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Comment	Aaron, Thanks for your help. I loved Van Helsing, too You can read my comments on my own review at : http://www.mouthshut.com/readcomment.php?rid=55452&com=0&r=1 I found the "pre-quel" DVD on sale -- I liked the special features on it with some of the movie participants. The tale of Dr. J & Mr. H in London with Queen Victoria is a 30 minute kiddy cartoon. In the meantime I've seen a few other Jet Li's and discussed them with some net friends. "The One" is almost TOO slick. Some people don't care about the sci fi premise, but the special effects are done well, and, if you don't mind the makers directly playing up the violence, "it's show time". Most people would agree that a computer intent on getting the right marketing aspects together could be responsible for "Cradle 2 the Grave" -- probably the WORST (even if the most expensive looking) Jet Li film. You kind of feel sorry Jet Li is mixed up with this "project". Just for your information : CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE (2003) Total US Gross: $34,568,000 (As of Jun. 29th, 2004) VAN HELSING (2004) Total US Gross: $118,559,000 (As of Jun. 29th, 2004) These are from : http://movieweb.com/movies/box_office/ Interesting site -- if you want to know the "score", click "Box Office". Finally, also just for your information -- here's my thoughts on Jet Li in "Twin Warriors" -- feel free to email me about this stuff. I guess there's no way to do it via AllExperts so here's my email address : Jertoons@aol.com Edit I think ''Twin Warriors'' was very good. (''The One'' was a modern and slick Jet Li, incidentally. Another suggestion, perhaps.) The supporting actors in ''Twin Warriors'' were people who went very well on screen with Jet Li. Plus there is some ''thinking'' to the fights and the stories. Also there is a ''theme'' that is worked like poetry. The movie forshadows the present day use of cinema -- the scroll, which bears life force, can be rolled out to the likeness of a movie screen. After Jet Li ''goes crazy'' he sits in a small field of water, again the similarity of life force and the idea of the ''force'' of the celluloid screen. Also, Jet Li sees his appearance in the water (someday we will be able to VIEW our natural life force). Finally, I'll mention the ''ball'' bounces off the ''wall'' -- the wall itself is another image that fortells modern movie theaters and cinematics. (If you watch closely, there are other images that go along with this ides, the red floor coming up and wrapping him near the end, etc.) In the very last scene we are left with the lasting image that constrasts to the fighting armies : a screen full of people performing Tai Chi. In other words, the cinema is like a large natural field where bits of life can actually take sprout -- sometimes the screen seems literally filled with natural life force of humanity (ending scene). This may or may not seem incidental to the story as a whole -- still, I feel this gives better look at what Jet Li is really about. I mean, Jet Li, himself, and Jet Li, the actor, too. Plus, having ''thoughts'' played out this way is similar to being able to read the ''Chi'' scroll given in the film to Chin Bo to open one day. As Reverend Ling says about Jun Bo : ''he understands only after going crazy'' : It may seem crazy to film make-believe stories. But using your martial arts skills in movies will help understanding, and there CAN be benefits (seeing and understanding the Way of Nature) from watching cinema. This is why I liked ''Twin Warriors''. I am also guessing that the fight scenes were a little more thought out, intelligent, I guess would be the word, because Jet Li was the producer of this movie. Plus, as producer, he might be have been responsible for making the message of peace (not war) come through so well. I think it speaks to us as humans in both time periods -- THEN and NOW, too. THANKS AGAIN FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS HERE, KEEP SMILING Jerry Snyder Reading, PA 19607



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