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So I read I am Jackie Chan two years ago and wanted to read his new book Never Grow Up, but do they recount the same story or are they different?
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Supposedly comes out August 7th. Not sure how credible these listings are since I can only find ones on sites based out of Australia but it'd be awesome for this amazing movie to finally get a wider high-def release.
https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/coming-soon/4341-jackie-chans-who-am-i-blu-ray.html
https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2426326/Who_Am_I
Wow what a read. It's been a long time since I was able to pick up a book and be so obsessed. I couldn't stop reading jt. I think this has made me interested to read more autobiographies since the last one I read was also entertaining (Open by Andre Agassi).
What this book taught me is that you have to train for your success and develop your talent in order to take advantage of opportunities to come. Jackie had many failures in his life to be as famous as he is now. It also shows a more authentic and human side of him as he accounts his younger days. Can't believe that this book came out before I was born, now I'm really looking forward to his most recent book: Never Grow Up.
As one can probably guess from the title of this post, I recently bought a DVD of Drunken Master, and loved the film. I got it because I'm a huge fan of Dragon Ball, and creator Akira Toriyama said that it served as the inspiration for the series, as well as the template for the early portion of the series- that is, it has the same blend of martial arts action and goofy comedy as early Dragon Ball (Hunt for the Dragon Balls arc to Red Ribbon Army arc).
I also listened to the commentary by martial arts cinema scholars Ric Meyers and Jeff Yang, and loved it as well. It has a lot of interesting information both about Jackie Chan films and Hong Kong martial arts cinema in general. I'd already intended to check out more of Jackie Chan's work since Toriyama is a huge fan of him and his work served as seminal influence on Dragon Ball, but what I heard in the commentary track intrigued me and made me want to dip my toes into the world of martial arts cinema in general.
However, as a newcomer to these types of films there are a number of questions about where to start, as well as which films would serve as the best starting points as well as which films are best saved for when one has a deeper knowledge of and appreciation for martial arts cinema. Obviously two martial arts stars to check out are Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, since they're the most popular and iconic martial arts stars both in the West and worldwide. However, there are questions about where to start with their work. For Jackie Chan, is the best next step Police Story (1985), which is often regarded as his best film and is even viewed as such by Chan himself, or one of his other films? And regarding Bruce Lee, is the best place to start his iconic Enter the Dragon (1973), or his earlier films that made him a star? And that's not even getting into martial arts stars who aren't as well-known as Chan or Lee, or which may not be all that well-known to people who aren't aficionados of martial arts cinema. Which ones are the best ones to start with, and which films of theirs are the best starting points? Which ones are the best ones, as seminal or essential as Chan or Lee? And as far as important and seminal films in the genre, which ones are the best ones for newcomers and which ones would benefit from being viewed when they're more familiar with the genre?
What I'm looking for is some kind of starting point for these films, as well as some kind of basic roadmap to them. The world of these films looks fr
... keep reading on reddit β‘Thinking back on the movies I've seen, it occurs to me that Jackie seems to be working out during exposition with some regularity in his movies. To be specific, I don't mean scenes where training is something related to the plot. I'm talking about an otherwise boring scene there to give the audience information that has had working out added to it (for the purpose of making it visually interesting).
Examples: The opening scene of The Accidental Spy where he works in a store that provides workout equipment. The parkour/jungle gym thing from Armour of the Gods 3: Chinese Zodiac.
I'm having trouble thinking of other specific examples, but I feel like I've seen it in other places. Can anybody confirm/deny my suspicions that this is a recurring theme?
