AmusingMusing7
AmusingMusing7 t1_ja8y97r wrote
Reply to Jackie Chan's last good movie? by Ebbemonster
The last time he was truly relevant for me was probably Shanghai Knights, which I enjoyed, but wouldn’t say is a great movie.
The best I’ve personally seen of him since then was his part in The Karate Kid, where I thought he gave a really good performance.
I haven’t seen The Foreigner, so can’t speak to that one.
I’d say his best movie of all time is Legend of Drunken Master… OR Rush Hour 2.
Honorable mention to Rush Hour 1, Rumble in the Bronx and the Operation Condors. And Police Stories.
Mr. Nice Guy is really good too.
And Shanghai Noon is actually one of my favourites.
OH, and Twin Dragons!
Fuck it, he’s got a LOT of great movies. I can’t pick a best.
AmusingMusing7 t1_ja3yuxe wrote
Reply to Horror movies - do they deliberately make characters so stupid things to stir the audience emotions up while watching? by geo_gan
Moreso, I think it’s a lot of horror films would be over in 5 minutes if the characters weren’t stupid.
AmusingMusing7 t1_ja3ymc0 wrote
Reply to comment by dudinax in Horror movies - do they deliberately make characters so stupid things to stir the audience emotions up while watching? by geo_gan
The worst to me is the cliche of “OH! I just heard something right behind me! I better freeze first and then do a dramatic slow turn to gradually reveal what’s behind me while building up the tension!”
Bullshit. Every human being jumps and turns around faster than a scared cat when hearing something behind them, especially if they were already scared.
AmusingMusing7 t1_j54jkd4 wrote
Reply to China’s internet censors launch crackdown on ‘fake news’ about Covid cases in build-up to Lunar New Year by Saltedline
“China’s internet censors launch crackdown”
Took me a few tries to read that correctly. There are multiple ways to interpret what those words mean in that sentence.
AmusingMusing7 t1_iuif5aq wrote
Reply to comment by Killerderp in When you see an actor who seems familiar, do you feel like you need to KNOW who he played before? by fabrizziop17
That’s honestly the best thing about Prime Video as a streaming service. The extras and menus and info and everything they augment the episodes with. I wish Netflix, Disney+, etc, would copy that feature and approach. A movie/show’s streaming page should be like a full on DVD/Blu-Ray with specialized menus and bonus features and everything. Amazon is the only one that has done this.
AmusingMusing7 t1_jaaydfk wrote
Reply to comment by Ebbemonster in Jackie Chan's last good movie? by Ebbemonster
I’ve seen both of those. Armour of God is “Operation Condor 2” in the west, and Supercop is the third Police Story. So those are included in my honourable mentions.
The release of the Operation Condors in particular can be quite confusing. In China, Armour of God is the first one and Armour of God II: Operation Condor is the second one. In the US, they were switched, with the second one being released first as “Operation Condor”, and then Armour of God being released second as “Operation Condor 2: Armour of the Gods”. I tend to refer to them as “the Operation Condors” because they’re kind of interchangeable in my mind and I never remember which one is which. It doesn’t help that it’s been a while since I watched them. I feel like “Operation Condor” (US first release) is the one with the wind tunnel, and then “Operation Condor 2: Armour of the Gods” is the one with the monks and crazy savage women and balloon ball.