Like how the generation before me idolizies Bruce Lee, I grew up watching every Jackie Chan movie I could find. I remember when I was young, my family would always have movie nights. The movies were usually Chinese movies rented from a nearby LaserDisk store, and I would always always enjoy the Jackie Chan movies. The way I act when it comes down to Jackie Chan is comparable to some Narutards

And Jet Li? Augh I hate him and yet, I like him. Probably 8 years ago, he really annoyed me. I don’t know why! Every… single… thing about him annoyed me, from Romeo Must Die all the way up to Unleashed. In recent years though, I’ve grown to accept him more, especially after watching Hero and Fearless.

Anyways, this joint collaboration between Chan and Li was rumored back in what? 2002? When I heard Chan and Li had a movie together I decided I was going to watch it, I didn’t even know what the movie was called or what it was about. I was going to watch it (secretly hoping Jackie Chan will kick Jet Li’s ass).

So things I noted during the movie:

• When Jackie Chan started speaking English I had Rush Hour flashbacks (you know, Chris Tucker assumed Chan didn’t know English) and I love how everyone in ancient fairytale China can speak English.
• Drunken boxing cause Chan was pretty cool to watch, and he fits the role so well cause he actually does look kinda drunk when he smiles.
• Li has some craaaaazy ass laugh (for those of you who have watched, I’m talking about the part after he fights Chan).

Its a shame the story was so weak, a Chan and Li movie could of been EPIC. Totally EPIC. I only went to watch this for the Chan vs Li fight. If not for those two, I probably wouldn’t of even given this movie a second thought (maybe unless they casted Stephen Chow instead of Jet Li, just maybe). But you know what? Even though the plot had more holes than a piece of swiss cheese , it’s an enjoyable movie if you forget about the plot. Just switch off your brain and enjoy the ride.

Kinda like watching Die Hard, but instead of explosions and crap you get some kung-fu!

I’ve joined blissmo and others over at Yukan, mainly blogging the new GONZO show, Druaga no To ~Aegis of URUK~. So if you thought this blog wasn’t being updated enough, well… tough!

Multi-author blogging works since I don’t have that much time on my hands. I can blog about Druaga there, and make random two sentence comments on other anime airng this season without having to write the post myself. So go check them out! Hopefully I’ll have time to at least finish off that spring cleaning part 2 post that’s been sitting there… lacking screenshots and I’m too damn lazy.

In other totally unrelated news, my kitchen will be getting a fix soon (the walls were so bad some of the cupboards were starting to fall off the wall? O_o Expensive though.

Dear idiots, umm sorry, I mean self-proclaimed “human rights activists”,

Attacking the Olympic athletes who bear the torch is a fine way of demonstrating human rights. Oh I’m sure these Olympic athletes have something to do with how China is treating Tibet. /Sarcasm. Really. I’ve always thought the Olympics were beyond the racial and political issues but I guess I’m just naive.

Nice going, fools.

(image from CNN)