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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:02 PM
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You must watch Kung Fu Hustle.
What a great movie that was!

I may even buy the DVD. And I don't buy many DVDs.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle/index_en.php
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:03 PM
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1. Love that movie, and I have the DVD. Love the childhood flashback scene
of why the 'hero' decided to be a bad guy. And I like how that gets turned around at the end. Lots of fun.

Best scene in the movie though is the fight with the zither playing assassins. Very creative.
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:22 PM
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4. That scene rocks
A couple of times I've put the D.V.D to watch that specific scene . . . at times with some movies I just get a craving to watch a particular part of the movie and I'll put the D.V.D in just for that. Lately it's been that scene.


All around fun film.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:48 PM
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9. hysterical...we loved it nt
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:09 PM
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2. I LOVED that movie !!
:loveya: :rofl: :loveya: :rofl:

I haven't been so completely entertained by a flick in a very long time.

The effects were cool, the martial arts were amazing, and the moral of the story was pretty groovy too.

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Spacemom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:14 PM
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3. Awesome Movie
didn't think I would like it. Ended up loving it.
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:26 PM
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5. GREAT movie.
Bursting with creativity. A ton of fun. And Qui Yuen, a former Bond girl who played the Landlady, should get an Oscar nomination.

:thumbsup:
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:29 PM
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7. If I read the awards page on IMDB correctly
She did get nominated at the hong Kong awards (or whatever their names are. . sorry I don't remember) but didn't win.)

The man (Whose name escapes me grr) who played the landlord won for best supporting actor. . .

But I wouldn't mind seeing her with a nomination for our Academy Awards.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:27 PM
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6. Heartily endorsed. Enjoyed it recently at a local beer theater.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 08:33 PM
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8. Very entertaining!!
I liked the landlady, she kicked ass!
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 09:06 PM
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10. Fun movie, though the English translations aren't always great
I think the beginning, when the gang comes up, they call him "northerner" when it really should be translated as "bumpkin" or "peasant", which is a fairly serious insult in China (unlike a bumpkin in the US that implies a sort of naive innocence)

Also, they translate "landlady" is more accurately something like "Fat pig mother", but my wife wouldn't give me a fully accurate translation, as I guess it also contains an obscenity.

A few others, but i can't recall them since it's been a while since I saw the movie. I remember the first one, because I picked it out.

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