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Kung Fu Hustle
« on: April 23, 2005, 01:55:52 pm »
Go see it!  ;D

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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2005, 04:11:14 pm »
Wow, what a thread.

While I'm here, don't ever watch House of Flying Daggers.
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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2005, 10:36:37 pm »
Wow, what a thread.

While I'm here, don't ever watch House of Flying Daggers.

Yes, it is an incredible thread.  I'm glad that you noticied it.

On another note, I liked House of Flying Daggers  :P

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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2005, 12:46:08 am »
I want to see both  :\

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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2005, 12:23:45 pm »
On another note, I liked House of Flying Daggers  :P
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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2005, 05:28:31 pm »
On another note, I liked House of Flying Daggers  :P
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lol.  I'm curious.  What points about the film didn't you like?  Granted, the film wasn't all good (and no where as good as hero), but I thought it was still pretty enjoyable.

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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2005, 09:38:57 pm »
*****House of Flying Daggers spoilers ahead*****

Well, the characters were just stupid.  And all that pointless intrigue and plot-twisting was horribly overdone.  I can't remember a lot of the details of stupid things that just completely turned me off, but you remember when the one lieutenant guy who was a Flying Daggers spy was trying to force whats-her-name and then the one lady threw a dagger FROM MILES AWAY straight into his back.  And then he's like "wtfmate" and she tells him to keep it in his back because it will prove he's not a spy when he goes back to the police force or whatever.  Just think about that for a second, and picture this scenario...

Lieutenant: Hay guys I'm back.
Others: Whaddup.
Lieutenant: nm u?
Others: Watching the game, having a Bud.
Lieutenant: Yo see this knife in my back?  Totally not a spy, amirite.
Others: Shit, Boo, you be straight up trippin' but that's cool wit me.

I do realize he needed that dagger for the fight near the end, but Super Flying Daggers Lady couldn't have known that.

Don't get me wrong; the fighting and cinematography was gorgeous.  But the plot was unnecessarily convoluted.  I think the writer just wanted to try his hand at being very clever so he could fail miserably.  I mean you can do plot-twists right, or you can do them wrong.  His way lacked subtlety and depth, and I turned terribly biased towards it about half-way through the movie.  I'm tempted to watch it again just so I can remember at exactly what point I decided it was stupid.
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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2005, 10:07:21 pm »
Ah, ok.  I totally see where you're coming from.  The writing/story was definitely more convoluted than it needed to be.  I'm kind of a sucker for these types of films (the whole kung fu genre in particular) so after being exposed to film after film with terrible writing and practically no plot I tend not to notice it anymore in these films wether it's actually good or bad. 

I had totally forgot about the whole knife thing   :-\

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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2005, 10:29:51 pm »
See, I loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and I thought Hero was above average, so I was also expecting a lot from this movie.  It was disappointing.
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Re: Kung Fu Hustle
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2005, 03:57:50 pm »
Thankfully, Kung Fu Hustle didn't have things like 'characterization' or 'plot' to get in the way of the enjoyment of the film. :)

 

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