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Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3

Date: Jul 06 2021

Themes: Hobbies, Pop Culture

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In a very American intersection of cultures, a loud, wild, young, black detective played by Chris Tucker was paired with master of martial arts cinema, Jackie Chan, in 1998’s Rush Hour.

Now, in the third installment of the series, Tucker’s character has become a beat cop and Chan’s a bodyguard for an ambassador. They meet up again and fight organized crime in Paris. But Mason and Beren aren’t too interested in the specifics of the movie.

Listen to Mason tell Beren about how he thinks Rush Hour 3 represents American cinema abroad rather poorly.

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Mason

Mason

Beren

Beren

Mason:  I didn’t even see…Do you know what’s playing at the theater across the way?

Beren:  Um, I don’t know. I think…Definitely Rush Hour 3, which is supposed to be the biggest movie in America.

Mason:  Really?

Beren:  Like it has a huge box office gross.

Mason:  So you’re just going by box office? I mean, I believe that, I guess.

Beren:  It’s a good indicator of ticket sales, I mean box office gross. I mean, Rush Hour 1, huge movie, Rush Hour 2, huge movie…

Mason:  Huge movies. I mean, I saw the first and the second one. That was like a different time. I mean it’s been so long between the second one and now. It’s been what, like seven years?

Beren:  And what was Chris Tucker doing in between those years. He wasn’t in any other movies, was he?

Mason:  I think he was watching his career wave goodbye to him.

Beren:  Yeah but then he goes and makes like, you know, his movie opens, makes $200 million, like Rush Hour 2. He doesn’t have to worry about working. I mean, obviously he’s not wanting to be respectable.

Mason:  I guess. It’s one of those things that as an American, like, it makes me sad that that’s what…I mean, anyone looking in that looks at the box office goes…They’re like, “Oh yeah, Americans love Rush Hour 3 and, you know, whatever Christmas movie Hollywood made this year.” You know, instead of like the little films like uh…you know, what’s the one? The lawyer one that George Clooney’s in right now…Or The Darjeeling Limited.

Beren:  Michael Clayton.

Mason:  Yeah, it’s like those movies…they never hit anybody’s radar.

Beren:  That’s true, I mean…yeah…I gotta respect…

Mason:  “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?!” That’s my awesome Chris Tucker impression.

Beren:  That was good. That was good.

 

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Discussion

Mason and Beren are hanging out across the street from a movie theater, and Mason asks what’s playing. Beren isn’t sure about all the movies, but she knows that Rush Hour 3 is playing. It’s playing at most theaters in the US. Beren says it’s the biggest movie in America.

When Mason asks how she measures what the biggest movie is, she tells him she’s going by box office gross. He says that maybe it’s best not to judge movies by box office gross. Sometimes really good movies don’t make all that much money. Mason wonders what people in other countries think of Americans’ tastes in movies.

Mason wishes that movies like Michael Clayton and The Darjeeling Limited were more popular and more common abroad. Marni just recommended The Darjeeling Limited to him last week. He must have really liked it.
Then he inexplicably does an impression of Chris Tucker’s most famous line from Rush Hour, and Beren laughs.

Do you think it’s good to judge a movie based on how much money it makes?

 

Comments

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kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

I have enough of bad experinces of buying movies (DVDs) by going as per there boxoffice gross and comments which are printed on the DVD cover. B'cos of that i carefully go through the specific of the movie before buying.It's true that there are many movies like "dangerous beuty" which are not hits anybody's radar. but i use to watch any dance movie or any movie which featuring JLO 

08:33 AM Nov 28 2007 |

Huaxieyu2008

China

Rush Hour3 now is in my computer for a long time.Once I saw it for a few minutes and I feel bad for the menu.

Rush Hour1&2 mybe I once saw or mybe I didn't saw them anymore.

I my idea,I will to see Rush Hour1&2 not to see 3 because I think if a movie does't want to make more at the first and if it did so it will be bad!!

08:32 AM Nov 28 2007 |

shixiang1412@163.com

China

I haven't seen rush hour 3 !  is there some chance i will

07:43 AM Nov 28 2007 |

EllaGuo

EllaGuo

Christmas Island

i watch all  of these ,i like it ,it is amazy

 

07:37 AM Nov 28 2007 |

leechunnen

Taiwan

I do have a deep impression on Chris Tucker's loud voice, although I just have seen a little part of Rush Hour 1 or maybe 2. I guess Chris Tucker didn't really want to take a rest between those years, it was not easy to find a good role besides Rush Hour to show his unique voice again.

07:23 AM Nov 28 2007 |

wujunhui

wujunhui

China

I've never heard that?what is it?/hehe

07:07 AM Nov 28 2007 |

飞燕儿

飞燕儿

China

I don't watch this movie ,but I want to watch !

06:49 AM Nov 28 2007 |

marley009

marley009

Peru

i don´t watched the movie

05:49 AM Nov 28 2007 |

one_of_a_kind

Egypt

It’s not of my favourate genre

05:47 AM Nov 28 2007 |

sunshine12

sunshine12

China

I haven't watched  rush hour 1,2,3 yet.

05:24 AM Nov 28 2007 |

youyousummer

China

ihaven'tseenit

05:07 AM Nov 28 2007 |

babyfaceding

China

haven't seen Rush Hour 3 yet, not interested in it, I think i saw the 1st one and 2nd one before, but has few impression about them.

03:02 AM Nov 28 2007 |

losang

China

it appear to be the movies its self reflected the name of the movie, it's kind of made up in rush hour. Ha ha

01:49 AM Nov 28 2007 |

GavinZheng

GavinZheng

China

I have watched Rush hour 3,Frankly, it's really terrible.I think both of the actors are out of their talent.I once liked Jackie Chan and now I won't love him any more.though I am  a Chinese. You can take a try if just for fun.So if you wanna learn something or wanna be inspired,you'd better leave it alone.I 'd rather like some old ones than it,or things like that.I recommend some: AI, Dead alive, 28 Days, Apocalypse Now. Much more significative.huh?

01:24 AM Nov 28 2007 |

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