Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy

Why HN readers recommended it

HN repeatedly recommends it as the clearest explanation of why Chan's fight scenes beat fast-cut Hollywood action.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Every Frame a Painting

Topic

action comedy filmmaking

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

9

HN mentions in dataset

11

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• One of my favorite "Every Frame a Painting" videos is on Jackie Chan. If you haven't seen it be warned, it will ruin your view of almost all modern action fight scenes. [VIDEO]

• Here’s a really cool video breaking down exactly how Jackie sets up his stunt-action-comedy. [VIDEO] One thing that was particular interesting to me is how the setup always starts with him at an extreme disadvantage: no shoes, tied to a chair, hanging upside down, etc. …

• This episode of "Every Frame a Painting" does an excellent job of explaining why Jackie Chan's way of doing action is awesome and why contemporary Hollywood (generally) sucks: [VIDEO]