“The Forbidden Kingdom” quotes

(2008)

Title The Forbidden Kingdom
Year 2008
Director Rob Minkoff
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Interpreted by

Jackie Chan

Plot – Jason is an American teenager fond of Hong Kong and martial arts movies. One day in a pawnshop he notices an ancient Chinese bar which is actually the fighting rod of legendary Monkey King, a Chinese warrior who lived hundreds of years ago. Jason touches it and he's immediately transported to the ancient China. With the help of Lu Yan, a drunken kung fu master, an enigmatic Silent Monk and beautiful warrior Golden Sparrow, Jason tries to return the object to its former owner.

All actors – Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Jackie Chan, Juana Collignon, Morgan Benoit, Jack Posobiec, Thomas McDonell, Zhi Ma Gui, Shen Shou He, Bin Jiang, Shaohua Yang, Yu Yuan Zeng

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“Nothing can overcome water, yet it can overcome rock. It does not fight; it moves around the opponent, boneless, nameless.”
Jet Li - The Silent Monk
[Tag:water]
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“- Lu Yan: Don't tell me you consider it sinful to drink.
- The Silent Monk: It's sinful if you don't share.”
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
Jet Li - The Silent Monk
[Tag:sharing, sin, wine and spirits]
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“Learn the form, but seek the formless. Hear the soundless. Learn it all, then forget it all. Learn The Way, then find your own way.”
Jet Li - The Silent Monk
[Tag:learning, teaching]
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“If one does not attach himself to people and desires, never shall his heart be broken... but then, does he ever truly live?”
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
[Tag:desire, living]
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“- Jason Tripitikas: He needs wine. It's his elixir.
- Medicine Monk: We will send a walking monk.
- Lu Yan: Don't you have a running monk?”
Michael Angarano - Jason Tripitikas
Wan Zhao Zi - Medicine Monk
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
[Tag:walking, wine and spirits]
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“- Lu Yan: It is said that master and student walk side-by-side, sharing their fate, until they go their separate ways.
- Jason Tripitikas: I'll never forget you.
- Lu Yan: I guess that's what being immortal truly means.”
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
Michael Angarano - Jason Tripitikas
[Tag:immortality, remembrance, students]
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“- Lu Yan: Innkeeper, more wine!
- Jason Tripitikas: Jeez, Don't you think you've had one too many?
- Lu Yan: Wine is mine inspiration. In some parts, I'm known as the poet [cheers] in other parts, I am known as the beggar.
[when the innkeeper brings the bill, he passes it over to Jason Tripitikas]”
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
Michael Angarano - Jason Tripitikas
[Tag:beggars, wine and spirits]
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“- Jason Tripitikas: How is he?
- Paramedic: Bullet missed his heart. He'll live.
- Old hop: Of course I'll live. I'm immortal.”
Michael Angarano - Jason Tripitikas
Matthew Grant - Paramedic
Jason Chong - Old hop
[Tag:immortality, wound]
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“The man who honors his teacher honors himself.”
Collin Chou - Jade Warlord
[Tag:honor, students, teachers]
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“- Jason Tripitikas: I can't understand you.
- Lu Yan: [in English, when he previously spoke in a Chinese dialect] That's because you're not listening!”
Michael Angarano - Jason Tripitikas
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
[Tag:language, listening, understanding]
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“Two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. Likewise, two teachers cannot have the same student!”
Jackie Chan - Lu Yan
[Tag:students, teachers]

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