Movie Express



Jackie Chan

        Hong Kong kung fu movie star Jackie Chan (1954-) has won an international stunt acting award, succeeding Arnold Schwarzenegger who held the title last year. Chan, 48, won the 2002 Taurus Award for Best Action Movie Star, according to the World Stunt Awards Web site.

        Schwarzenegger, in Los Angeles, presented the honorary award on Sunday via live satellite to Chan, who was in Prague filming his new action movie "Shanghai Knights," Chan's spokesman said on Tuesday.

        The award was voted on by members of the World Stunt Academy, which was formed last year to represent professional stunt actors and has nearly 1,000 members, the Web site said.
Now a star in his own right, combining martial arts fighting with comedy, Chan takes great pride in his background and is never known to have used a stunt double.

        He choreographs all his stunts and has suffered many injuries in his career. Chan became a stunt man at the age of 17. When Chan was six years old, his parents sent him away to be an apprentice at the Peking Opera. There went through hours of training in dance, singing, acting and martial arts. When a visiting filmmaker offered Chan a small stunt role, he accepted and knew he'd found a career. He landed several movie roles and eventually filled the gap left by the death of martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Chan made over 50 films before being introduced to American audiences in 1981 in "Cannonball Run." His claim to fame in Hollywood is starring alongside Chris Tucker in the "Rush Hour" movies.

ANNOTATION:

stunt: n. 特技表演
stunt double:  特技替身
choreograph: n. 编排
martial arts:  武术
Bruce Lee: 李小龙



The Movie - Spiderman
  
WITH GREAT POWER, THERE MUST ALSO COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

        Orphaned at an early age, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) lived in Queens, New York with his beloved Aunt May (Academy-Award® nominee Rosemary Harris) and Uncle Ben. Peter leads the life of a normal student, working as photographer at the Daily Bugle under the tutelage of publisher J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons), pining after the beautiful Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and hanging out with buddy Harry Osborn (James Franco).

        On a school trip, during which peter and his classmates are given a science demonstration on spiders, Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Soon after, he discovers that he has unusual powers: he is endowed with the strength and agility of a spider along with keen, ESP-like "spider sense".

        After discovering these powers, Peter appears in a televised wrestling match and, armed with his new spider strength, wins the match in record time. But the wrestling match promoter refuses to award Peter the $3,000 prize money, alleging that Peter won too quickly. Soon afterwards, Peter has the opportunity to catch a burglar fleeing from the promoter's office, but because he wants revenge, he refuses to stop him. Moments later, the same burglar kills his beloved Uncle Ben.
  
        As Spider-Man, Peter apprehends the burglar but is plagued with guilt for not being a hero sooner. During his time of turmoil, Peter remembers something Uncle Ben once told him: "With great power, there must also come great responsibility." Peter takes this to heart and decides to use his extraordinary powers to fight crime.

        Meanwhile, megalomaniacal businessman Norman Osborn (Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe), Harry's father, is undergoing some changes of his own. An experimental formula has blown up in his face, increasing his intelligence and strength but also driving him insane. He is now the Green Goblin, Spider-Man's arch-enemy, who will put young Peter Parker's vow to fight crime and help innocent people to the ultimate test.

ANNOTATION:

tutelage: n. 保护，指导  
pine after: 爱慕，喜欢
wrestling: n. 摔交    
be plagued with : 为…所困扰
megalomaniacal: adj. 疯狂的    
arch-enemy: 头号敌人