November 25, 2003
"Hey! It's Jackie Chan!"
I'm watching Police Story I, arguably one of Jackie Chan's greatest films. Anyhow I just saw the signature bus chase and suddenly the bus was rocketing down the hill to my old Sixth Form College! I had to take a screen shot to show you guys because it's just so funny to see them fighting and chasing, along with a brilliant stand-off on the very road I used to drearily watch pass below me on the way to class.
Anyhow: Here's the picture with some annotation.
Seriously Rocking Movie and seeing my old School is rather apt given that I watched it primarily to get a healthy dosage of Nostalgia. In fact I just laughed as the bad guy said "It's time to celebrate! Book a room at the Country Club" which my family still has membership to haha!
Man. This movie isn't even as badly scripted as expected! The story isn't too bad and my only gripe is that it's dubbed and not subtitled. The action is incredible, the complete disregard for any safety and the fantastic acrobatics of Jackie's stunt team make the very fact that the cinematography isn't too flashy all the more appreciable. I don't think any films made today would be able to put this much live action kung-fu into one continuous take, all those cables and crashmats force the action to be split into a series of tight cuts.
To think.. There's another couple of sequels that follow this film. God bless the internet, I'll never be short for entertainment.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 25, 2003 05:23 PM | TrackBack