Kung Fu Hustle

[Blarg]

Anyone seen it yet? It's by the guy who did Shaolin Soccer, which is pretty damn funny and imaginative and cool.

I'm wondering if this one came out okay too.

[pshreck]

The fighting is great, but American audiences won't be laughing at this. The humor missed me most of the time, I would be like "Oh I was supposed to laugh there, that wasn't really more than mildly funny"

[tdarko]

so don't go see it?

[pshreck]

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so don't go see it?

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Not in theaters, no.

[Blarg]

Okay, thanks.

[wonderwes]

85% fresh on rottentomatoes. That is quite an impressive score

Link (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kung_fu_hustle/)

[Alobar]

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The fighting is great, but American audiences won't be laughing at this. The humor missed me most of the time, I would be like "Oh I was supposed to laugh there, that wasn't really more than mildly funny"

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How did you see it? It's out in other parts of the world?

I havent decided if it looks like it could be good, or just really dumb.....obviously my impressions are just from the previews tho

[pshreck]

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The fighting is great, but American audiences won't be laughing at this. The humor missed me most of the time, I would be like "Oh I was supposed to laugh there, that wasn't really more than mildly funny"

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How did you see it? It's out in other parts of the world?

I havent decided if it looks like it could be good, or just really dumb.....obviously my impressions are just from the previews tho

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My girlfriend is asian.

We dumb Americans dont realize you can get access to all these Asian flicks, legally, years before they are released here. Same for Hero, Crouching Tiger, etc...

[Alobar]

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The fighting is great, but American audiences won't be laughing at this. The humor missed me most of the time, I would be like "Oh I was supposed to laugh there, that wasn't really more than mildly funny"

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How did you see it? It's out in other parts of the world?

I havent decided if it looks like it could be good, or just really dumb.....obviously my impressions are just from the previews tho

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My girlfriend is asian.

We dumb Americans dont realize you can get access to all these Asian flicks, legally, years before they are released here. Same for Hero, Crouching Tiger, etc...

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chalk me up as a dumb american, I didnt realize these movies were out years before their release in ameica.

What are some other good ones that havent made their way over here yet?

[pshreck]

Yeah, Im the dumb american too.

I cant think of others right now, but for example I saw Shaolin Soccer way before it came out here, same with Hero, House of Flying Daggers.

If you haven't see Infernal Affairs, DEFINETLY see that, best asian flick I have seen yet.

[MicroBob]

I kind of liked the kung-fu parody movie from 2 or 3 years ago that I think was called 'Kung Pao: enter the fist' or something like that.
Some fairly funny bits in there.
him fighting the cow was the least funny I thought. But some of the intentionally bad dubbing was pretty funny...as was the one-boob chick and the 'Betty' guy.


I can't tell if Kung Fu Hustle looks good or not but I might check it out if I have nothing better to do .

[pshreck]

Let me make a point about it...

it is REALLY slapstick. Like one of the 'jokes' is when the main character is fighting, he stamps on the foot of like 6 guys in front of him, all who grab their feet in pain. I just didn't find stuff like that funny.