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Summary: An Exhilarating Read !!!!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Though it is obvious to see that it was dictated by Jackie to someone else, this is the story of a hard life, and a tough struggle for hard-won respect and fame. Jackie Chan has earned every bit of fame and stardom he's got.A very easy read that will sweep you up and along ....
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Summary: Great Book for All Ages
Review: I have read this book about 5 times (for class book reports), and every time I read this book, it is still good. This book just helps solidify Jackies roles, and hardships he went through to achieve greatnesss. He had a pretty interesting life, and after I got started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I gave it to a friend and he got hooked also. The story starts off with Jackie at an early age living with his parents in a French ambassadors home. Then it shifts to Jackie at the Drama School, where he gets in fights with the older borthers, who one of them end up being a huge influence in his life. I won't tell you who, you'll have to read it. You'll thank me for this. This book is definatly a keeper.
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Summary: So incredibly engaging, I read it in a single day.
Review: I'm not the type to read "Hollywood bios," (or Hong Kong ones) but after seeing Rush Hour and a dozen other Jackie movies, I couldn't resist giving the book a whirl. What a surprise to find such a well-written and thought-provoking story! I literally couldn't put it down. I spent all day sneaking around reading it at work, then stayed up until 3 a.m. to finish it. As a student of traditional kung-fu (thanks to Jackie's influence), I've met practitioners who trained under the same abusive system as Jackie did. Although infused with humor throughout, the book really made me appreciate the suffering--most of it imposed by others--that goes into making a top kung-fu artist. I'm so glad that Jackie's life has followed the old adage "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger." He survived numerous hardships, poverty, and lots of really badly directed movies to emerge as the confident and successful star we know today. Jackie, thanks for giving Americans a much-needed HERO--not only in movies, but in real life! Although it was Jackie's story, I really applaud the fabulous job that Jeff Yang did on the writing end of things. Great work!
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Summary: A definite "must-read" for "Jackie" fans
Review: Although you won't find much detail about his private life today, this ("auto")biography is filled with fascinating info. about how the star known as "Jackie Chan" came to be. The book tells the amazing story of Jackie's upbringing in the often brutal "opera school" that was his home for 10 years. Even more interesting are the stories behind his getting into martial arts films, and how many of his films (good and bad) got made. This is far from the most revealing biography ever written, but for true Jackie Chan fans it is not to be missed!
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Summary: Is there a better man living?
Review: Dood tottally I'm not kidding, Jackie Chan is like a god amongst men, a god who makes flawed movies in his old age (flawed is polite considering the horrible movies he's currently putting out). Man Jackie Chan is so great it makes my balls sweat whenever I think about it, in this book he talks about how he and his crew broke into an amusement park to steal... not money but bread crumbs!!! Becuase Master wanted his students to work hard, this is not a book for weaklings, they will fret and feel weak as they learn of the heroic and disciplined exploits of my man JACKIE FING CHAN! Man in this book he talks about how some dudes wanted to fight, but he didn't cuase Master taught him only to fight for show and not fight for violence. Man the world would be a better place if we all had to read this book. Mandatory reading for High Schools this should be.
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Summary: Jackie Chan Rocks My Socks
Review: Jackie Chan has had a very eventful life. When he was a child he lived in on an ambassadors mansion in Hong Kong. Soon he was sent to a Cantonese Opera school, which was a boarding school where he was trained, day and night for over 10 years of his young life, in the ways of Chinese Opera. Chinese Opera is not the same Opera you and I may think of it as, but instead is a very acrobatic physically demanding show. He then went into the stuntman business, which was a very difficult road for him. For many years he struggled with finding work but he soon became a much wanted stuntman. Eventually he went into small acting parts, which led to bigger acting parts. Soon enough he was a huge success in Hong Kong, and eventually got married to a famous Chinese actress. Jackie still travels a lot and his wife is a stay at home wife who raises his son.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading. It is full of constant action and keeps your attention. I Am Jackie Chan is an easy read and fast paced I was unable to put it down, except of course when class was over.
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Summary: True insight into Jackie Chan's world.
Review: If you are a Jackie fan, you definitely owe it to yourself to read this book. Straight from the source, honest and at times brutal, Jackie's autobiography will give you great insight into his life and his long struggle to become one of the greatest stars in the world. It is a fascinating look into a culture and world that may be very alien to some readers, and provides interesting insight into the development of martial arts cinema in Hong Kong, the rough life and work of its stars (and stunt performers), and of course Jackie himself. You'll see, through his eyes and his words, why he has pushed himself so hard and continues to do so.
He is honest in his opinions and you may find yourself not always pleased or in agreement with his view on things, but he owns up to many of the mistakes he's made in his life and you have to respect him for that honesty.
Read, enjoy, and learn to appreciate Jackie Chan on an entirely new level.
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Summary: Amazing Book about an Amazing Life
Review: I'm so glad I read this book not both for getting to know more about Jackie Chan and for slices of life he shared with Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and other memers of the Yuen family at Chinese Opera Academy. As much as you like Jackie from watchin his movies, you'll like him many times more after reading about his background. The book is sheer inspiration for surmounting whatever obstacles may be in one's path and living one's dreams. It is not only a story about one man's life, but a testament of the human spirit.
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Summary: Great Book for All Ages
Review: I have read this book about 5 times (for class book reports), and every time I read this book, it is still good. This book just helps solidify Jackies roles, and hardships he went through to achieve greatnesss. He had a pretty interesting life, and after I got started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I gave it to a friend and he got hooked also. The story starts off with Jackie at an early age living with his parents in a French ambassadors home. Then it shifts to Jackie at the Drama School, where he gets in fights with the older borthers, who one of them end up being a huge influence in his life. I won't tell you who, you'll have to read it. You'll thank me for this. This book is definatly a keeper.
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