Jackie on Fireworks

Following Jackie on Twitter today he made the observation that fireworks pollute the sky/air. While I am aware of the noise pollution associated with fireworks (any one who has had pets around fireworks will be aware of the trauma the noise causes) which is more than enough reason for me to want to ban them, however I was entirely unaware of the other forms of pollution associated with them.

This article (one of the more accurate ones I found) is too long to reproduce here but it goes into (without too much detail) all the sources of pollution from fireworks:

TOXIC FIREWORKS

Despite these - my strongest objection to fireworks is the other damage/risks associated with them when they are let off in an irresponsible manner. These examples in the linked articles are a very very small illustration of the problem:

ROUND UP OF ARTICLES CONCERNING FIREWORK RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES IN CHINA

Every single year all around the world countless people, children and animals are either traumatised, killed, injured, or disabled because of fireworks. Those pretty displays come with a high price tag.

Jackie and the Bear

Source: In this image released by Emperor Motion Pictures, Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan, bottom right, plays a farmer-turned-reluctant soldier in ancient China, and American-Chinese actor Wang Leehom, up right, beside a black bear in their new film 'Little Big Soldier.' (AP Photo/Emperor Motion Pictures)

This photo is interesting because in the Asia Uncut Interview Jackie and Wang Lee Hom were asked about the bear - if they really were that close etc. In this photo you can see that they really were but also in the interview Lee Hom mentioned that they used a man tou (bun) with honey to 'direct' the bear. In this photo you can clearly see the bun on the ground in front of the bear.

English Review of Little Big Soldier

'Little Big Soldier' innovative starring vehicle for action star Jackie Chan

Min Lee, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Canadian Press, 2010

HONG KONG - We've seen Jackie Chan, the nimble action hero who takes down the bad guys. Enter Jackie Chan, the timid soldier who will do anything to avoid fighting, even using a prop arrow and artificial blood to fake his death during major battles.

In the veteran action star's new Chinese-language release, "Little Big Soldier," Chan plays a farmer-turned-reluctant soldier in ancient China whose survival strategy is feigning injury.

After escaping unscathed from another battle through trickery, he stumbles upon his biggest prize - a surviving general from a rival state. The general becomes his hostage - the hope being that turning in the wounded soldier to the king of his state will win him riches and exemption from military duty.

The treacherous journey back to the farmer's home state, fending off assassins and indigenous bandits, and the comical interplay between Chan's happy-go-lucky farmer and the fearless, snobbish general who looks down on his opportunistic kidnapper drives the 96-minute film.

At first glance, Chan and co-star, singer Leehom Wang are hopelessly miscast. How can the world's biggest ethnic Chinese star pass for a small-time soldier? And how can a Chinese-American pop sensation raised in Rochester, New York and known for his good looks convincingly play a brash general from ancient China?

Wang's portrayal is indeed tenuous - he still speaks Chinese with a noticeable American accent. But Chan shines in his offbeat role, bringing a lovable folksiness to his lowly character. He's infectiously carefree and upbeat, putting a positive spin on the most desperate of situations. "Things are going pretty well" is his mantra.

And the chemistry between Chan and Wang is obvious, their awkward attempts to thwart their attackers reminiscent of Chan's successful comic pairings with Chris Tucker in the "Rush Hour" series and Owen Wilson in "Shanghai Noon" and "Shanghai Knights." The biggest running joke is the farmer's utter lack of kung fu prowess. Chan is shown pointlessly waving his wooden baton when facing down more competent opponents.

The two leading men are helped by the superb and tightly written script by Chinese director Ding Sheng, who beautifully teases out the personalities and personal histories of the two characters.

"Little Big Soldier" also reinforces Chan's trend of taking greater creative risks in his Chinese-language work than his Hollywood productions, where he rarely strays from action comedy. It's his second innovative Chinese-language role in a row. In one of his darker roles of late, Chan played an illegal Chinese immigrant who becomes a hit man for the Japanese mafia in his last Chinese film, "Shinjuku Incident." In a departure from his usually wholesome image, Chan is shown committing murder and paying for sex.

Chan's new movie also shows that it's possible to be creative within the often-soulless genre of the big-budget Chinese epic that has come to dominate the local industry. Superficially, "Little Big Soldier" is another action-packed war movie featuring grand battle scenes set in the vast Chinese outback. Except it's anything but. It's a lovely story of friendship and humanity in the face of endless warfare and destruction.

SOURCE: THE RECORD.COM

Good News for Natalie

Hope grows for Pleasant Hill 8-year-old with leukemia

The odds were against them, but friends and family were recently overjoyed to learn that a bone-marrow donor has been found for 8-year-old leukemia patient Natalie Nakatani.

The story of the Pleasant Hill resident's battle with acute leukemia, reported in the Times this month, has inspired thousands of people in the Bay Area and around the world to get their cheeks swabbed for a possible genetic match.

Finding a bone-marrow match is often difficult, and was more challenging in Natalie's case because of her multiracial heritage— she is Japanese and Chinese, with a trace of Vietnamese.

Donor registries contain a small percentage of minority donors, and even fewer multiracial donors. Leukemia patients from minority backgrounds have only a 35 or 40 percent chance of finding a donor, according to Carol Gillespie, executive director of the Asian-American Donor Program.

Natalie's supporters have been working to get as many people registered as possible, spreading the work through media outlets, social-networking sites, and a public service announcement from international movie star Jackie Chan.

Drives at Natalie's elementary school, Gregory Gardens, and her parents' alma mater, UC Berkeley, have attracted hundreds of would-be donors. The Asian-American Donor program has been receiving about 100 requests a day for home-testing kits, and has mailed out 500 "drive-in-a-box" kits to communities across the country wanting to stage drives for Natalie.

As is normal in these situations, Natalie's family has not been told the identity of the donor, or where the donor was found. They do know that the donor is a nine out of 10 match for their daughter, and is Asian.

Before the transplant, the donor will take medication to make the body produce more blood stem cells, and a doctor will remove these cells via a needle inserted into the hipbone.

Natalie will undergo another round of chemotherapy before the procedure. She remains ill, and her transplant does not guarantee recovery.

"It's a tough road, but it's what gives patients the chance to have their new lives," said family friend Maritza Kim of the operation.

For now, hopes are high.

"We are so happy a match has been found," Natalie's parents wrote in a blog post. "What a special and wonderful gift this person has given our family."

Natalie's parents also hope that newly registered donors who were not a match for their daughter will go on to help other leukemia patients.

"For those of you who are still doing drives and getting people registered, please don't stop," they wrote. "We really want the registry to grow with more minorities."

Kim, who has been working intensely with the Save Natalie campaign, plans to continue advocating on behalf of child cancer patients.

"I would love to see a day come when parents hear their child needs a bone-marrow transplant, and they already have a donor," she said. "I never want to see another family be told, 'We have a lifesaving procedure for your kid, now go find a match.'"

MERCURY NEWS.COM

Little Big Soldier Box Office Excitement

As of 2.30pm yesterday the official box office for 'Little Big Soldier' was 1.0175 billion yuan. Jackie is reported to have been very excited when told about the news and will hold a large scale celebration on about March 5th in Beijing. In addition mention was made of the possibility of making 'Little Big Soldier 2'

(Just a note about counting a billion - there are two systems of counting 1 billion: a short system where 100 million = 1 billion and a long system where 1 million = 1 billion. The UK and Europe follow the long system, the US followed the short system but has since adopted the long system, China follows the short system)

《大兵小将》票房过亿 成龙闻讯显得异常兴奋
2010-02-27 10:22 南方都市报 网友评论 条, 我有话说

　　本报讯　(记者孙锐)上映12天票房过亿！昨日，电影《大兵小将》在北京华夏电影发行公司总部召开发布会，宣布《大兵小将》勇夺春节档华语影片票房冠军，并将于3月5日前后举办大型的庆功晚会。据华影老总谷国庆介绍，他们已经在第一时间将《大兵小将》的票房成绩通知到了成龙，成龙对此也显得异常兴奋，并表示这更加增添了自己拍摄《大兵小将II》的信心。

　　据介绍，考虑到不久前的“虚假票房”事件，负责《大兵小将》发行的华影特意开发了一套世界领先的票房统计软件。谷总介绍，截至昨日下午14点30分，《大兵小将》的票房达到了1.0175亿余元，而且在春节长假后的几天，每天的票房都稳定在200万上下。

Source: NF DAILY.CN

First Photos from Shaolin Temple

Top row, left to right: Yu Shao-qun, Jacky Wu, Xing Yu, Corey Yuen. Middle row, left to right: Liang Jing-ke, Yu Hai, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Albert Yeung, Benny Chan.

Interesting to see they opted for a hat to get around the hair issue for Jackie - I so did not see him agreeing to shave his head LOL - and we know from movies like "The Forbidden Kingdom" how much he hates the whole make-up glue thing.

Anyway to see the rest of the photos - KUNGFU CINEMA.COM

Karate Kid International Trailer

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In Columbia Pictures' The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

The Book of Songs

For those of you (like me) who are curious here is some information about the Book of Songs:

Shijing (The Book of Songs) is the earliest collection of Chinese poems including 305 poems of the Zhou Dynasty (1122-256 B.C.). It was originally called Shi (Poems) and Shi Sanbai (Three Hundred Poems). It was the Confucians of the Han Dynasty who gave it the name Shijing. It is also called Maoshi (Mao Poems) because it was by the hand of Mao Heng of the Han Dynasty that Shijing was passed down to the present time.



It was said that the poems in Shijing could all be sung as songs. According to the tunes they were sung by, the poems were divided into three categories, namely, Feng (Ballads), Ya (Festal Odes), and Song (Sacrificial Songs). Feng consists of 160 poems , including those of 15 countries and areas. They are: Zhounan (Zhou and the south) , Shaonan, Bei, Yong, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Chen, Gui, Cao and Bin. Most of the poems in Feng are folk songs from along the Yellow River. Only a few of them are works of the nobles. Ya consists of 105 poems which are divided into Xiaoya (The Minor Festal Odes) and Daya (The Major Festal Odes). The poems in Ya are basically written by the nobles. Song consists of 40 poems including the sacrificial hymns and songs in the courts of Zhou, Lu and Shang.

In general, the poems from the common people are rich in content, fresh in style and varied in form, while those written by the nobles lack the flavour of poetry and seem inferior.

Shijing is the source of Chinese verse and the starting point of the Chinese epic. It includes history poems, satirical poems, narrative poems, love songs, odes, seasonal songs and work songs. It covers all aspects of the society of the Zhou Dynasty, such as work and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, sacrifices and feasts, astronomical phenomena and landforms, animals and plants. Therefore, Shijing is not only a mirror reflecting the Zhou Dynasty, but also the most valuable and important material in the study of the Chinese language from the 11th century to the 6th century B.C.

Shijing has spread widely in China and abroad. Shijing has been translated into many foreign languages such as English, French, Japanese, Russian. Jacob Lee's The Chinese Classics is the earliest translation in English, which was published during 1861-1871 in Hong Kong. Arthur Waley' s The Book of Songs, though published later (in 1954), is a better version.

Source: CHINA VISTA.COM

For a far more detailed explanation of the book - WIKIPEDIA

A selection of poems are available HERE

An e-book is available to download HERE as a trial version only. You can of course pay to unlock it LOL

Otherwise another e-book is available HERE which I think is free.

A free copy of it entirely in Chinese (no English translation of the text) is available HERE

"Little Big Soldier" Stills

SOURCE: SINA.COM

Little Big Soldier Just Keeps Doing Better

CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE!!!

"Little Big Soldier" at the box office-breaking 100 million

Jackie Chan, the audience recognition of income recognized in transition

Morning News (Reporter Lian Jie), according to China's film distribution news, Jackie Chan, Lee Hom starring film "Little Big Soldier" who started from the first month after release, the box office has been steadily rising, as of yesterday, they had a breakthrough billion mark, becoming the first mainland box office over the Ministry of 100 million of "Jackie Chan movie." On the other hand, with the Lunar New Year stalls Amongst these lousy movies than "Little Big Soldier" also made a good reputation, and even considered to be "one of the most successful transformation of Jackie Chan." Ding Sheng said the film director Jackie Chan for the film at the box office is very pleased with planned celebration party was held early in March.

Box-office star effect Guoyi

"Little Big Soldier" ranked number one on the first day of release fetched 15.06 million in just 6 days time on the week at the box office topped the table top, doing well. Yesterday, the film distribution company for Valley Square China National Report, "Private Game" released 12 days and has been breaking box-office billion mark, as the Spring Festival Chinese-made films in the file title. Gu Guoqing said that the film is able to gain market recognition, in addition to Jackie Chan, Wang Lee Hom Lao Shaopei this star effect, but also because the film is copied from the movie Jackie Chan has always been humor, and full of humane care.

In fact, place names, including Jackie Chan, although the first loud, but he starred in the film - in particular, a strong personal touch "Jackie Chan movie" at the box office did not consequent correspondingly. Prior to "The Myth", "Rob-B-Hood" are in the brink of million threshold. "The Forbidden Kingdom" surprisingly easy to approaching 200 million, but after all, Jackie Chan and Jet Li co-operation, plus the Hollywood production, not really real "Jackie Chan movie." By contrast, "Little Big Soldier" starring Jackie Chan is not only, but also as investors, is a typical "Jackie Chan movie."

Successful transition was good

And the Lunar New Year stalls compared to a number of speculative film making money, "Little Big Soldier" Although there are many shortcomings, but it could be considered as one of faith. Movie playing in only at the box office rosy reputation is also relatively good. "Little Big Soldier", Chan changed the role of past heroes, who was playing a cowardly deserter and a bad martial arts, accidental capture of Lee Hom plays the generals.

Reporter found that many viewers have seen Jackie Chan in the film changes, and expressed support for such a change. Students Li Chen said: "Jackie Chan's older brother played a soldier in this very witty funny, made me laugh had been the more moving. He did not know great truths, do not want to fight. Even if the strange combination of circumstances captured by the enemy generals, but also just want to have his Quhuan a few acres of land, good farm home. In fact, most of our people is one such idea, so I think this soldier's role is very cordial. "Of course, there are viewers dissatisfied with the performance of Jackie Chan, Ren evaluation of Mr. said, "Little Big Soldier" to fight Jackie Chan's previous film was not as exciting, and obviously feeling old Jackie Chan, playing no more.

SOURCE: SINA.COM or TRANSLATED

《大兵小将》票房破亿


晨报讯（记者 杨莲洁）据华夏电影发行公司消息，成龙、王力宏主演的电影《大兵小将》自正月初一上映后，票房一路走高，截至昨天已经突破亿元大关，成为首部在内地票房过亿的“成龙电影”。另一方面，与贺岁档的芸芸烂片相比，《大兵小将》也取得了不错口碑，甚至被认为是“成龙最成功的一次转型”。该片导演丁晟透露，成龙对该片票房十分欣慰，计划在3月初举行庆功宴。

　　票房过亿 明星效应

　　《大兵小将》上映首日就力挫群雄进账1506万，短短6天时间就荣登当周票房榜榜首，表现不俗。昨天，影片发行方华夏公司负责人谷国庆公布，《大兵小将》上映12天，票房已经突破亿元大关，成为春节档国产片中的冠军。谷国庆表示，影片之所以能获得市场认同，除了成龙、王力宏这对老少配的明星效应外，还因为本片承袭了成龙影片的一贯幽默，并且充满了人文关怀。

　　事实上，成龙虽然在内地名头响亮，但他主演的电影——尤其是个人色彩强烈的“成龙电影”的票房却没有因之水涨船高。此前的《神话》、《宝贝计划》都在亿元门槛边缘徘徊。《功夫之王》倒是轻松逼近两亿，但那毕竟是成龙和李连杰的合作，外加好莱坞的制作，算不上真正的“成龙电影”。相比之下，《大兵小将》成龙不仅主演，还担任投资人，是地道的“成龙电影”。

　　成功转型 口碑不错

　　和贺岁档众多投机捞钱的影片相比，《大兵小将》虽然也有诸多缺点，但也算得上一部诚意之作。影片上映后不仅票房飘红，口碑也比较良好。《大兵小将》中，成龙一改往日的银幕英雄角色，饰演一个贪生怕死且武功不好的逃兵，意外擒获了王力宏饰演的大将。

　　记者在采访中发现，很多观众都看出了成龙在这部影片中的转变，并对这种转变表示支持。大学生李真说：“成龙大哥这次演的小兵很诙谐滑稽，却让我笑过之后有更多的感动。他不懂大道理，不想打仗。即使阴差阳错俘虏了敌国将军，也只想拿他去换几亩地，好回家种田。其实我们大多数老百姓的想法就是这样的，所以我觉得这个小兵的角色很亲切。”当然，也有观众对成龙的表现感到不满，任先生就评价说，《大兵小将》的打斗不如成龙以前的电影精彩了，明显感觉成龙老了，打不动了。

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"Little Big Soldier" at the box office Guoyi Jackie Chan in March celebration will be held in Beijing

Investment by the Jackie Chan films starring with Lee Hom "Little Big Soldier" from the February 14 New Year's Day has been released as of today (February 25) at the box office has exceeded 1 billion mark. Video issuers China Film Company and Jackie Chan's team is very excited to learn this news, Jackie Chan, head of the team also revealed that Jackie Chan will be around March 5 celebration will be held in Beijing.

Press Conference Beijing


Executive Chairman - Huaxia Film Company


Representative for Jackie - GAO Wen-ning


Director Ding Sheng

Netease Entertainment February 25 reports from investing in and with Jackie Chan - Lee Hom starring film "Little Big Soldier" from the February 14 New Year's Day has been released as of today (February 25 ) at the box office has exceeded 1 billion mark. Video issuers China Film Company and Jackie Chan's team is very excited to learn this news, Jackie Chan, head of the team also revealed that Jackie Chan will be around March 5 celebration will be held in Beijing.

The leading box office-breaking 100 million early in March the Lunar New Year stalls Chan celebration will be held in Beijing

"Little Big Soldier" is a Jackie Chan brewing for 20 years of effort from the film, Jackie Chan over the past few heroes on the screen image of the soldiers played a afraid of death, and with Lee Hom plays a teenager created a large number of joke.

According to film distributor Huaxia Film Company Executive Chairman Fang Gu Guoqing, a huge market appeal because of Jackie Chan, as well as theaters, cinemas in the row on-chip support, "Little Big Soldier" released at the lunar New Year's fetched 15.06 million yuan on the same day in just 6 days on the highest profile domestic movie box office of the Chinese New Year the first to reach 8000 million yuan. As of today, around 2:30 p.m. at the box office has exceeded 1 billion yuan mark, becoming the Spring Festival, 14 films released files in the box office of the crown. Once at the box office results so gratifying to make Jackie Chan and directed by Sheng Ding can not believe a bit worried that there will be water at the box office. However, according to Gu Guoqing, chairman, said that China's box-office figure was spent 200,000 yuan specially developed and patent-pending software statistics of the results, there is no fake. China's manager, Jian Wei said that although the "Sherlock Holmes," released in the Mainland, starting from today, but "Little Big Soldier" exclusive film screenings little impact, so the box office in the future will be a new high.

Entering the film has successfully promoted "billion club" director Ding Sheng modestly says, "Little Big Soldier" to achieve such good results is not the credit for himself, "I was lucky on the Dragon Boat." The person in charge of the team Jackie Chan Wen Gao Ning was revealed that Jackie Chan will be in early March (March 5 or so) celebration will be held in Beijing to thank the media and spectators for their support.

SOURCE: NETEASE ENTERTAINMENT or TRANSLATED

《大兵小将》票房过亿 成龙3月在京举办庆功会

由成龙投资并同王力宏主演的电影《大兵小将》自2月14日大年初一上映以来，截至今日（2月25日）票房已经突破1亿元大关。影片发行方华夏电影公司和成龙的团队得知此消息后十分兴奋，成龙团队的负责人还透露，成龙将会在3月5日左右在北京举办庆功会。

《大兵小将》票房超亿元新闻发布会。


华夏电影公司执行董事长谷国庆。


成龙团队的负责人高文宁。


《大兵小将》的导演丁晟。

网易娱乐2月25日报道（文/宇文翮 图/春哥） 由成龙投资并同王力宏主演的电影《大兵小将》自2月14日大年初一上映以来，截至今日（2月25日）票房已经突破1亿元大关。影片发行方华夏电影公司和成龙的团队得知此消息后十分兴奋，成龙团队的负责人还透露，成龙将会在3月5日左右在北京举办庆功会。

票房破亿领军贺岁档 成龙3月初在京举办庆功会

《大兵小将》是成龙酝酿了20年之久的心血之作，影片中成龙一改往日在银幕上的英雄形象，饰演一名怕死的大兵，并与王力宏饰演的小将制造了大量的笑料。

据影片发行方华夏电影公司执行董事长谷国庆介绍，由于成龙巨大的市场号召力以及院线、影院在排片上的支持，《大兵小将》在大年初一上映当天就进账1506万元人民币，短短6天就高居春节档国产影片票房之首，达到8000余万元。截至今日下午2点半左右，票房已经突破1亿元大关，成为春节档上映的14部影片中的票房之冠。如此可喜的票房成绩一度令成龙和导演丁晟有点儿不敢相信，担心票房会有水分。但据谷国庆董事长说，这个票房数字是华夏公司专门花了20万元研发并申请专利的软件统计出的结果，并无任何虚假成分。华夏公司的经理魏健则表示，虽然《大侦探福尔摩斯》从今日起在内地上映，但对《大兵小将》的排片场次影响不大，因此票房在未来还将再创新高。

初入影坛就成功晋升“亿元俱乐部”的导演丁晟谦虚地表示，《大兵小将》取得这么好的成绩并非自己的功劳，“我是幸运的上了龙船”。而成龙团队的负责人高文宁则透露，成龙将会于3月初（3月5日左右）在北京举办庆功会以答谢媒体和观众的支持。
(本文来源：网易娱乐 )

Little Big Soldier Tops Box Office

Little Big Soldier is the highest earning Chinese Language film at the box office this week - unfortunately not toppling Avatar from it's top earning perch - but still has an excellent return.

New Year's Day release Jackie Chan's new work, "Little Big Soldier" on the first day of up to 13 million yuan at the box office, released its first week at the box office total 80 million yuan. Screening in more than 4,000 theaters a total of about 34 million viewers watched the film. Chinese New Year holiday at the box office seven days from the point of view, "Little Big Soldier" to become, in the interim period, the highest Chinese-language film at the box-office. Many viewers have given a very high evaluation. Jackie Chan returned to the Lunar New Year stalls evaluation of this masterpiece. In response, Chan thanked fans for support, intends to open the celebration to thank the audience.

"Little Big Soldier" as a "Family" New Year film, the first day of release, many audiences have watched with great satisfaction after, "Little Big Soldier" played a very lively plot, suitable for the whole family to see. Wang Lee Hom also the audience's costumes surprised - singer Wang Lee Hom also did not expect to become such a 'dirty', very different, but also the special surprise. When Wang Lee Hom appeared a lot of audience could not help but marvel. A wider audience is that "Jackie Chan movie" With the new breakthrough is no longer a pure play, and funny, but with more meaning and content, at the end of subversion is so that everyone may feel emotionally final. Snapshots are so that everyone laughter.

Feedback from the audience is not difficult to see Jackie Chan returning to New Year everyone to make very satisfied with the new film. As the film at the box office record breaking achievement, are also very grateful to Jackie Chan fans to support him, "Thank you for 'Little Big Soldier' support, I hope you have more suggestions and recommendations."

SOURCE: ENT.QQ.COM or TRANSLATED

大年初一上映的成龙新作《大兵小将》首日票房高达1300万元，上映首周的票房累计8000万元。在4000余场的放映中，共计有近34万名观众观看了这部影片。从春节七天长假的票房来看，《大兵小将》成为此段时间华语片票房最高的影片。很多观众都给予其很高的评价，对成龙重回贺岁档的这部力作评价中肯。对此，成龙表示感谢影迷的支持，打算开庆功会答谢观众。

　　《大兵小将》作为一部“合家欢”贺岁电影，首日上映后，不少观众看完之后十分满意，“《大兵小将》的情节打得很热闹，适合全家一起去看，图个乐和。”也有观众对王力宏的古装扮相惊讶不已，“没想到歌星王力宏还能变得这么‘邋遢’，挺颠覆的，也特别惊喜。”当王力宏出场的时候，很多观众都不由得发出了惊叹。更多的观众则认为，“成龙电影”有了新的突破，不再是单纯的打和搞笑，而是包含了更多的意义和内容，在结尾处的颠覆更是让大家心生感慨，最后的花絮则让大家笑声不断。

　　从观众的反馈中不难看出，大家对成龙重回贺岁档的新作十分满意。由于该片票房屡创佳绩，成龙也十分感谢支持他的影迷，“谢谢大家对《大兵小将》的支持，也希望大家多提意见和建议。”

Interesting Article/Review on Little Big Soldier

(“山下土肥呦，地呀地五亩啊，五亩良田呦种点啥……鸡肥鹅肥呦，牛呀牛羊壮啊，种豆种稻呦，油菜花！”
　　原来小人物的梦想，就是“开心农场+开心牧场”）
　　
　　
　　 一
　　
　　有狐绥绥，在彼淇梁。心之忧矣，之子无裳。
　　有狐绥绥，在彼淇厉。心之忧矣，之子无带。
　　有狐绥绥，在彼淇侧。心之忧矣，之子无服。
　　
　　在成龙的电影里听到《诗经》，惊诧度不亚于在张艺谋的电影里看到了二人转。那场戏，我不知道有多少朋友看懂了，因为它复杂地就像余则成的眼神。梁兵（成龙）俘虏了卫太子（王力宏），押着他到一处废弃民居，遇到一个流浪歌姬（林鹏）。歌姬下了药汤，并解衣歌舞助兴，唱的正是这首《诗经?卫风?有狐》。那场戏不长，在剧情上似乎可有可无，但细究起来很有意思：
　　
　　●歌姬下药汤，原意是想迷翻梁兵，因为梁兵戴着卫太子的将盔，而歌姬的亲人都死于卫太子的连年征战；她选唱《卫风》，也是以为梁兵是卫将。
　　●这首《有狐》，是女向男求爱的情歌，说良人虽贫无衣裤，但自己仍然爱他。当时梁兵正是衣衫褴褛，此曲正是十分应景的挑逗；而同时也是质询：为什么你是卫将，却穿乞丐装？可惜对牛弹琴，梁兵哪里懂得这些？
　　●梁兵听不懂的，卫太子却听得懂。他认定歌姬是卫人，所以当歌姬捧汤近前时，低声向她求救。歌姬本意就是想救他，但见他此举，却说：“这汤本来不想给你喝的。”于是灌他喝汤。
　　●可能由于对两人身份琢磨不透，所以歌姬没有加害他们，只是在卫太子耳边说了句“报应”。这两个字，最后才由卫太子道出，辉映着挂在许愿树上的“太平”。而“报应”就是，怕死的梁兵以身殉国，而不怕死的卫太子，却投降秦国。
　　
　　（另一说，《有狐》是妻子怀念久役不归的丈夫。歌姬在许愿树山崖再唱此曲，应是此意，借以呼应和平的主题。故而前者妖冶，后者超然出尘。）
　　
　　
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　　不仅如此，这部“成龙电影”竟向刚去世的塞林格致敬，这比成龙大哥上百家讲坛讲《诗经》，更让我惊诧。尤其是那场梦境：梁兵在跟麦田一样黄澄澄的油菜花地里，喜悦地奔跑，突然油菜花丛中，闪出他曾救过的小乞丐，拿箭指着他，将他射倒……那个小乞丐是片中象征意味很浓的符号，出现了好几次，有兴趣的朋友不妨留意一下。我想成龙大哥借用麦田意象，是想和霍尔顿一样发出“救救孩子”的呼声，毕竟“爱护和平，从娃娃抓起”，成龙大哥甘当“油菜花田守望者”。
　　
　　除了油菜花田、小乞丐，电影里符号性的东西还很多，有考据癖的朋友，不妨探讨一下其中的深意。比如：
　　●旗
　　影片由护旗而始、护旗而终。卫军遭梁军伏击，卫太子拼死保护卫旗不倒，却被装死的梁兵偷袭，成了俘虏，故事由此展开。而故事最后，梁兵回到梁国，却发现梁国已灭，原本贪生怕死的他，为护最后一杆梁旗不倒，被乱箭射死。
　　
　　●我爹说
　　本片中出现频次最高的台词。作为极为重要的隐藏人物，“我爹”能说、能画、能写：说话像赵本山，满嘴跑的都是“老鹰小鸡，放在锅里都是肉”之类，期待有过耳不忘的朋友，整出“我爹”语录；能画地图，其实这地图本身作用不大，关键为亮出背后“我爹”的书法：太平（在那个时代能写字的，可不是一般人）。
　　
　　●挺好的
　　本片出现频次第二高的台词，“我爹”的口头禅，其核心思想是“只要活着，挺好的”的乱世生存哲学。在“我爹”光辉思想的忽悠下，一心想重建大国荣耀的卫太子，不战而降秦国。
　　
　　●小人物
　　又一高频台词，卫太子的口头禅，但说得多了，让人感觉有点生硬，成了强贴的标签，就为了告诉大家：大哥这次真的只是一个“小人物”哦。
　　故事的结局还揭示这样一个道理：小人物干大人物的事，只能自取灭亡；而大人物有小人物的胸怀，却能泽被苍生。
　　
　　●五亩田
　　梁兵俘虏卫太子，是为了回国换五亩田，种油菜花，过上“农妇、山泉、有点田”的幸福生活。
　　其实，当时的100亩只相当于如今的29.07亩。也就是说，那么帅的卫太子，只能换1.45亩的田；原来小人物的梦想，就是想有块“开心农场”。
　　
　　在一部电影里，安插这么多符号性的东西，成龙大哥是在不断提醒人们注意他的改变：成龙的电影，也开始有深度了。尽管这个“深度”，早在《英雄》、《墨攻》、《麦田》就被别人探底了，但成龙大哥还是找到了一个不错的视角，发掘了一个不错的“新人”（王力宏），加上成龙电影一贯的打斗、搞笑元素，即使抛开那些符号、深度，也是今年最值得一看的贺岁片。
　　
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　　看电影，最怕孩子多。今年的贺岁档，竟撞上了三次“小鬼当家”：《喜羊羊和灰太狼》自不必说，另两部则是成龙的《邻家特工》和《大兵小将》。或许在小朋友眼里，成龙大哥就跟灰太狼一样可爱吧。只是《邻家特工》里，56岁“灰太狼”的插科打诨，多少让我有点心酸。
　　我常常将成龙的电影混淆，因为每部电影是那么相似，成龙老是那个成龙。所以，我对成龙大哥这次的励精图治，先给以3颗星的支持。
　　1颗星给片中的两位佳丽：林鹏和新七小福中的徐冬梅。林鹏的两段歌舞很惊艳，但在剧情上，似乎可有可无。徐冬梅演的是蛮族女将，因此除了哼哼哈哈就没像样的台词，但扮相充满野性美，很让人心痒痒。
　　还有1颗星，要给王力宏。作为歌坛天王，王力宏在电影上的表现却乏善可陈，惨到要去拍三级片《色戒》。但这次他演的卫太子，不着华服，却气质雍容、从容淡定，“龙-王组合”也配合默契，34岁的王力宏，总算被成龙大哥领上道了。
　　
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　　本片的背景设定在战国末期，卫、梁交战。这有悖历史常识。因为，春秋战国800年，卫国一直很弱小，几次被灭，都是在别国帮助下复国。正是因为它实在太弱，秦始皇后来都懒得灭他，一直到秦二世废掉卫君角（就是片中的卫太子），卫才算正式亡国，这时距秦朝统一天下已经12年了。像卫国这样弱得不能再弱的国家，要说它有称雄天下的野心，真是扯淡了。而当时的梁国，指的是战国七雄中的魏国（因定都大梁，别称梁国），不知比卫国要强大多少倍。
　　
　　当然，对于这样一部好看的电影，这点硬伤只能算是吹毛求疵。

Source: WXRB.COM

Translation: MUCH MUCH THANKS TO DACREJAMES - explanatory comments have been added in red at various points.  

Little Big Soldier：Promotes the "Book of Songs", Pays a Tribute to Salinger

(Under the mountain, the soil is fertilized on five acres of land. What should I grow on five acres of land? The chickens are fat, gooses are fat, cows and goats are strong. Plant beans, plant paddies, canola flowers! - Indeed, the dream of an insignificant figure is to have a peaceful farmland and peaceful ranch.)

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A fox lopes slowly, on the stone bank of the Qi River.
My heart is worried, that you don't have warm clothes.

A fox lopes slowly, by the river ford.
My heart is worried, that you don't have a belt.

A fox lopes slowly, on the other side of the river.
My heart is worried, that you don't have a new coat.
(This is a poem from the "Book of Songs". A fox refers to a man.)

Hearing the "Book of Songs" in a Jackie Chan film is no less amazing than seeing a song and dance duet in a Zhang Yi Mou film. I don't know how many people actually understood that scene because it is as complicated as the look in Yu Ce Cheng's eyes (he is a character in a Chinese drama series called "Lurk" who is somewhat based on a true historic figure working for the KMT Military Council)After the Liang soldier (Jackie Chan) captured the Wei prince (Lee Hom Wang), they met a wandering female singer (Lin Peng) on the journey back to the Liang state. In a scene, she left poison on their food, loosened her clothes and sang "There's a Fox". That scene wasn't long and wasn't necessary to the plot but it carried a lot of meaning:

• The reason for poisoning and causing harm to the Liang soldier was because her kin died during battle and she thought he was the Wei prince because he wore the Wei prince's helmet. 
  
  
• The poem "There's a Fox" is generally a love poem about a woman courting a man. It talks about how one can love the other despite the other being poor and having nothing to wear. This poem was suitable for flirting in the scene because the Liang soldier was dressed shabbily and at the same time, the poem asked an indirect question: "Why are you dressed like a beggar although you are the Wei prince?" Unfortunately, he couldn't have answered because how would he have known these things?
   
  
• Although the Liang soldier did not understand, the Wei prince did. But he thought the singer was someone from the Wei state so when she came towards him to give him the soup, he whispered to her for help. The singer's initial plan was indeed to help him (The one that the singer wanted to harm was the Wei prince, not the Liang soldier. But since she thought the Liang soldier was the Wei prince, OBVIOUSLY she thought the Wei prince was the Liang soldier! So no harm in helping the "Liang soldier"!) but, for some reason, she said, "I wasn't going to make you drink this at first." and then she made him drink the soup.
  
  
• Maybe it was because she wasn't sure of their identities but she didn't harm them further. She merely whispered the word "retribution" in the real Wei prince's ear (whom she thought was the Liang soldier). And this word was only revealed by the real Wei prince at the end to echo the glory of the word "peace" that was hung on the wishing tree. That "retribution" was: The Liang soldier sacrificed his life for his state in the end but the brave Wei prince surrendered to the Qin state.
  
  
• (Another interpretation of "There's a Fox" is "a wife longing for her husband who has gone away for a long time". I guess when the singer sung that poem again under the wishing tree, she was trying to implicate "peace" - to become a better person from her flirtatious self.)
  

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This Jackie Chan film is a tribute to the late J.D. Salinger, which surprises me more than him talking about the "Book of Songs" on "Bai Jia Jiang Yun" (a Chinese show). Especially in this dream scene: "The Liang soldier was running happily on a land full of canola flowers when suddenly he sees a young beggar whom he once saved aiming and shooting an arrow at him." That young beggar is a symbol that signifies something very strong in the film. He appeared a number of times so if you are interested, watch out for that. I guess Jackie Chan wanted to use that "field" scene because he wanted to convey a "save the children" message like Holden. Because he loves peace, he was willing to be a canola flower field watchman (like Holden's Catcher in the Rye).

Besides canola flowers and the young beggar, there are lot of other things that symbolized something in the film. Those who have a liking towards information, you may check up on the following:

Flag

• The film begun with a raised flag and ended with a raised flag. At the beginning of the film, the Wei army was ambushed by the Liang army. In order to protect the Wei flag, the Wei prince fought hard with his life, only to encounter a sneak attack by a Liang soldier, who pretended to be dead, and end up as a captive. Yet at the end of the story, when the Liang soldier returned to his state and realised it had already been defeated, he, who initially was a coward and was afraid to die, died protecting his state's last flag.

"My Father Said"

• This was the most frequently used line in the film. And this "father" is an important "hidden" character. The line, "My father speaks well, draws well and writes well." is like a line said by Zhao Ben Shan (a Chinese skit and sitcom actor)who frequently quotes his father. In the film, the father has the ability to draw maps. But what's important isn't the map itself but the word the father wrote behind it: Peace (In that era, those who can write were not your average person).

"How Marvelous"

• This was the second most frequently used line in the film. It's the Liang soldier's catchphrase. In his heart, he felt: "As long as you live, all will be well because troubled times will always pass." It's like the Wei prince who wanted glory for his state but who decided against war in the end and surrendered to the Qin state.

"Insignificant Figure"

• Another greatly used line. The Wei prince's catchphrase. Because it was used too many times, it gave people the feeling that the phrase was rather stiff and rigid. It became a strong tag (on the Liang soldier) for the purpose of telling everyone that: Jackie Chan really is a little insignificant figure in this film. But in the film, there is another meaning to this phrase: When a small figure does the work of a big figure, he will only bring harm to himself. But when a big figure possesses the tolerance of a small figure, great things can be achieved.

Five Acres of Land

• The Liang soldier captured the Wei prince for the reason that, in return, he wanted five acres of land to plant canola flowers, marry a wife and have a bit of land to lead a happy life. Actually, 100 acres at that time is like 29.07 acres today which means he would have gotten a mere 1.45 acres of land in exchange for the captured Wei prince. But that is his dream - to have a peaceful piece of farmland.

To have so many things symbolizing different things in a film, Jackie Chan continually reminds us of his change: That Jackie Chan films are getting deeper. But despite having its depth, films like "Hero", "A Battle of Wits" and "Wheat" have already touched on topics like these. Still, Jackie Chan was able to find a different perspective and also discover a rather good newbie (Lee Hom Wang). Together with the film's action scenes and funny elements, the film would still have been the most worth-watching new year film even without the symbols or its depth.

Three

When you go and watch a film, you're always afraid there will be a lot of children. On the list of new year films this year, there are already three films that are suitable for children to watch: "Pleasant Goat and the Big Big Wolf", and two Jackie Chan films, "The Spy next Door" and "Little Big Soldier". Maybe in the eyes of children, Jackie Chan is as adorable as the grey wolf. But in "The Spy Next Door", this 56-year-old "grey wolf's" comical parts had me feeling a little heartache.

• I always get his films mixed up because every film is so similar. Jackie Chan is always just Jackie Chan. So, just for his effort in making the country more peaceful, I'll give the film three stars this time:

One star is for the two beauties in the film: Lin Peng and Lucky 7's Xu Dong Mei. Lin Peng's two routines of song and dance were breath-taking but might not have been necessary for the film. As for Xu Dong Mei, because she acted as a barbaric female leader, she had no proper dialogue except for a lot of "hems and haws". But her appearance gave off a sense of wild beauty which many would admire.

Another star is for Lee Hom Wang. He is a "king" in the musical world but has nothing to show for in term of film achievements. He even had to act in an x-rated film like "Lust, Caution". But acting as the Wei prince this time round with no glamourous clothing, his charm was still magnificent and he acted as a very calm and indifferent person. There was also chemistry between Jackie Chan and Lee Hom Wang. Finally, 34-year-old Lee Hom Wang is led on the right path by Jackie Chan.

Four

The film's story is timed near the end of the Warring States period, with Wei and Liang at war. The story contradicts historical facts because during the Warring States period, Wei state was such a weak state, it got defeated a number of times. It was always other states who helped restore the state. Because it was so weak, Qin Shi Huang did not bother to destroy it. It was only later when the second emperor of Qin abdicated the Wei ruler (that's the Wei prince in the film), that it was considered officially destroyed. This was already twelve years after the rise of Qin dynasty (In the film, the rise of Qin dynasty either happened when the Wei prince was not yet the ruler or happened at the same time when he became a ruler. It wasn't clearly shown). For a weak state like Wei, it would be totally nonsensical to say that it had the ambition to rule the world. As for the Liang state, it is historically the Wei Kingdom (this is a different "Wei" from Wei state) , one of the seven strongest states during the Warring States period. It was a kingdom stronger than Wei state by a thousand fold. In this film, it is called "Liang" because the capital of Wei Kingdom at that time was called "Da Liang".

Of course, for a good film like this, to complain about such a small defect is to be hypercritical.

Some information on the reference to J.D. Salinger:

J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye WIKIPEDIA


The relevant quote/thought from the book is this:

Mr. Antolini tells Holden that it is the stronger man who lives humbly, rather than dies nobly, for a cause.

The comparative scene to the canola field scene is this:

Holden (the main character) shares a fantasy he has been thinking about (based on a mishearing of Robert Burns' Comin' Through the Rye): he pictures himself as the sole guardian of numerous children running and playing in a huge rye field on the edge of a cliff. His job is to catch the children if they wander close to the brink; to be a "catcher in the rye".

I must point out that I don't believe one can take the comparison further than just a superficial level as the book and in particular the entire symbolism of the scene from the book is entirely different from what I understand the scene in the movie to convey. Superficially the desire to 'save the children' is the only parallel I can see. Although I have not seen the movie yet but I do not believe that the deeper themes of the book can possibly apply to the movie.

Jackie at the People's Choice Awards

I know this old news now but it's worth watching:

New Trailer for Karate Kid

New trailer for Karate Kid - starting to seriously look good!!!

Jackie on Asia Uncut

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Jackie Operation Smile New Photos

Jackie Chan, originally uploaded by kakastar.

Jackie wearing his award for "peace and friendship between nations”

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Nice Set of Photos of Jackie in LA last year

Found this set of photos on Flickr that I would like to share with you all ... Jackie Chan & Friends Free Concert in Chinatown. Enjoy.

Interview with Jackie about Little Big Soldier and Chinese Zodiac

The evening of February 3, Jackie Chan to bring Lee Hom, Seung Jun, Baoqiang, the new Seven Little Fortunes, Lin Peng, and directors and other creative staff appeared Ding Sheng Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, "Private Game" Spring Festival Gala Premiere, more kin, Jonathan Lee, Jaycee Chan, Zhao Benshan, a small Shenyang and other stars to help out, in order to film the campaign.

Zhao Benshan expressed support for a brief appearance

In Beijing for Spring Festival Evening sketches and busy Zhao Benshan and small Shenyang mentoring, in order to support an old friend of Jackie Chan, deliberately rushed to the premiere ceremony of the scene. Zhao Benshan and small Shenyang teacher and student were presented in addition to Jackie Chan's blessing, but also the host and the audience's request, the small Shenyang impromptu imitation of Jackie Chan sing their classic tracks, attracted to the scene applause. Jackie Chan the audience not contain himself, snatching the microphone shouted: "This song is not so sing!" Also tried to sing a few. Zhao Benshan said with a smile: "I thought to myself how little of Shenyang sing this song so cruelly, the original on the original singers sing so ugly!" Grand Comedy. The thought I could use the opportunity to ask a few on the Spring Festival Evening Zhao Benshan problem, but Old Zhao obviously knew what to say at the moment are not too desirable, so there does not appear in the background and access to area, but the stage next, after secretly left the scene. As a starring Jackie Chan, on the duty-bound to accept the reporter's interview.

Little man with big ideas

Reporter: "Private Game" is that you played a minor, with the former's role is very different ah?

Jackie Chan: Yes, this movie does, I played was an ordinary man. How to tell it, cowardly, afraid to die ... ... whether it is modeling, ah, ah are related to the previous role of dialogue is far too small, the character design and movement are also very different.

Reporter: But this little guy who has had a particularly strong on the faith in peace.

Jackie Chan: In this movie, a lot of places in the war, some people do not want to fight, but the emperor's idea is to unity it is absolutely necessary, it in fact a confrontation inside, I and my Lee Hom opposition, in the end is a war that we can enjoy a better life, or whether we can enjoy a better life do not fight it? I played this little guy does not fight what I feel will be able to go home, and that time will be able to enjoy a better life by.

The initial fee of only 3,000 yuan

Reporter: After some calculations, coupled with this "Private Game" is your first 99 movies starring, and you feel that these works you are satisfied? Are there lousy movies do?

Jackie Chan: Can making 100 films are good films but if want to be very, very difficult, I used a fee of 3,000 yuan, have enough to eat to eat the next day, do not know where to find food to eat, there was no choice, at that time to make a living is simply impossible to choose what went to shoot the film, to be called what you want to make what you shoot. In that case, there would be quality and not do the work, but at that time the film is because there are a variety of limitations, or it can be said that no money went to shoot.

Reporter: So it can be said not long ago Paipian Zi, and now you beat the purpose of these films have very different?

Jackie Chan: Indeed, before the Hollywood film crews are actually for the money, there for me to spend the fee of a high, so I will take pictures. But Hollywood will not give me the money Toupai "Shinjuku Incident", "Private Game" this side of literature and art films, but returned to China, I can do whatever they shoot, I want to make movies, that is what I focus on the domestic causes. In the film "In Search of Jackie Chan," When I was a dime confiscated, airline tickets by themselves, the. In fact, one is to help the kids.

Reporter: ask a question of more cliches do you think so many movies where it is considered a masterpiece you do?

Jackie Chan: In fact, when a small beginning to the martial arts from child star to guide, I probably took 48 years to more than 200 movies. There are 99 as a male lead. But today, in the end I do not know which department to be my representative, each one thought - for example, "Private Game", we still feel that inside a lot of defects, the next one will be better, there will always be under a . To the back, and then we draw a conclusion from the bar.

"Zodiac" after fierce fighting never make another film

Reporter: "Private Game", your next film was the first 100, and this very memorable film you have any plan?

Jackie Chan: who want to make, "Zodiac." Talking about the Chinese zodiac animals returned to China in the first story. As early as six years ago, I saw the first foreign animal in the auction, a great touch. At that time wanted to why our national treasures are always lost it in overseas? That when you want to start to do. Last year, there were two animals in the first auction, but also caused me to shoot, "Zodiac," the idea. Many large countries keep saying it is the world's heritage, nominally to take custody of this actually is an appropriation. Is very shameful! To make the film, they want to this phenomenon manifested.

Reporter: So you did before the movie ready?

Jackie Chan: Haha, actually a year when the auction in the Summer Palace, I have come up with over 30 million U.S. dollars, would like to quietly put an animal in the first film to come back. However, the final price is 100 million U.S. dollars shoot, too, and I can not afford to give up.

Reporter: "Zodiac" is still the action film?

Jackie Chan: Yes, because this is the first 100 Well, so the production is also very serious. In fact, I hesitated for a long time, many people also said that action movies are just too money-burning, and advised me not to shoot because there is a fight scene just to be able to cost 70 million. But in the end decided to do. This movie will be a lot of intense action shots, almost from scratch, hit the tail.

Reporter: Are you from a video film made since the movements are basically opera, I heard that you have broken every bone in it?

Jackie Chan: It's a bit exaggerated. However, from scalp to the soles of the feet, every inch of skin and are trained in injury is true. Fortunately, however, have to shoot a scene for nearly 50 years of martial arts only been to two hospitals, one is cracked skull, and going to sew; the other one was a broken leg play gypsum, the other injuries I seem to have nothing.

Reporter: This is 100, you will repeat the act do?

Jackie Chan: Action film will be shot, but like so fierce fighting, "Zodiac" should be the last one had.

SOURCE: ORIGINAL (below) and TRANSLATED (above)

　赵本山短暂露面表示支持

　　在北京为春晚小品而忙碌的赵本山和小沈阳师徒，为了支持老朋友成龙，特意赶到首映礼现场。赵本山和小沈阳师徒二人除了向成龙献上祝福外，更在主持人及现场观众的要求下，小沈阳即兴模仿成龙演唱经典曲目，引得现场阵阵掌声。台下的成龙按捺不住，夺过话筒大喊：“这个歌不是这么唱的！”也试着唱了几句。赵本山笑着说：“我心想小沈阳这歌怎么唱得这么难听，原来原唱就唱得这么难听！”全场爆笑。本以为可以借机问赵本山几个关于春晚的问题，但老赵显然知道此刻说什么都不大适宜，所以根本没有出现在后台的访问区，而是在下了舞台后秘密地离开了现场。而作为主演的成龙，就责无旁贷地接受了记者的专访。

　　小人物有大观念

　　记者：在《大兵小将》中您饰演的是个小人物，跟以前的角色很不一样啊？

　　成龙：对的，这次的电影中呢，我演的是个小人物。怎么讲呢，懦弱、贪生怕死……无论是造型啊、对白啊都跟以前的角色相差很多的，性格上和动作设计上也非常不一样。

　　记者：但是这个小人物身上却有着一个特别坚定的关于和平的信念。

　　成龙：在这个电影里，好多地方在打仗，有些人是不想打仗的，但是秦始皇的观念就是为了统一一定要打，这里面其实就是一个对立，我和王力宏的对立，到底是打仗了我们才能过上好日子呢，还是不打仗我们才能过上好日子呢？我演的这个小人物呢就觉得不打仗了我就能回家了，到时候就能过上好日子了。

　　最初片酬只有3000元

　　记者：有人计算过，加上这部《大兵小将》已经是您主演的第99部电影了，您觉得这些作品您都满意吗？有没有烂片呢？

　　成龙：能拍100部电影而且要想都是好片的话会非常非常的难，以前我的片酬是3000元，吃都吃不饱，第二天去哪里找饭吃都不知道，根本没得选择，那个时候为了生活根本不可能去选择去拍什么片子，别人叫你拍什么你就拍什么。在那种情况下确实会有质量不行的作品，但那个时候的电影是因为有各种局限，或者可以说是没有钱去拍。

　　记者：那么是不是可以说您很早之前拍片子和现在拍这些片子的目的也有很大不同呢？

　　成龙：确实，之前在好莱坞拍戏其实都是为了钱，那里给我开的片酬高，所以我才会去拍。但好莱坞不会给我钱投拍《新宿事件》《大兵小将》这样偏文艺的电影，而回到国内，我可以为所欲为拍我想拍的电影，这也是我把重心放在国内的原因。在拍《寻找成龙》的时候我就一毛钱没收，飞机票都是自己贴的。其实就是为了帮孩子们一把。

　　记者：再问一个比较俗套的问题，您觉得这么多部电影哪一部才算是您的代表作呢？

　　成龙：其实小的时候从童星开始到武术指导，我在48年里大概拍了超过200部的电影。担任男一号的有99部。但是今天我自己都不知道到底哪部才能算是我的代表作，每想到一部——比如说《大兵小将》，就还是会觉得里面有好多缺陷，下一部会比较好，永远都会有下一部。到了后面，再由大家盖棺定论吧。

　　《十二生肖》后不会再拍激烈打斗的片子

　　记者：《大兵小将》之后，您的下一部电影就是第100部了，这部很有纪念意义的电影您有什么计划吗？

　　成龙：想拍《十二生肖》。讲的是十二生肖兽首回归中国的故事。最早在6年前我看到国外在拍卖兽首，触动很大。当时就想为什么我们的国宝总是流失在海外呢？那个时候就想要开始做了。去年又有两个兽首被拍卖，又引发了我拍《十二生肖》的念头。很多大国口口声声的说那是世界遗产，名义上是代为保管，实际就是据为己有。非常可耻！拍这部电影就是想把这个现象表现出来。

　　记者：那么之前对这部电影您做过准备吗？

　　成龙：哈哈，其实有一年在圆明园拍卖的时候，我曾经拿出过3000万美元，想静悄悄地把某个兽首拍回来。但是最后的拍价是1亿美元，太高了，我买不起，只好放弃。

　　记者：《十二生肖》依旧是动作片？

　　成龙：对，因为这是第100部嘛，所以制作上也非常认真。其实我也犹豫很久，很多人也说动作片太烧钱，劝我别拍，因为有场戏光是打斗就能耗资7000万。但最后还是决定要做。这部戏会有很多激烈的动作镜头，几乎是从头打到尾。

　　记者：您从影以来所拍的电影基本都是动作戏，听说您的每根骨头都断过？

　　成龙：这就有点夸张了。但是从头皮到脚板，每一寸皮肤都受过伤倒是真的。不过都还好，拍了将近50年武打戏只去过两次医院，一次是头骨裂开了，要去缝；另一次是腿断了去打石膏，其他伤我看来都不算什么。

　　记者：这100部之后，您还会再打下去吗？

　　成龙：动作片应该还会拍，但像这么激烈的打斗，《十二生肖》应该会是最后一部了

Clips from CCTV New Year Concert

Catching up with VIdeos

Jackie and Zhou Libo:
(This is really funny! Well worth watching!)

Jackie in Berlin Chinese Interview:

Jackie at the Hong Kong Premier of Little Big Soldier:

Lin Peng and L7 talk about working with Jackie:

Jackie in Berlin:

Bazaar Men's Feb/March Issue Cover

Just a teaser ...

SOURCE: GZRUTU.COM

The magazine website can be found HERE

Jackie's PSA for Bone Marrow Donors

Martial Arts Master, Jackie Chan, asks you to join him in the fight against Leukemia. In this 30 second Public Service Announcement, Jackie urges you to join the bone marrow registry on behalf of 8 year old leukemia patient, Natalie, and others like her. Please join today. All it take is a simple swab of your cheeks to find out if you are the perfect stranger who can save someone's life!

If you have been following Jackie on Twitter you will know that he sent out an appeal for potential bone marrow donors to register at dkmsamerica.org to help an 8 year old girl, Natalie overcome her struggle with leukemia. You can also access more information HERE

Serialized Books on Sina.Com

One of the nice things about Sina is that they have a section with serialized books (like Readers Digest if you know what that is).

This is an extract from a book (sān lián wén cóng：xiù cháng hòu tái) by Weng Jing about Jackie and charity:

Jackie Chan, the general chatter like a preacher preaching to his philanthropic theory, he does not deny some people will think that he was putting on a show.

, Called "Angel Wings" campaign is to improve student life in poor areas of Yunnan. There is a school can get 21 per person per month potatoes, there is no alternative other vegetables, the first grade students to cook their own food; the other students in the region only cabbage soup goes well with rice, no oil salt. Jackie Chan's original plan with the Huayi Brothers from the new movie "Baby Project" in box-office come up with one million yuan as a donation, but before the event to have found provides a 2 million yuan China Merchants Bank sponsorship. Jackie Chan in the interview have always stressed the need not ask him about his new film, originally scheduled to attend the other two main characters are Louis Koo and high round for fear of overwhelming and did not come.

Jackie Chan, the general chatter like a preacher preaching to his philanthropic theory, he does not deny some people will think that he was putting on a show. After all-star charity has long been regarded as a means of propaganda, in fact, some stars did. One of the Northwest region last year, looking for water-related activities, invited a large number of stars, many of whom have collected appearance fees. In fact, free-Star appearance would have been willing to due diligence, the Hong Kong every year organization "Star Yao Bao-liang," fund-raising, appearances will be followed by two young singers back in hand basket, went before the audience, who are not embarrassed pays for.

Reporter: When did you start to do charity? Jackie Chan Charity Cup is said that you do the Tour because of Moxi shoot, when to stay at home is too boring?

Jackie Chan: In the past the government wanted me to do, saying that a child wants to see you. At that time I was idol when I say 30 years ago, I said: "No, I have nothing to see it?" Filming to make money the most important. But I forgot hours the Red Cross gave me a big raise. Called many times, and finally I went once, that the moved. They arranged that those children had taken me hold me, say one for each host I am very ashamed, he said: "Jackie Chan's uncle is very happy to see you!" I am not delighted? "Jackie Chan's uncle in order to see that you bought a lot of gifts." That's a gift someone else to buy 呀! Have been cheated, I have been so ashamed. "If you want do not want to know what Jackie Chan's uncle bought a gift to you?" "If you want!" Ah! I do not know what is inside. I opened a sub to them, they thank my queue. At that time, I put to utter shame, the original whole event I have a lie, a sham. To the back repeatedly said, "Jackie Chan's uncle next year you will see us?" I said: "Yes, the whole event is false, this can not be false." That year I went back there, which I really over. Ball-like snowballing, and I said fans should not donate anything to me, like donate money, and then set up a fund developed to Hawaii, the United States, Japan, Jackie Chan fund. I would also like to honor the Americans give money only to local Chinese, and I hope that the fund is no race, no boundaries, regardless of color, it's that slowly grew and grew.

Reporter: In addition to donations what else way?

Jackie Chan: a hospital. I have two hospitals in Canada, San Francisco has a center for the elderly, many Chinese immigrants to go over there, sons and daughters of big run away, the elderly nobody. Australia to my mom named Science Center, a gym, too much.

Reporter: Yang Lan said, the charity can not be the basis of personal passion, must be the introduction of commercial mechanisms, how do you think?

Jackie Chan: Be sure to have. How much of my personal power? Not much only use my friends, relations, and now buy my films, distribution of my films, first promised to do charity. My agent brands of clothes, how much money each year to bring it to do charity, because you sell clothes, I know how much you can lie to me, but you do not deceive yourself. I moved so many people had never lied to me. Last year, my "Dragon trip" project, built more than a dozen schools, returned to Hong Kong have dinner, I took a picture to the big business bosses friends, seeing, see their tears on the spot has donated more than 200 million HK dollars .

Reporter: What to do charitable activities, difficulties in the public do not know? Such as fund-raising is difficult?

Jackie Chan: Fund-raising is definitely more difficult. People to spend money on is always difficult, and I come and go and raising money are always a few great friends, I can not always ask them to donate, but the endless charity work, how can the community do it? I have to do a Shanghai 8 million people in concert, Lohan easy to please please Guanyin, Guanyin please Lohan hard to find, out of 18 individuals each one is 18. Walking in the street, people tell you that you donate 100 to the Jackie Chan funds, people would certainly say: if it is true? Jackie Chan also need to donate money Mody? If the concert, 100 tickets, some people will buy a 10. Become a habit for so many years past, they do not believe me, now I say what they believed. Because I went to mountains, money and efforts, they see it.

Reporter: Why do not they believe you?

Jackie Chan: They do not believe that a very young person to do such a thing might be doing propaganda bar. I have no past performance to you see, your heart first thought was he was doing publicity. Today, so you do not think that there is no such "Baby," I will do in next month I went to Harbin, Nanjing, charity concerts, mid-to Shaanxi for them to build a primary school, the Jackie Chan Charitable works have I positive industry. There is also a desire, I have too many fans around the world last month, has received contributions from 19 countries, 15 languages, more than 30 kinds of coins, I think it's to build a peace park, whether in Yunnan, or the big cities, which Apart from loving the world, the greatest need is peace.

Reporter: Now, some people will use other people's love for profit, and even the beggars have a professional, you have not received any cheat?

Jackie Chan: too much. I give people to take advantage to do charity work, too, keep track of. A kind of rice will raise a hundred people, such persons will not be easy, I hope he will change the future. Everyone has good-hearted, a momentary greed would go a crooked path in hopes that through different channels to correct them.

Reporter: But relying on a person's strength can affect the world people?

Jackie Chan: I think so, not influence it does not matter, I have influenced my own, I am better, I am taking each step forward and every word I will be very loud speakers all over the world including Hong Kong Chief Executive, Chief Executive of Macao call me soon as Jackie Chan's older brother, I can stand the name. This is what I go now, everyone believed that I speak, I am happy, I fall asleep to sleep before you have done bad things, all I can not sleep. I photographed bad movies, cheating the audience, every film released, I saw the movie's name is very afraid of. I have to learn from our mistakes corrected, I hope that through this visit, the impact of those deceptive people.

Reporter: I had an eye for girls funded activities to see you cry like this kind of thing much?

Jackie Chan: That was a small cry, I cry Xilihuala last year in Yanbian, too many things that moved me. Look at your little girl eyes and dare not, and my mother said, for fear her mother worried that such a small girl would have thought that Hong Kong will be with her mother to a child what kind of phone. I went to Yanbian, so many deaf children use sign language to sing "A Hero Never Dies" and I watched them that there are no tears from tears, I have been crying, this is moving.

Reporter: You will use this moment in the movie good?

Jackie Chan: casually will be used in the movie.

Reporter: a kind of argument is that the foreign charity can be tax-free, but China's contributions to tax-free has not really implemented, how do you see?

Jackie Chan: Taiwan does not have duty-free Mody? I am a person who does not count, I have never thought about tax-free, how to avoid law I do not know.

Reporter: I heard you are a very saving people.

Jackie Chan: What's been saving, I am saving and I like to clean the degree can be annoying. Shampoo signs of shape I have to straighten out, I would like to make people around me so that they are afraid of me. If my brothers line up five individuals to urinate can not urinate finished according to each one, to five people finished with the press. 5 times on a dozen gallons of water, they do not imagine that it was water to do.

Reporter: Do you have the way to teach his son do?

Jackie Chan: I have asked Fang Zuming (Jaycee Chan) urine using a grid paper, stool with two grid paper. He came back from the United States to buy a new computer, I object, he was not happy. South Asia floods, Performing Arts's union sent him to, he came back to donate 30 million and says that he bought, I asked why, he said: "I find that they need clean water is more important than I need a computer." Big city child think that there is an open tap water, reaching there phones, it is not, we are suffering them there. We would like to eat a vegetable tofu to master playing, sleeping on the floor Exalted urine, cat urine all, is what I came for. A new generation of young people is not without rules, but for me, they do not have rules. Their culture is so, for me, is that no culture, we respect your teacher, they are all "Yeah!" (So Jay-style gestures)

Reporter: I heard that you are in Hong Kong Environmental Protection Bureau deputy director, with the intention to do in the future in politics?

Jackie Chan: Yes, the vice president of the National Environmental Protection Association, I am old and I make a mistake. Not come before politics, now must pick up and can not delegate what I do. I will do the environment that I will crack down on triad.

Reporter: Do you want to be the chief executive do?

Jackie Chan: No, I do not, I am not the kind of talent. I want to manage traffic, garbage, triad.

Reporter: That is a Chief Superintendent of the.

Jackie Chan: Yes, the police do more film, my film is that I want to do. Police, FBI, fire can be.

(Editor: kiki)

Article taken from the "sān lián wén cóng：xiù cháng hòu tái" Author: MENG Jing Publisher: Living SDX Joint Publishing Co.

SOURCE: BOOK.SINA.COM.CN

成龙像个传道士一般喋喋不休宣讲他的慈善理论，他也不讳言会有人认为他在作秀。

　　这个名为“天使之翼”的活动是为改善云南贫困地区学生生活。有一个学校每人每月可以领21个土豆，除此之外没有别的菜，小学一年级的学生要自己做饭；另一个地区的学生只有白菜汤下饭，没有油盐。成龙原计划与华谊兄弟从新片《宝贝计划》的票房中拿出100万元作为捐款，但在活动前又找到招行提供了200万元赞助。成龙在采访之间一直强调不要问他的新片，原定出席的另外两个主角古天乐和高圆圆也因怕喧宾夺主没有来。

　　成龙像个传道士一般喋喋不休宣讲他的慈善理论，他也不讳言会有人认为他在作秀。毕竟明星做慈善一向被视为宣传手段之一，事实上有一部分明星的确如此。去年有个为西北地区找水的活动，请来了大批明星，其中很多人都收了出场费。其实明星肯免费出镜就已经尽职，香港每年都会组织“星光耀保良”的筹款，出场歌手后面会跟着两个少年，手执提篮，走到观众前，谁也不好意思不掏钱。

　　记者：你从什么时候开始做慈善？据说你做成龙杯慈善车赛是因为没戏拍的时候，待在家里太闷？

　　成龙：以前是政府要我去做，说小孩子想见你。那时候我是偶像派，我讲是30年前，我说：“不去了，我有什么好见的？”拍戏赚钱最重要。但我忘记了小时是红十字会给我养大的。叫了很多次，终于我去了一次，那次就感动了。他们安排好的，那些小孩子抓我抱我，主持人每讲一句我都很惭愧，他说：“成龙叔叔见到你们很开心！”我没有开心呀？“成龙叔叔为了见你们买了很多礼物。”那礼物是别人买的呀！一直在骗，我一直很惭愧。“想不想知道成龙叔叔买了什么礼物给你们？” “想！”啊！我都不知道那里面是什么。我打开一个个分给他们，他们排队谢谢我。那时候我无地自容，原来整个活动我都在骗人，是假的。到后面再讲，“成龙叔叔明年你会来看我们么？”我说：“会，整个活动是假的，这个不能假”。那年我又去了那里，这是我真正地过来。滚球似的越滚越大，我说影迷不要捐东西给我，捐钱就好了，然后成立一个基金，发展到夏威夷、美国、日本的成龙基金。美国人给钱我还要兑现，只能给当地华人，我希望基金是没有种族、没有界限、不分颜色的，就这么慢慢越做越大。

　　记者：除了捐款还有什么别的方式吗？

　　成龙：盖医院。我在加拿大有两个医院，三藩市有个老人中心，很多华人移民到那边去，儿女大了跑掉，老人没人管。澳大利亚有以我妈妈命名的科学中心、体育馆，太多了。

　　记者：杨澜说过，慈善不能凭个人热情，必须要引入商业机制，你怎么看？

　　成龙：一定要有。我的个人力量有多大？没多大，只能利用我的朋友、关系，现在要买我的电影、发行我的电影，首先要答应做慈善。我代理牌子的衣服，每年要拿多少钱做慈善，因为你卖出多少衣服我是知道的，你可以骗我，但你千万不要骗你自己。这么多人给我的感动是从来没有骗我。去年我的“龙之行”工程，盖了十几座学校，回到香港有个饭局，我拍了照片给大企业的老板朋友看，看得他们流眼泪，当场捐了200多万元港币。

　　记者：做慈善活动时有哪些困难是公众所不知道的？比如筹款很难？

　　成龙：筹款一定比较困难。让人拿钱永远是困难的，我筹钱来来去去都是那几位大朋友，我又不能老是叫他们去捐，但慈善工作做不完，怎么可以利用社会大众去做？我去做一个上海8万人演唱会，罗汉请观音容易请，观音请罗汉难请，18个人每人出1块就是18块。走在街上有人跟你说，请你捐100块给成龙基金，人家肯定会说：真的假的？成龙还需要捐钱么？如果是演唱会，100块的门票，有人就会买10张。这么多年变成习惯性，以前他们不相信我，现在我讲什么他们都信。因为我自己走到山区，出钱出力，他们看到了。

　　记者：他们为什么不相信你？

　　成龙：他们不相信一个年纪轻轻的人做这种事情，可能是做宣传吧。我没有以前的业绩给你看，你心里第一个念头是他在做宣传。今天你不会这么觉得，没有这个《宝贝计划》我还是会做，下个月中我到哈尔滨、南京做慈善演唱会，月中到陕西，为他们盖一个小学，成龙慈善工程已经是我的正业。还有一个愿望，我全世界有太多影迷，上月收到的捐款有19个国家、 15种语言、30多种钱币，我想不如盖个和平园，不管在云南，还是大城市，这世界我们除了有爱心之外，最需要的就是和平。

　　记者：现在社会上有人会利用别人的爱心牟利，就连乞丐也有职业的，你有没有受过骗？

　　成龙：太多了。我给人家利用做慈善工作，太多，防不胜防。一种米养百种人，这种人不会好过，我希望他以后会改。每个人都有善心，一时的贪念会走了歪路，希望通过不同的渠道把他们纠正过来。

　　记者：但是靠一个人的力量能影响天下人吗？

　　成龙：我这么想，影响不了没关系，我影响我自己，我自己好过，我每走一步路每讲一句话我都会很大声，世界各地包括香港特首、澳门特首都叫我一声成龙大哥，我受得起这个名。这就是我走得正，每个人都相信我讲话，很开心，我睡觉睡得着，以前你做过坏事，都睡不着。我拍过烂电影，骗观众，每部电影放出来，我看到影片名字都很害怕。我从错误中纠正过来学好，我希望通过这个访问，影响那些骗人的人。

　　记者：我曾经在一个资助眼病女童的活动上看到你哭了，类似这种事情很多吗？

　　成龙：那是小哭，去年在延边我哭得稀里哗啦，太多事情让我感动。你看那小女孩眼睛有毛病，不敢和妈妈说，怕妈妈担心，这么小的女孩会这么想，香港小孩子就会跟妈妈要什么样的手机。我到延边，那么多聋哑小孩用手语唱《真心英雄》，我看着他们从没有眼泪到有眼泪，我一直在哭，这种才是感动。

　　记者：你会把这种瞬间用在电影里吗？

　　成龙：不经意地一定会用在电影里。

　　记者：有种说法是，国外慈善可以免税，但中国的捐助免税一直没有真正实行，你怎么看？

　　成龙：国内没有免税么？我是个不会算数的人，我从来没想过免税，怎么免法我也不知道。

　　记者：我听说你是个很节约的人。

　　成龙：一直节约，我节约和我喜欢干净的程度可以令人讨厌。洗头水招牌歪了我都要摆正，我要令我身边人都这样，他们都怕我。如果我的弟兄们5个人排队小便，不能每人小便完要按一次，要5人完了一起按。5次就十几加仑水，他们不会想象到有人缺水到那样。

　　记者：你也这样教儿子的吗？

　　成龙：我要求小房子(房祖名)小便用一格纸，大便用两格纸。他从美国回来要买新电脑，我反对，他不高兴。南亚大水灾，演艺人工会派他去，他回来捐了30万港元，说不买了，我问为什么，他说：“我发觉他们需要干净水比我需要电脑更重要。”大城市的小孩子以为一开水龙头就有水，伸手就有电话，不是的，我们是苦过来的。我们青菜豆腐想多吃一口给师傅打，睡的地板上人尿、猫尿都有，我是这么过来的。新一代年轻人不是没有规矩，只是对我来讲，他们没有规矩。他们文化就是这样，对我来讲就是没有文化，我们是尊师重道，他们都是“耶！”(做周杰伦式的手势)

　　记者：我听说你是香港环保局的副局长，有今后从政的打算吗？

　　成龙：是全国环保总会的副会长，我老讲错。以前不会从政，现在要挑，不能委派我做什么。我会做环保，我会打击黑社会。

　　记者：你想当特首吗？

　　成龙：不行，我做不了，我不是那种人才。我希望管理交通、垃圾、黑社会。

　　记者：那就是总警司了。

　　成龙：对，警察片子做多了，我的片子就是我想做的。警察、FBI、消防局都可以。

(编辑：kiki)

文章摘自 《三联文丛：秀场后台》 作者：孟静 出版社：生活·读书·新知三联书店

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An Oscar for Jackie at last????

These news reports just in!

WOW I can't believe it - this would be just so amazingly fantastic for Jackie!!!!

Jackie Chan's New Year movie "Private Game" sold at the box office during the Spring Festival yesterday, reporters from the relevant sources that the film has been determined to compete on behalf of the China Film Oscar "Best Foreign Language Film," the award. Afterward, the reporter to call Jackie Chan's Mr. Gao, the other side, said: "In the absence of an official answer before I can not say, but the film is indeed very suitable.

(Reporter Yan Wei) Jackie Chan's New Year movie "Private Game" sold at the box office during the Spring Festival yesterday, reporters from the relevant sources that the film has been determined to compete on behalf of the China Film Oscar "Best Foreign Language Film," the award. Afterward, the reporter to call Jackie Chan's Mr. Gao, the other side, said: "In the absence of an official answer before I can not say, but the film really fit."

SOURCE: NEWS.XINMIN.NET or TRANSLATED

"LITTLE BIG SOLDIER" pointing its sword towards "Golden Boy" (Oscar)

East Asia News (Reporter Qi Xin) in the Chinese New Year stall with you to meet Jackie Chan's Lunar New Year film "Little Big Soldier" today can be described as news of success, in addition to sold outside the box office, according to the sources, this Jackie Chan's new work is expected to be the impact of Chinese film Oscar next year, the main players, on behalf of Chinese film competition, "Best Foreign Language Film," the award. As a member of Hollywood's Jackie Chan, surely makes Oscar shines, and "Private Game" in the plot and concept, seems to have very much in line assessment of their appetite, "Little Big Soldier" is able to "red Austrian," the success of this Jackie Chan said that they would leave a suspense for everyone to guess.

Compared to the "Olympic," the success of Chinese films as "red Austrian" in the past few years has a crop failure. Although the domestic box office movies growing up enough to show that China's progress, but many works focus too much on the form and ignore the real Chinese thought and culture.

In the "bid" on the Jackie Chan had already done a lot of contributions, the recent spread of "red Austrian," the organizing committee has invited Jackie Chan's portability "Private Game" to participate in competition, "Best Foreign Language Film" message, is participating in the Berlin Film Festival Jackie Chan have sold off a child: "Since you all feel that "Little Big Soldier" there is hope that together we may look forward to what, but I also hope you will Before this can take a serious look at the film."

As for whether "Little Big Soldier" will be nominated for an Oscar, Century Fox did not give an official answer. According to the official spokesperson, at this current moment, a final decision has not been reached for this film. But "Little Big Soldier" definitely has the potential and qualification to be nominated for an Oscar.

In Hollywood, Jackie Chan has been among the star ranks, starred in several movies, "Kung Fu King" image deep-seated, and "Private Game" played in the success of Jackie Chan not only has a little guy, but also played a very is a color, such a figure the image is also very easy way out, to Hollywood actor as "impulsive, Austria," Probably have to come easier. Recently, the Berlin Film Festival, Jackie Chan fans will be numerous enough to explain the scene in the international market, Jackie Chan's martial arts name is a guarantee.

SOURCE: NEWS.163.COM or TRANSLATED
Jackie's Response is that expectations are 'Premature'

Daily News yesterday reported that New Year film "Little Big Soldier" is expected to impact on behalf of the Chinese Academy Film Awards judging and competition "Best Foreign Language Film," the award. Jackie Chan's response "premature."

Chinese martial arts kung fu after another, in this "me too" in too many works focus on the form while ignoring the real Chinese thought and culture. As the Oscar-standard changes, this film is difficult to satisfy the appetite of the Oscar judges tricky. If a film is award-winning, sometimes not only depends on the film itself, but also depends on external and internal common elements. "Little Big Soldier" story can happen anywhere in the world, about the idea are the same, the larger it is war and peace.

As for whether "Little Big Soldier" will be nominated for an Oscar, Century Fox did not give an official answer. According to the official spokesperson, at this current moment, a final decision has not been reached for this film. But "Little Big Soldier" definitely has the potential and qualification to be nominated for an Oscar. In Hollywood, Jackie Chan has been among the star ranks, starred in several movies, "Kung Fu King" image of deep-rooted. "Little Big Soldier" played in the success of Jackie Chan not only has a little guy, but also played quite a color, such characters are very easy way out, to Hollywood actor as "impulsive, Austria," Probably have to come easier.

SOURCE: NEWS.163.COM or TRANSLATED

For the "Little Big Soldier" will represent China, "Chong Austria", issuers, and China did not give a positive answer. According to the relevant parties to explain: "The film is now whether to participate has not been finalized, but the "Little Big Soldier", there is great 'red Austrian' potential and qualifications." And Chan said the company's staff to discuss "Little Big Soldier" is currently whether "red Austrian" still too early, but he admitted that "Jackie Chan on the Hollywood model is very familiar with the operation of either public relations or propaganda and public opinion, are very much in line with Hollywood distribution concept, these seemingly insignificant business operations, but in reality Oscar is also imperceptibly affect the assessment. "In his view, "Little Big Soldier" of the theme, story, character set are very bear close scrutiny, Jackie Chan is pondering on this story for twenty years," Whatever happened to this story any one in the world, about the idea are the same, amplification, that is to war and peace. "

SOURCE: NEWS.163.COM or TRANSLATED

Little Big Soldier, Chinese Zodiac, News

Some interesting bits of information in this article:

Jackie Chan says new war film 20 years in making, credits director for help

By Min Lee (CP) – 16 hours ago

HONG KONG — Jackie Chan says his new Chinese movie was some 20 years in the making, crediting an unknown director for helping him develop the story of the friendship between a soldier and a general in ancient China.

The veteran action star said at his hometown premiere for "Little Big Soldier" on Friday night he first wanted to make an inspirational war film two decades ago, but suffered a bad case of writer's block.

"I couldn't write a script that would last 1 1/2 hours. I wrote half-an-hour worth of material but couldn't continue, no matter what. So then I made 'Police Story,' 'Project A,"' Chan told reporters, referring to two of his films in the 1980s.

The project was kept on hold until he met director Ding Sheng several years ago. The little-known Chinese filmmaker has spent the bulk of his career shooting TV commercials before moving to the big screen.

"He's better educated than I am. He's studied history. He knew how to weave together my story and the characters," Chan said of Ding.

The result is a 96-minute drama set in ancient China when the country was split into warring states. Chan plays a rank-and-file soldier who captures a wounded general from a rival state, hoping that his feat will win an honourable discharge from his superiors. But the two develop a friendship during their travels as they fend off desperate refugees, a preying bear and an assassination attempt.

"Little Big Soldier" is Chan's first widely released Chinese-language movie since his 2006 action comedy "Rob-B-Hood." The director of his previous Chinese film, "Shinjuku Incident," decided not to release the movie in China because he was worried its explicit violence would offend censors, but it was released in Hong Kong, a former British colony that enjoys a special political status under Chinese rule. The 2009 release featured Chan is one of his darker roles of late - as an illegal Chinese immigrant who becomes a hit man for the Japanese mafia.

Chan, also seen in the recently released Hollywood action comedy, "The Spy Next Door," said his next stop is Shanghai, where he will shoot cameo scenes for "Shaolin" - a Chinese production about the famed temple known for its fighting monks. Then he will start working on his 100th movie, "Chinese Zodiac," in a shoot he said is expected to last until the end of 2011.

"You won't see me for a while," Chan said.

The 55-year-old actor also gushed about his multitalented co-star, heartthrob Leehom Wang, who plays the general. The successful Chinese-American singer-songwriter is now making headway in his acting career after appearing in Oscar winner Ang Lee's 2007 spy thriller "Lust, Caution".

"He's so perfect," Chan said. "If I were a woman, I would like him too."

Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

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In this article it mentions that Jackie said that the audience response to 'Little Big Soldier' in Berlin was extremely good.

HK Premier Little Big Soldier

Photos of the premier of Little Big Soldier in HK 19th February 2010 LINK

Little Big Soldier does well in Singapore

Jackie Chan rules box office


DESPITE opening only on Sunday, Jackie Chan's Little Big Soldier was among the top three movies at the local box office over the Chinese New Year long weekend.

The period drama starring Chan and Wang Lee Hom has made $900,000 as at Tuesday, coming in just behind Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief and Valentine's Day, both of which opened last Thursday.

20th Century Fox's Percy Jackson came in tops with $1.57 million in receipts. The movie, based on a series of best-selling fantasy novels, tells the story of Percy, the teenage son of mythical sea god Poseidon.

A 20th Century Fox spokesman says: 'The long holiday weekend provided us with the widest demographic possible for Percy Jackson, which appeals to families, teens and young adults.'

Valentine's Day, Warner Bros' star-studded romantic comedy, took almost $917,000 to come in second place.

The movie from the director of Pretty Woman (1990), Garry Marshall, is about the romantic entanglements of a group of people living in Los Angeles. Its stellar cast includes Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx and Jessica Alba.

Read the full report in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times, Life!.

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MORE photos! Berlin! Enjoy!

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Nice Article about Reactions in Berlin

Nice article outlining the reactions of journalists, fans and audiences to Jackie and "Little Big Soldier" in Berlin:

Beijing February 17, Jackie Chan "Little Big Soldier" was held in Berlin, the European premiere of a grand ceremony, Jackie Chan and Members of major crew 11 appearances, which can hold 1,800 people theater was packed, but grew up after the end of the moviegoing 5 minute standing ovation, proved once again that as an international superstar Jackie Chan's global appeal, but also let "Little Big Soldier" this in good faith Movies Received the wholehearted approval of the European audience.

European media has been hailed as "great film"

European audience can understand the humor in China do? The answer is yes. Last night, 1800 European audience and Jackie Chan watched the "Little Big Soldier". It is remarkable that all of these audiences to come to their own tickets. The middle of the moviegoing audience laughing, all the humor, accept the European audience, the audience applause pay tribute to up to five times. While viewing the end of the audience responded with a collective stand up to 5 minutes of applause, as an expression of their international superstar Jackie Chan, for this life, rich in humor, he also implies that the "Little Big Soldier" in a sincere tribute. Jackie Chan has said that his film of the international, European premiere ceremony yesterday once again demonstrated the demeanor of the international star, but also proved once again that Jackie Chan's movies are international, no wonder the media briefing the day before yesterday , a German media, the "Little Big Soldier" described as a "great movie."

1800 foreign audiences want to see the film

To participate in the premiere ceremony yesterday, and watching film audience to come to his or her own ticket, the face of 1800 the enthusiasm of the audience, Jackie Chan Bao Quan brother is also on stage to hand over the site in order to thank the fans of Chinese-style ritual, while frequently bow, kiss, making heat up the atmosphere of the scene bursting, Jackie Chan, and the audience surround the key creative crew asked for an interactive, how Jackie Chan, who is not willing to leave such a scene also made Jackie Chan, as well as the film crew moved.

In fact, the enthusiasm of the audience watching the films already beginning to be felt before, and had only arranged Film Festival red carpet in a brief session, about 5 minutes, but Jackie Chan and "Little Big Soldier" has a whole crew walk for 20 minutes, on the red carpet on both sides of the enthusiasm of the audience and the media made every major crew had to stop several times a photo camera, in order to satisfy the fans request, Jackie Chan, Big Brother is run on the altar several back and forth. Since yesterday, the local temperature of only minus 12 degrees, the film crew were dressed in flimsy dress, but the enthusiasm of the fans and the media so that they can feel the deep warmth.

The European fans crazy star-chasing - Jackie Chan appeared touched by Berlin

As early as Jackie Chan to Berlin moment, the enthusiasm of fans in Europe had been very high. Starting that day, Jackie Chan, the rate of crew members of the eldest brother in the air nearly 20 hours flying from Hong Kong to Moscow to Berlin. After a blizzard because of the way, private aircraft than originally planned time as late as some, but have already learned that Jackie Chan's journey of media and fans waiting at the airport early in the morning, even if the aircraft delays still persist. While a group of reporters waiting for a long time because of a private airport, are too restrictive and does not allow filming, and even then are not hindered the enthusiasm of journalists.

When Jackie Chan's car came to staying at the hotel, hundreds of fans and the media have already arrived here, because it can not stop the enthusiasm, the hotel had doubled to dispatch security personnel, that we finally put Jackie Chan in a crowd welcoming into the room. Jackie Chan fans in Germany can be described as a lot, even the taxi drivers are very excited to bring one: "My son Favorites him!" Press conference was over, a senior reporter at the door on the early specifically so I hope to be Jackie Chan to his daughter's signature.

After the interview, it is late at night, when the film crew out of the VIP lanes on both sides from the European winter snows in the hundreds of fans waiting for the idols, and immediately exclaimed bursts autograph. Among them, a young man from Hamburg, came specially excited, saying: "Jackie Chan is the big star in Hollywood, this time in Berlin, I can get the signatures of Leonardo, and Jackie Chan, too lucky!"

Source: ENT.QQ.COM or TRANSLATED

A positive response like this can surely only mean good things for the world-wide distribution of the movie so lets all hold thumbs for that to happen in a big way soon.