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Jackie kicks it where the others missed it every time, historically inaccurate., 15 March 2005
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zer0oskul from you know iT!
The only people who should feel insulted by this posting are the two
college bred guys I was making fun of the other day because they were
using points from this movie to try to win an argument.
Even a history fan such as myself can enjoy the thing.
To point out historical inaccuracies, I will have to ruin the movie.
The year is 1886, the statue of liberty is almost completed and Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle is about to publish his first Sherlock Holmes story.
The year is 1902, Charlie Chaplin is thirteen and there is an
automobile with a steering wheel available.
The year is 1837 and the Artful Dodger(who for no reason I can
understand is also Charlie Chaplin) is wandering the streets of London
hoping to meet Oliver Twist but winds up with Xion Uang and Roy
O'Bannon and gets to go to America with them at the end, though Charlie
Chaplin was not an orphan. He was actually an actor from the age of
five and did not get to America until he was 21 in 1910.
The year is 1888, and Jack the Ripper is wandering the streets of East
London hunting down prostitutes(and Xion Lin for some reason)to
mutilate.
The year is 1862 and Richard Gatling has just invented the Gatling Gun
of which of which the Chinese assassins have a prototype.
Aside from the immense historical inaccuracies, Jackie Chan is
incredible, the gags are brilliant, the singing in the rain fight
sequence will make you say ooh and ow, Owen Wilson makes the most evil
insult to orphans everywhere. I recommend seeing it but don't use it as
a historical guide for anything.
You will like it and your kids WILL love it.
ZER� O'sk�l
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