Although I cannot say how much Jackie Chan has played a role in my growth, I still like many of his movies.
Many years ago, when I was in elementary school, I went to the cinema with my parents for the first time and watched Jackie Chan's movie "Platinum Dragon". Of course, the school used to organize our elementary school students to go to the cinema, but we watched some red films such as Dong Cunrui and Jiao Yulu, which is completely different from going to the movies by ourselves. After so many years, I certainly don't remember the content of the movie at all, but the excitement of watching this movie at the time is still fresh in my memory. Since then, I have an indescribable feeling for Jackie Chan's movies.
At first I just liked watching his movies, and then I gradually got a certain understanding of his road to fame. Jackie Chan was a young man who studied martial arts and later entered the entertainment circle by chance. The road to fame was of course very hard. Once the company wanted to shoot a novel by Gu Long, so it took Jackie Chan, the established protagonist of the film at that time, to accompany Gu Long to dinner. Gu Long is well-known for his love of wine, so Jackie Chan accompanies him to drink it cup by cup, but Gu Long doesn't appreciate him, and directly tells Jackie Chan that my script was not written for you. Jackie Chan was sad but still had to smile, but he cried a lot when he went to the bathroom later. Many superstars had a difficult life in their early years. For example, Stephen Chow ran through a dragon set and Leung Ka Fai sold belts. But they persisted. It was a simple truth, but only a few could do it.
After all, a person’s success has something to learn from. Jackie Chan has never used a stand-in in a movie, and insists on doing it himself no matter how dangerous the action is. I don't know how many injuries I have suffered over the years. Looking at his experiences after becoming famous is still embarrassing.
He has a creed in making movies, that is, he must be outstanding, not to shoot other people's subject matter, he ran to shoot police stories when others were shooting martial arts movies, and when others were shooting police and gangster movies, he switched to kung fu movies, "Always have his own characteristics, otherwise It can only be one of many people and will never become a master."
In recent years, some of Jackie Chan’s actions have been controversial, and his image is not as positive as before. Leaving aside these, his contribution to Chinese films is undeniable, including the growth of Chinese films and their contribution to the international community. The impact of the market. In my opinion, Jackie Chan is still a good filmmaker.
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