Jackie Chan's 100th Movie is Not a Jackie Chan Movie

1911
辛亥革命
Not a Review
It's Jackie Chan's 100th movie.
But it's not a typical Jackie Chan movie.
It's very, very serious,
And very historical and talky.
If you just wanna see Jackie fight,
You'd be pretty bored.
The only funny part of the movie,
Was when they called Penang 'Penang Pulau'
WTF.



Nope, no Jackie falling off buildings,
No Jackie fighting baddies (only one SMALL fight nia)
No Jackie being funny
No Jackie using ladders or umbrellas to fight.
Just Jackie being very serious and drama-rama.
And acting pretty well too, if I may add.



That's not saying this is a bad movie though.
It just isn't a Jackie Chan movie.

Unfortunately, everyone is talking about it like it is.

Even the pictures I found are all Jackie only.
This is almost like a documentary.
All about history and actual events.
Very educational, actually.



Anyway,
It's about the Xinhai Revolution in China,
WAAAAY back in 1911 (duh),
when they overthrew the Qing Dynasty,
which means that finally, after more than 200 years,
CHINA HAD NO MORE EMPEROR.
Very important bit of history, this.
Worth finding out more about.



Like I said, it's a serious historical epic.
I liked it because I liked all this history history stuff.
Not sure how accurate it is lar.
And I think got a fair bit of romanticizing also.
But if you just want to see Jackie Chan fight,
Go watch Police Story or Project A again.

The Lovely, Sad Bones.... Oooh Pretty!

The Lovely Bones.
Not a review.
It's lovely, and sad.
Susie Salmon! Salmon, like the fish.
Susie is so sad.
All that hope, joy snuffed out just like that.
Murdered when she was 14.



That Saoirse Ronan kid is lovely.
She made you feel so sad for Susie.
She'll grow up to be a damn good actress one day.
And not a bad looking one either.
Dammit it's Emma Watson Syndrome all over again!



That Stanley Tucci guy is pretty good,
Damn creepy, in a disturbing pervy kinda way.
No wonder he got nominated for an Oscar.
Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon are always great to watch,
But that Marky Mark's voice still annoys the shit outta me.
He's so-so here, good at times,
But stands out like a sore thumb next to Rachel.



I really like the imagery in the In-Between.
Especially the ships in glass bottles floating at sea,
Very poetic, very haunting, very majestic even.
But it got a bit out of hand at times though,
Don't tinker TOO MUCH with the SFX machine, Peter.



I just recently saw some of his earlier movies.
Awesome shit like Brain Dead and Heavenly Creatures.
You wouldn't believe he would later make Lord Of The Rings.
Jackson should go back to his horror schlock one of these days,
Would be interesting to see what he can do.
Here, one scene in the house was damn kan ciong ok.



I liked it.
But donno why all the critics hated it.
It's only got 32% on the Tomatometer! WTF!??!!??
But I have to admit, it doesn't do justice to Alice Sebold's book.
The book was much sadder, but hopeful.
The family drama scenes were much, much better in the book.
Go read it already, goddamit.