straight actor"
They don't have an awards player to promote this fall like Tucker does (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
One thing non-native Cantonese speakers are missing are all the wonderful puns and witty remarks in his films. His 70s-90's era flicks had a shitload of great dialogue and banter but a lot of it is lost in translation. The English subs never really try to even show it so it's a bit of a bummer.
His fall in Project A is more brutal.
He broke his neck on it as far as I remember. And then the outtakes showed he did it again, just to show he wasn't afraid.
Or was it that one fall in Operation Condor that he broke his neck?
To my knowledge, Jackie didn't break his neck from any of these falls. He did suffer a serious neck injury, but it wasn't broken.
He broke his neck during a fight scene on Mr. Nice Guy when he fell backward into a wheelbarrow.
The poster asked a ridiculous question ("Is not liking this guy even possible?") and I answered it.
Don't like it? Too bad. *shrug*
Also, none of what I said is gossip. So your post is factually wrong.
Is Taiwan a democracy? Are people in Hong Kong living "in the third world who are uneducated"?
Stay ignorant though.
Start a fucking Cosby appreciation thread and see how it goes.
What you said is the real bs.
Leatherface
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I don't get star struck too easily but I would be beside myself if I ever had a chance to meet Jackie Chan. I absolutely love that man and all he's done. He totally deserves this. 
The Artisan
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Prototype Viktor
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His kicks are so hard he's kicking that 2 years in a row of white people only winning in the arse.
Octavianus
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TIL jackie chan is an awful person
What a shame.
One of these things is a political position.
The other is a serial rapist.
Let's not go there.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Well deserved. He's one of the living legends of cinema, and he really defined an entire era of action.
So are you implying a person can only be criticized if that person is a serial rapist? If not why can't we go there?
Is rooting for an authoritarian regime that abuses human rights in order to make money for himself not a heinous act?
Is disowning his own daughter just for being born not a heinous act?
Again, I didn't insert myself into this thread until a poster asked the ridiculous question of "how can anyone not like this guy?". If you lot don't like it, take it up to that poster, not me.
Magic Mushroom
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Jackie sounds like a bit of an asshole in real life, but you can still praise the art while condemning the artist.
lightskintwin
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No he didn't. LOL You can't replicate somebody like a Jackie Chan.
The Matrix in 1999 changed the game for Hollywood fight scenes by having regular actors actually train for 3 months before filming which was unheard of at the time and their use of CGI special effects to enhance it.
It's like Hitler comparisons. It's just a false equivalence.
Are you American? Have you looked up your own history? Have you gotten your own act together? Don't even get me started on minority oppression and America's pervasive gun problem.
You realize his daughter's MOTHER made the decision to raise her without Jackie Chan involved in their life, right? He had an affair and the mom didn't want him involved.
There's "not liking a guy" and then there's comparing him to a serial rapist.
mrmickfran
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Burn it.Loved him in Rush Hour.
Wow. That and false information is basically your entire post, plus a sprinkly of an ad hominem attack.
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He's not as bad as Cosby, but he has used the casting couch to find a few of his mistresses.
Jackie's incredible on the screen and has a lot of positives off of it like giving to charity, but he definitely has a dark side. Probably not all that surprising since he grew up in what many would consider child abuse and then had fame/money at a relatively early age.
Jackie's incredible on the screen and has a lot of positives off of it like giving to charity, but he definitely has a dark side. Probably not all that surprising since he grew up in what many would consider child abuse and then had fame/money at a relatively early age.
If you guys are serious about tracking down his old films, the best way is either region 2 DVD's (Hong Kong Legends) or HK (Fortune Star either region 0 or 3) DVD's. The Blu's are all upscales with remixed soundtracks (added foley sounds) except for Accidental Spy. There are a few japanese true HD Blus with the english dub, but no english subtitles if you want the cantonese track.
I think it is my favorite too. The last 30-45min is just so creative, it's amazing.
I especially love this scene leading up to the moving platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0d_l71m88
I can cite my sources. Can you cite yours?
Let me know when you're going to "Make America Great Again", by the way. I'm waiting on that with bated breath.
dragonflys545
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It's crazy how he does all the stunts... and drunken master 2 is GOAT.
ldcommando
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Jackie is the best
EYEL1NER
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Thanks for the advice. For a little while a couple years ago I was trying to hunt some down from different regions but there were so many versions, combined with the fact that there are so many pirated versions and it is hard to tell what is a legit product over the Internet, that I gave up. While you are offering up help though, if you know which company put out the best versions of older R2 Stephen Chow films, I would appreciate that too.
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