After I got home and had dinner, my folks and I went to see Kung Fu Hustle. Holy. Fucking. Shit. The trailer does not prepare you for how insane that movie is. It's not just over the top, it's over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go, over the rainbow, in a galaxy far, far away. The beginning was a little too graphically violent for my mom, but after that it just becomes silly as hell. There are all sorts of references to other movies. Not just kung fu flicks (although the fat old landlady in curlers doing Bruce Lee's silent hand-gesture threat is a riot), but Spider-Man, The Matrix, and even The Shining. There's also some very Looney Tunes inspired sequences. The whole theater was roaring with laughter. The CG effects are a little crude (the seams are definitely showing), but the fakeness kind of adds to the affect. Highly recommended.
Today kicked ass
After I got home and had dinner, my folks and I went to see Kung Fu Hustle. Holy. Fucking. Shit. The trailer does not prepare you for how insane that movie is. It's not just over the top, it's over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go, over the rainbow, in a galaxy far, far away. The beginning was a little too graphically violent for my mom, but after that it just becomes silly as hell. There are all sorts of references to other movies. Not just kung fu flicks (although the fat old landlady in curlers doing Bruce Lee's silent hand-gesture threat is a riot), but Spider-Man, The Matrix, and even The Shining. There's also some very Looney Tunes inspired sequences. The whole theater was roaring with laughter. The CG effects are a little crude (the seams are definitely showing), but the fakeness kind of adds to the affect. Highly recommended.
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