The forbidden kingdom
By BYOLA2871
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
South Africa
August 7, 2008 11:06am CST
I have always been a sucker for any movie involving martial arts especially if it stars among others Jackie Chan or Jet Li.And what more could I have longed for than collaboration between these two actors (who incidentally are also my favourites for martial art movies). I watched their latest effort in the forbidden kingdom it seems a little interesting but in my opinion it only depicts how age is fast catching up on these two stars and in all honesty, I was not so much impressed as I was looking forward to an all action movie without a mixture of magic. I just hope they can do something again in the likes of police story or the body guard before they retire .what is your opinion of this movie?
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4 responses
@pratik888 (103)
• India
7 Aug 08
I completely agree with u brother ........even i didn't like the movie much .......personally i feel it wasn't as interesting as it promised to be ........but undoubtedly they're the best actors for martial arts films.........i like jackie chan than jet li ........
coul u suggest me sum movies of jet li ......actually i haven't seen his movies much.
:)
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
8 Aug 08
i persoanlly agree with you that both of them are the best there is in martial art movies right now jackie obviously will be the favourite,some other movies by jet li includes black mask,the replacement body guard,he is about to release some thing new,called mummy 3,others are also rogue assassin,iron monkey,heroes etc
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@pratik888 (103)
• India
8 Aug 08
thnxx brother .........i saw mummy 3 today but didn't find it much interesting
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@meggan79 (436)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I personally enjoyed it and liked the story line. My 9yr old daughter didn't want to go to it and I made her watch it anyways. After we got out of the movie she was thanking me over and over again for making her watch it. She has now decided that she wants to do martial arts.
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
9 Aug 08
well i guess your child definitely must have been intrigued with the movie and am happy that you did enjoy the movies,i guess i wanted more
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@majestic12 (270)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I am not a nit-picker when it comes to sped-up, real, wirework, whatever it is, kind of martial arts movie, I like them all.
Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen: the top three martial arts actors right now....each of them have acted solo and against each other in one or so movies in the past. They were all good.
If you like to see their battles, check them out: Donnie vs Jet (Hero), Donnie vs Jackie (Shanghai Knights).
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
8 Aug 08
yes i have watched all of these movies you mentioned,i particularly did not understand heroes at first view but grew to like it when i wtched it over time and understood what the them of the movie was.
@sagittar (107)
• Malta
7 Aug 08
I saw it 2 days ago the forbidden kingdom, and in my opinion it was a very good fantasy action martial arts film. I liked it too because it resamble the famous anime dragon ball, in fact the monkey king is the story based on Dragon balls Goku (the monkeyking)
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
8 Aug 08
yes i know the movie will make more sense to the audience who are more familiar with the chinese tradition i have nothing against it i just expected more from these two stars i guess i was asking for too much from them.
@majestic12 (270)
• United States
8 Aug 08
The legend of the monkey king is an actual chinese folklore that span centuries.
Dragon Ball Z is based on the monkey king, not the other way around.
