[Jackie Chan – How to Do Action Comedy] (Viewer #656,150)
I’ve been a fan of Jackie Chan’s work for a long time. Glad to see other folks also appreciate his creativity and attention to detail.
[Jackie Chan – How to Do Action Comedy] (Viewer #656,150)
I’ve been a fan of Jackie Chan’s work for a long time. Glad to see other folks also appreciate his creativity and attention to detail.
The frustrating thing about Jackie Chan movies is that when he was young, and at the top of his form physically, his movies were all low-budget and sometimes very hard to watch. As his movie budgets grew and production quality improved he was already declining in prowess, unable to do many of the stunts he could in his younger days.
That said…
Many of the shoestring Hong Kong chop-socky flicks have moments of heart-stopping stunts and very original comedic brilliance.
The “Hollywood Blockbuster” movie look better but when there are tens of millions of dollars on the line they are not going to let Jackie take the big risks – the kind that literally took your breath away in his younger days. Also, Hollywood CGI really kills Jackie’s magic.
In between these two extremes are some real gems that stand up to repeated watching – when Jackie was still relatively young and he had the money to make decent looking films. “Super Cop” is a particularly good one and all of his Australian made movies fit into this period as he transitions from cult icon to international superstar.
Super Cop had the added bonus of a young Michelle Yeoh. I thought “Legend of the Drunken Master” was excellent and also, seems to be a theme here, had a great comic performance by Anita Mui in it.
@walruskkkch – Two dew claws up for Michelle Yeoh. For those sheltered few who’ve never seen Super Cop, here she is jumping a motorcycle onto a moving train – holy cats! What a woman!
Yes Jackie has always been amazing and I and millions of others beg to differ about his early movies being hard to watch, in fact some of his classics such as Project A, Police Story Series and of course Drunken Master and Young Master, are Martial Arts Classic, with the unequal stunts, fights and comedy. You don’t need a budget for these films because Jackie and his stunt team WERE the SFX…..he is truly a god in filmdom.