Forbidden Kingdom

Caught Forbidden Kingdom on Monday. I didn't know the Jade Emperor or Sun Wu Kong can speak in English. It would seem normal, that in ancient China, for one Chinese to meet another, that the first language they would speak to each other in is English. Though they did throw in a few sentences of Chinese every now and then, damage has been done.

This reminded me of the time when I caught Around the World in 80 days - by Jackie Chan again. The characters in the movie arrived in a small village in China, the hometown of the character played by Jackie Chan. And lo and behold! They found a note that Jackie had written to his mother...and it was in English.

There is always this discussion about how globalisation is eroding away our cultural roots. I say, just watch one of Jackie Chan's movies. Just watch Forbidden Kingdom for the answer.

The entire dialogue of the movie was super cheesy. Especially when Jackie Chan was teaching that American boy kungfu.

The only draw of the movie, was probably to see Jackie and Jet Li fight. If only the main dialogue was in Chinese, then perhaps I would give this movie some chance.

On another topic, I was having ice-cream along the river at Clarke quay earlier just now, in the evening. The weather was cool, the lights were pretty. And beside me was a mother and her 2 children. And there was a little whimsical chatter going on about them. The combination of the scenery, the weather and the soft chatter... It is at times like this, that I feel that all is well with the world.