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    On Jackie Chan's Action Comedy


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    Greetings -N-,

    Thank you for bringing that to us. That was really well done.

    mickey

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    That is spot on.

    I've talked to people who've said Jackie Chan sucks, and they only know him from his Brett Ratner films. The old-school guys who really understood the art of setting up great screen fights, like Jackie, Sammo Hung, Lau Kar-Leung, and several others, are disappearing or are gone. American action movie directors and choreographers all try to adopt aspects of the '80s and '90s-style Hong Kong screen fighting, but lack the basic understanding of what makes them work. And unfortunately, even great performers/choreographers eventually become old and lose momentum/run out of ideas.

    I've also heard people who say that Tony Jaa can do things Jackie could only dream of. Again, clearly a case of only having seen his later American work, or not understanding the level of difficulty of JC's work during his peak years (1978 - approximately 1994). As good as Tony Jaa is, his work will never approach JC's body of work in terms of complexity, variety, quality, quantity or longevity.
    Last edited by Jimbo; 12-09-2014 at 12:58 AM.

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    Xie xie for the video!

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