The poll really surprises me on two things
1. Rush Hour leads
2. Omission of Miracles (Mr. Canton and Lady Rose)
Rush Hour sure is funny. But the quality of the movie is nowhere near his Hong Kong classics. This is bcoz in Hollywood JC is restricted in many ways. The production company wont allow him to do his own stunts. They always go by the book.
Stunt-wise Rush Hour (1999) was not exciting. Even JC's fall on to the long banner in the climax was doubled by a stunt guy as the studios won't let him take the risk. People said JC was afraid to do the stunt himself as he was like 45 that time. 5 years later he came back to his Hong Kong roots at the age of 50 and made New Police Story which featured 10 times the stunts he did in Rush Hour, all by himself. Thats JC.
Anyway Rush Hour leading the polls shows that people here are largely unaware of his Hong Kong classics.
And Miracles being omitted from the polls is a big surprise. It is my favorite JC movie and JC's own favorite among his works. You can watch the movie any number of times and won't get bored. Excellent comedy, melodious songs, rocking stunts and beautiful touching story line well executed by Jackie. His direction was splendid with top notch camera work. Making a period movie is no cake walk, that too set in the 1930s Hong Kong with people wearing long coats and English caps. Jackie did so well.
But the movie was a failure at the box office. It was the costliest movie at that time mostly due to rich sets. Also the set of a complete mansion that was built for Miracles, got destroyed in a typhoon which swept HK at that time. They had to rebuild the whole thing. All this contributed to the budget.
Still Miracles is the best all round movie JC made. Akshay Kumar's Singh in Kinng is a lame ripoff of Miracles.
