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52in52: Drunken Master

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A movie poster with a Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington

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Drunken Master was one of Jackie Chan’s breakout roles from 1978. It is acclaimed as one of the original and best martial arts comedies created. It was directed by Yuen Woo-ping, who would eventually be the choreographer for the Matrix and Kill Bill series. Basically, I’m trying to say I had a lot of expectations going into the movie.

After finishing it, I thought it was a fun and charming movie. Jackie Chan made the movie very enjoyable to watch; he was so fluid in his stunts and very expressive. I watched a video that talked about how Jackie said his acting style is inspired by silent actors like Buster Keaton, who heavily used expressions. The plot was nonsensical but enjoyable. It’s cool seeing where future kung fu movies drew inspiration from (for example, Kung Fu Panda). We watched it as an English dub, and usually I’m not a fan of dubs, but the quirkiness of it added to the fun.

I had a hard time rating it cause I originally rated it 6/10, but when I think about the issues I have are due to comparing the movie to modern movies. The parts I didn’t enjoy were that the movie felt slow at times, but I think that is just my zoomer-goldfish attention span issues, more than a movie fault. Also, the movie felt incomplete at the end with many hanging plot points, but again, I don’t think that was the point of the movie. Re-evaluating the movie, I’d give it 7-7.5/10. Next week’s movie is Studio Ghibli’s The Tales of the Princess Kaguya.

Here is the rest of the list!

  1. Requiem for a Dream
  2. The Departed
  3. A Few Good Men
  4. Apollo 13
  5. Philadelphia
  6. Ghost in the Shell
  7. Paprika
  8. Millenium Actress
  9. Donnie Darko
  10. Memories and Murder
  11. Momento
  12. 2001: Space Odyssey
  13. Schindler’s List
  14. Jojo Rabbit
  15. Clue
  16. The Thing
  17. American History X
  18. When Harry Met Sally
  19. Black swan
  20. La Haine
  21. Seven Samurai
  22. Alien
  23. The Shining
  24. Cast Away
  25. Hateful eight
  26. La La Land
  27. Dead Poets Society
  28. Contact
  29. The Sixth Sense
  30. Training DAy
  31. The Green Room
  32. Wild Robot
  33. Sound of Music
  34. Nightcrawler
  35. Bridge on the River Kwai
  36. Bugonia
  37. V for Vendetta
  38. Drunken Master
  39. Tokyo Grandfathers
  40. Look Back
  41. Call me by your name
  42. Fantastic Mr Fox
  43. Grand Budapest Hotel
  44. Trainspotting
  45. Hyakuemu.
  46. In the Mood for Love
  47. Hard Boiled
  48. Only Yesterday
  49. The Cat Returns
  50. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
  51. When Marnie was There
  52. From Up on Poppy Hill