Shanghai Knights

[Fu Jau]

NOw this is a good fun movie, i forgive jackie for the tuxedo now. I think this is maybe better than shanghai noon, more funny and that singing in the rain bit is classic. Also who is that man who plays lord rathbone, he is very good swordsman, or is there a stand-in for the sword bit?

[chen zhen]

As long as it is better than Shanghai Noon

[Guile]

Gotta check out shanhai knights

[Sho]

Just saw Shanghai Knights yesterday and I think it's a brilliant sequel to Shanghai Noon. It had good comedy and the action wasn't bad either - the swordsplay sequences were very nicely done. I didn't know that Donnie Yen was also in the movie, so it was a delighting surprise to see him too. If you like Jackie Chan, you must see Shanghai Knights.

[Kristoffer]

Just seen some trailers. I think it looks like ****

[Sho]

Oh noo, Kristoffer, you're so wrong! It's great fun. ;)

[Kristoffer]

Well I guess I'll watch it someday.. I just miss the classic old-style Jackie movies. Nuttin like these Holywood **** movies

[Sho]

I agree 100%

[Kristoffer]

cool

[Sho]

:D

But Shanghai Knights really had some good jokes. I don't watch Jackie's Hollywood movies for their fighting scenes - I watch them because they're good comedy, especially the ones with Chris Tucker and Owen Wilson.

[Vapour]

I think it was one ore rare case where sequal is better than the original. Great sword fight at the end.

[MasterKiller]

It sucked.

Same jokes as the first movie, but Jackie was the one saying them this time.

[hasayfu]

Anyone get/see the SK DVD?

Check out the extended fight between Donnie Yen and Jackie Chan. That was an awesome fight scene. Worth getting the DVD for that.

[Shaolinlueb]

runs to fetch dvd.

[norther practitioner]

Will remember that, just sent out my net flix envelope... should get it in a day or two.

[SanSoo Student]

The first one is way better.
I don't like the music in Shanghai Knights, and the Donnie Yen/ Jackie Chan fight was wayyyyy too short.

[Chang Style Novice]

I just saw it monday, and I thought it was pretty good (although I could've done without the wirework and some of Owen Wilson's routines wore on me a bit, and I don't think Fann whatsername is very attractive at all.)

The best part of the flick for me was all the goofy allusions to Hollywood classics, like I mentioned in the fight scene thread. Not just the "Singin' in the Rain" and "Keystone Kop" tributes, but the replay of the Harold Lloyd clock stunt (which Jackie has redone before, in "Project A," I think) but also the excellent final duel - which was very reminiscent of good old Doug Fairbanks and the nods to Charlie Chaplin, Sherlock Holmes, and the Mummy.

Also, the ridiculous anarchronisms of music and speech made me giggle instead of cringe.

It was a pretty good comedy, with some very good action. And I agree that the extended version of the Jackie/Donnie fight should have made the final cut. Heck, so should the final sword duel and the complete library fight scene (loved the guard's protectiveness of the valuable artifacts!)

[norther practitioner]

Mine came in today.. I'll watch it after class tonight, on our 82" screen....

[Judge Pen]

Originally posted by norther practitioner
Mine came in today.. I'll watch it after class tonight, on our 82" screen....

:( Turning green with envy.


:D

[norther practitioner]

the projector is pretty **** crisp... not the best in the world, but definitely better than most (except the ones that are 10,000).....

[norther practitioner]

Wow, I thought it was overall pretty good, I would have liked to seen the longer fight scenes... The love story part sucked though.

[Ikken Hisatsu]

the swordfight at the end was spectacular. that white guy was really REALLY good. but what is this Donny character everyone is on about? are you talking about the same fight?

[Chang Style Novice]

Donnie Yen played the guy who wanted to usurp the Imperial throne of China. He's a well-known movie badass in HK, less well known but greatly appreciated by certain connissuiers (or however that's spelled) of kicks to the head in the US. The fight was pretty cool because it started with both of 'em lying on their back to stay under the machine gun, then bust out onto the raft where they went at it with sticks.

[Judge Pen]

I watched the movie and was really disappointed. Then I read this thread and went back and watched the extended fight scenes. Why were they cut down so much? They made the movie much better.

[Chang Style Novice]

Beats me. I can't imagine who'd go to a Jackie Chan movie and says "It was ok, but there was too much kungfu."

[Ikken Hisatsu]

believe it or not i have actualy seen people complain about jackie chan/Jet Li movies having too much fighting. I mean thats like going to an arnie movie and complaining that there was too many explosions.