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Originally Posted by Azyiu
Seriously, personally I think Jet Li >>> Jackie Chan. The only thing Jackie does better is his unique sense of humor in his fight scenes. As far as the actual acting and fighting is concerned, Jet Li >>> Jackie Chan.  |
They're two quite different kinds of actors. Jet Li is a serious martial artist while Jackie Chan is a comedian martial artist. In an interview with Jackie Chan, he said that he couldn't do anything Bruce Lee could do (he worked on a bunch of Bruce Lee movies when he was young), so he decided he would do the opposite of everything Bruce did. In a Bruce Lee movie, he'd get punched in the mouth, slowly turn around sinisterly and wipe the blood from his lip, then extend his hand invitingly. Jackie Chan decided to do the opposite of that, so he's get punched in the mouth, do a ridiculous painful expression on his face and start running away acrobatically, jumping over people and fighting them with household objects while trying to escape.
I like both Jackie Chan and Jet Li, but you have to realize that their styles are very very different - acting-wise and martial arts wise.