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 Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
IMDB rating: 7.10
Plot: Somewhere in the 80s, trucker Jack Burton arrives in a small town to deliver his cargo and win a few bucks playing cards with the locals down at the Chinese market. Practically bankrupting nearly all of his opponents, his friend Wang bets him a game of “double or nothing” to try and regain his cash and loses. Jack wants his well earned money, but Wang explains he doesn’t have the cash on him and that’ll he pay later because he’s due to pick up a long, lost girlfriend from the airport. Convinced Wang’s pulling something sly, Jack insists he drive Wang to the airport so they can stick together. However, at the airport Wang’s girlfriend is captured by the Lords of Death, a streetwise Chinatown gang. She is essential for an upcoming plan to revive a thousand year old Chinese sorcerer and bring him back to the world as a mortal again. So begins a daring adventure to rescue Wang’s girl and stop the ruthless operation that’s going on down in Little China. Teaming up with a cast of very different individuals, Jack and Wang delve deep into an uncovering conspiracy in which everything’s not exactly as it seems. Here comes big trouble…
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Directors: Carpenter John
Actors: Russell Kurt,Dun Dennis,Hong James,Wong Victor,Li Donald,Wong Carter,Kwong Peter,Pax James,Chi Chao Li,Imada Jeff,Mor Rummel,Ng Craig,Action,Fantasy,Adventure,Comedy,
Am I cut out for acting, in a very strange way, I cannot tell, please read my story and share your opinions?
Dear Reader…..please have patience with the incoherent babbling I am about to engage in. I am going to ramble, but bear with me people. I am confused. Am I cut out for acting, My claim- oh boy- here it goes. Ever since I was a little girl, I have watched movies and idolised the characters. With my dad, I’d watch movies like Back to the Future, Big Trouble in Little China, The Quick and the Dead, and any fifties movie ( I especially enjoy the Elvis films) and I would soak it in. Then afterwards, I would be excited to go into my room, stand in front of the mirror and act out the parts of the people I had just seen. I still do that today, being a young teenage girl. When I was younger, people called me a zesty firecracker, they saw me acting. Like it was my calling. That has washed away with age, due to the self conscious issues to where people don’t know who I am. But nonetheless I have always loved movies, and I find myself- I have done it thirteen times today- just stand in a hallway and silently say a line from a movie- or one of my own design- and just get into character. I know,I know, I have some shameful tactics but I cannot help myself. I love everything about films, so sometimes I just really believe I am made for the big screen. But to add some negatives; I have absolutely no confience, I cannot perform in front of anyone, not my friends, not my family. I am EXTREMELY hesitant to join drama club because I find school plays and musicals beyond cheesy and stupid. I don’t have that ability of self love that many others have, plus probably ( if i am not good at all) absolutely no capability to hold a character correctly, talk slow enough- I don’t understand, apparently I talk too fast for people to understand me all the time, and I just hate it. In a way it is fate’s way of saying I can never do anything verbally, and that sadens me more than killing puppies- so maybe I have no skill whatsoever. Tell me what you think. Does someone with only passion and personal "skill" like being by myself to act, have the ability to be an actress?
i think that you should join the drama club in order to 1 gain experience 2 to get feed back on how well you are acting and in turn gain confidence and skill. you should follow your passion because if it makes you happy then why not make a career off of it.
wolf71288 | Nov 10, 2009
Good story you sound like one of my friends.

see, she always wants to be in plays and stuff though not as a main part but she is never really that confident. She doesn’t speak so loud and stuff, but she’s always asking my friend and I where she can try out for a play. If you have any friends that are into acting, ask them to give you tips and I’m sure they’ll be more than happy too ( us actors like being asked stuff about our art

) you sound like you could be an awesome actor!! Join drama club! Who knows? You just might be a new star and learn to love plays and musicals. Oh, and that speaking to fast thing? I have the same problem. It helps if you try to preunciate everything you say (but with emotion) then say it again until you get to normal speed. That helped me anyways

good luck!!!
KayHey | Nov 10, 2009
Imagine that it wasn’t acting, but say, medicene – that you always pretended to be a doctor or a nurse when you were little. To realise your dream as you grew up, you know that you would have to go to college and study and learn skills to be a doctor or nurse. The same applies to acting – if you really want to do it, you have to take that big step and have a go. Join that drama club, try out for the school show – in short, take those first few steps towards becoming an actor. Now once you try it, you might find that it really isn’t for you, but you still have your love of movies and there are so many other jobs in the industry that you could do – technical jobs, costume, scenery, make up, hair, or administrative work. You could still be part of it without necessarily being an actor. Good luck with whateer you choose to do.
Wibble69 | Nov 11, 2009