Forbidden Kingdom
Added 11/14/2009
Good, funny movie! Excellent video and sound, as well as special features. A great movie to add to anyone's collection.
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Hideously Bad
Added 10/30/2009
I am a fan of HK cinema and wuxia films, but this movie made me want to tear my eyeballs out. And ram pencils through my eardrums. The acting, dialogue, and plot of the movie are hideously bad, and I would be tempted to say that any of the positive reviews on here must be astroturfers for the movie studios, except I am open to the notion that some people could actually enjoy this movie. After all, someone has to watch all of those hideous reality TV shows, right?
I'm trying to search for anything positive to say about the movie... even the lauded team-up between Jackie Chan and Jet Li didn't pan out in the movie. There were so many things they could have done, but all the opportunities were wasted, such as when JC and JL were arguing over how to best train the clueless white guy - that could have been a great scene! But it wasn't.
And if the idiot white guy was such a big fan of martial arts movies, why didn't he understand he'd have to go through a tough training montage sequence like everyone else? The guy is a hate-able moron.
The cute Chinese girl utters her dialogue like she's a wooden robot.
And yeah, that about covers it.
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Jackie Chan & Jet Li, a great combination
Added 9/25/2009
This is a really good fantasy adventure movie with two of my favorite actors (Jackie Chan and Jet Li). A boy finds himself in a different world and becomes the key to the future of that world.
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Great product, mildly damaged package
Added 8/31/2009
The movie itself is a great buy if you are looking for an excellent copy of the movie with all the goodies such as blooper reels and so forth that we come to expect. However, my case had been punctured by something, though the outer packaging was fine, so I don't believe it was damaged in shipping. Otherwise, excellent buy for the money.
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The Battle of the Century!
Added 8/30/2009
Okay, given that the century is still fairly young, and given that Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee had their fights ALL THE WAY back in the late-1900's, this is still a very worthwhile movie to watch.
The storyline is a bit tacky with a white kid going into this parallel/past universe/timeline, but the fighting sequences definitely carry this movie. The acting, when compared to old Chinese fighting movies, is pretty on-par, and the always-humorous Chan paired with the statuesque Li (and his hyperactive jovial monkey alter-ego) makes for a very entertaining movie throughout.
This is the first Blu-ray movie that I have viewed (decided to give my PS3 a healthy workout), and the detail and sharpness of everything is extraordinary. The fighting scenes defnitely come alive. I am still trying to figure out how to fully utilize the Blu-ray's functionalities (like the RGBY buttons?), but not a whole lot of different menu options than a normal DVD.
The only detractor from watching this in Blu-ray is that the display is so detailed that you see the aging wrinkles of two great martial artists. =/
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Forbidden Kingdom
Added 11/14/2009
Good, funny movie! Excellent video and sound, as well as special features. A great movie to add to anyone's collection.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Hideously Bad
Added 10/30/2009
I am a fan of HK cinema and wuxia films, but this movie made me want to tear my eyeballs out. And ram pencils through my eardrums. The acting, dialogue, and plot of the movie are hideously bad, and I would be tempted to say that any of the positive reviews on here must be astroturfers for the movie studios, except I am open to the notion that some people could actually enjoy this movie. After all, someone has to watch all of those hideous reality TV shows, right?
I'm trying to search for anything positive to say about the movie... even the lauded team-up between Jackie Chan and Jet Li didn't pan out in the movie. There were so many things they could have done, but all the opportunities were wasted, such as when JC and JL were arguing over how to best train the clueless white guy - that could have been a great scene! But it wasn't.
And if the idiot white guy was such a big fan of martial arts movies, why didn't he understand he'd have to go through a tough training montage sequence like everyone else? The guy is a hate-able moron.
The cute Chinese girl utters her dialogue like she's a wooden robot.
And yeah, that about covers it.
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Jackie Chan & Jet Li, a great combination
Added 9/25/2009
This is a really good fantasy adventure movie with two of my favorite actors (Jackie Chan and Jet Li). A boy finds himself in a different world and becomes the key to the future of that world.
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