FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
Fab. movie! oh my goodness, i just loved it! It stars Jackie Chan AND Jet Li... what more do you need to know?!?! It was worth it just to see those two go at it!
It's about an ancient Chinese Legend where the Monkey King is an all powerful immortal with his "golden staff" and how he and the Jade Warlord have a competition to see who is the better warrior... the Warlord cheats and has the Monkey King set aside his staff to "go hand to hand" and then turned him into a jade statue.... but before he did the Monkey King sent his staff out into the world to wait for the Seeker to come and set him free!... Jason finds it in a Chinese Pawn Shop, and it takes him back to ancient china where he and a band of "misfits" a drunk scholar (Chan), a warrior seeking revenge (Liu), and a man who has spent half his life seeking the staff (Li) get together to help the seeker set the monkey king free!
Favorite Quotes:
[Yan is speaking Chinese to Jason]
Jason Tripitikas: I can't understand you.
Lu Yan: That's because you're not listening!
Lu Yan: You are an insult to the name of Buddah... Blaspheme
Yan: Two tigers cannot lift the same Mountain, Two Masters cannot teach the same student!
...
Monk: What about the two tigers?
Yan: We can kill each other when it's over.
Lu Yan: Don't tell me you consider it sinful to drink.
The Silent Monk: It's sinful if you don't share.
Jason Tripitikas: What do we do now?
Lu Yan: How good is your Kung-fu?
Jason Tripitikas: [
puzzled look]
Lu Yan: He who speaks, does not Know; He who Knows, does not speak. Surely you're masterful.
Sparrow: How good is your Kung Fu?
Yan: He's got no Kung Fu... None!
