Review: Kung Pow 211
This one should have worked. Oedekerk, writer and director of this mediocrity, is also the star. He uses digital film-editing techniques to insert himself into the older film as the new hero, a creative idea that in better hands could really have been funny.
The Chosen One saw his family killed by the evil Master Pain/Betty and was raised by rodents. He finds his way to Master Tang, then falls in love with Tang's daughter Ling, who speaks in a perpetual whine. The stop-action overdubs and hesitations are funny at first, but then are just headache-inducing. There are a few inspired moments -- I personally loved the karate brawl with the dairy cow -- but the movie derails as he comes closer and closer to his confrontation with Master Pain.
Don't be fooled by the trailers. Every funny scene is in them. There are few movies I can't sit through, but this one was a struggle. It really isn't worth much more discussion, and my best advice would be to skip it altogether.
I agree, skip it (Score:4, Funny)
I guess I should've known... The previews said "From the director of Ace Ventura 2". I don't know if you've ever seen Ace Ventura 2 or not, but let's just say it sucked.
Go see "A Beautiful Mind" if you haven't already, it is much, much better.
Could you have... (Score:1, Insightful)
Summary of Review:
The movie sucks.
Re:Could you have... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Could you have... (Score:1)
Well, he *did* put some positive things in there -- he did love the cow scene. that's (positive thing > 0)
Those trailers were terrible (Score:4, Interesting)
No, the trailers were terrible. How anyone could want to see a movie based on those trailers is beyond me. Yet another spoof on The Matrix, this time with a cow? A guy being distracted by a woman with big breasts? And these are the highlights? This was just another me-too addition to the new genre of 'genre parodies' to come out in the last few years, and obviously not an inspired newcomer.
Re:Those trailers were terrible (Score:3, Informative)
A guy being distracted by a woman with one big breast.
Re:Those trailers were terrible (Score:1)
It's not a spoof of The Matrix, it's a spoof of Kung Fu movies. There is a difference.
Its hard to imagine.... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Its hard to imagine.... (Score:1)
Most of the time the trailers are more enjoyable that the main features... Sometimes I just leave after watching the trailers and don't bother with the main title.
Do we boycott the MPAA every other week or what? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Do we boycott the MPAA every other week or what (Score:5, Interesting)
Point to that waste of bandwidth is, I paid for movies that were truly worth it or that I had to see, and I just found something else to do with the rest of my time (as another thread points out, sacrificing one movie pretty much pays for one month of a MMO game). Don't boycott, just be judicious in what you see, and be willing to defend yourself when others try to convince you. Were my friend so strong, I wouldn't have convinced him to see Scary Movie. I still don't think he's fully forgiven me for that night...
Re:Do we boycott the MPAA every other week or what (Score:1)
No, only fools boycott the MPAA (Score:2)
Instead, why not engage in productive activities? Dontate to the EFF. Write congressmen about laws you hate. Make sure you explain to everyone you can what the MPAA and cronies are trying to put past everyone. They can be stopped but not by a boycott.
BTW, nice troll.
Ummm.... (Score:1, Redundant)
A real review (Score:5, Funny)
"Not worth stealing. Two cds better used to rip John Tesh MP3s and archiving them for eternity"
---Internet piracy council
Re:A real review (Score:3, Redundant)
Right now, my favorite's the one that says "It could well end up being the worst movie of 2002. It's that bad."
I'm still trying to figure out how anyone could have found the trailers interesting though...
Re:A real review (Score:2)
I thought it had one shot value (Score:3, Flamebait)
Re:I thought it had one shot value (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I thought it had one shot value (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I thought it had one shot value (Score:2, Funny)
...I'm really disappointed (Score:1)
I LOVED thumb wars. I bought the damn thing on DVD.
Why!? WHY did kung pow have to suck??!
Re:...I'm really disappointed (Score:1)
interesting pick this week (Score:2, Flamebait)
Was anyone actually considering seeing this movie? I didn't think it looked funny from the previews at all.
Consept had potential (Score:2)
Re:interesting pick this week (Score:1)
Thought it looked like another action movie with lots of fighting and that I would just ignore the three or so lame jokes in it (since the trailers normaly do contain any and all funny parts of a movie.)
Jeez Katz... (Score:3, Insightful)
Need to see what I mean? [slashdot.org] Your review list lately reads like a direct-to-DVD-bargain-box roll call.
Good movies that have come out in that time span:
What's up, Katz? Afraid of actually cutting your teeth on something substantial?
Re:Jeez Katz... (Score:5, Interesting)
Why support the MPAA, Katz? (Score:2)
What's puzzling is that most mainstream medias do cover (favorably!) blockbusters because they are funded by the MPAA through advertising.
It's odd, I didn't see any MPAA ads on
Hmm, and yeah, go see Amelie [amelie-themovie.com].
Re:Yes, there ARE people who won't see it. (Score:2)
Re:Jeez Katz... (Score:1)
- Avalon
- Battle Royale
- Bully
- Startup.com
- Waking Life
C'mon Katz, you're the only internet critic that hasn't done a multi-page diatribe on Battle Royale.Re:Jeez Katz... (Score:1)
Oh lighten up... (Score:4, Insightful)
Katz's review reminds me of all the bad press Godzilla 2000 got when it came out. People whined about it's crappy plot and terrible special effects... That's the whole point!
Of course a bad review from Katz can do nothing but help the movie out in the box office. Anything that idiot hates must be good.
Shaolin Soccer (Score:1)
In a nutshell, the movie is about a group of Shaolin monks who become a soccer (or football, if you prefer) team. Now, I pretty much hate anything sports-related, but that didn't deter my enjoyment of the movie at all. It manages to successfully spoof just about every martial arts cliche in the book, with some direct pokes at Bruce Lee and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
There's nothing deep in this flick- it's pure light-hearted fun. They make great use of special effects and the acting is perfect for a movie of this type. It's in Chinese (with English subtitles available), but most of the comedy is visual.
It's going to be released in the US as "Kung-Fu Soccer".
Oh, as far as Godzilla 2000 goes, I agree with the parent post- if you went in expecting to see a cheesy, campy giant monster movie on the big screen it was a lot of fun.
-Cybrex
Re:Shaolin Soccer (Score:2, Interesting)
This brings up an interesting issue for me: as a fan of HK cinema, things like Kung Pow only do huge harm to a film industry that, while it does churn out a lot of dross (but can anyone tell me that Hollywood *doesn't*?), also creates some true works of genius (and I'm *not* talking about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon here). HK films get a bad rap from things like Kung Pow, leading to the stereotype that all HK films have ultra-cheap effects, and are chockfull of stylised fight scenes. Remember that the chop socky films he's supposedly satirising were made in the *60s*, for gods' sakes. That's 40 years ago. Does anyone believe that HK films are *still* like that? And does anyone believe that the world's third largest film industry (Bollywood is second) makes *only* kung fu films, and cheap ones at that?
Whereas in fact, the HK film industry is moving in a lot of directions simultaneously: HK is home to the aforementioned Chiau Sing Chi, master of comedy (director and writer as well as actor, I might add), and Johnnie To, director of slick romantic comedies, dark futuristic fantasy, and rivetting drama/thriller. If you like odd horror-comedy, there's plenty make in HK. Ghost stories, exploitation flicks, human drama, comedies by the bucketload, triad and crime, quirky surprising indie films, anything you want.
Then, of course, there's Wong Kar Wai, arthouse director extraordinaire. Anyone daring to suggest that his films are simply cheap chop socky action would be on the receiving end of some not very nice words from Director Wong.
Honestly, who needs another unfunny satire that's at least 40 years out of date? Watch the real thing, and maybe get a surprise...
Re:Oh lighten up... (Score:2)
Excellent! (Score:1)
Hmmmmm, I don't know. Not exactly Cannonball Run.
bustin' my cap. (Score:2, Troll)
You would, Katz, you would...
ya but.. (Score:3, Funny)
A blessing in disguise... (Score:1, Redundant)
Thank you Katz, for sparing us the usual wordy outpouring of ranting pseudo-journalism.
Review? (Score:5, Informative)
Amongst all all the other faults Katz has (*coughCommie64splayingmoviesinKabulcough*), his movie reviews tend to be nothing if he can't bring out one of his dead horses (Columbine, geek prejudice, globalism) to beat. And even then, it has no actual bearing on the movie review.
And why is this even being reviewed here? Jesus, if Katz can't make at least a tenuous connection with some of his tropes, how does this fit "News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters"?
And, granted that this was likely a horribly bad movie from everything I've seen on it and heard from others, Katz is still supposedly getting paid for this "work," so he can at least put some effort into it. I mean, hell, Mr. Cranky [mrcranky.com] devoted more words to his review.
Re: (Score:1, Flamebait)
Re:Review? (Score:1, Flamebait)
*cough* you're a moron [divx-digest.com] *cough* Commodore made other machines than C64 [osnews.com] *cough*
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Evan
Re:Review? (Score:4)
I understand that Commodore made other machines besides the 64. I own two. Hell, I still play with the 128 from time to time, but the Amiga crapped out and I haven't had time to fix it. It was just funnier that way.
And while I acknowledge that the scenario (movies onto Commodore machines) is technologically possible, there is no way that a week after the liberation of a city in one of the most war-damaged "cities" in the world, that there was some linox haxor downloading full Hollywood movies over non-existant 28.8 ISP connections.
And that's just one part of the story that's credability-bending.
Katz has had plenty of time and prompting to prove his outrageous fabrication, but has not done so. I know that I would publically apologise to him for everything bad I ever said about him if he could document it to my satisfaction. But he can't, because he made it up and is now trying to brush it under the rug.
Re:Review? (Score:2)
Oh, I never said that the story was true, just that you can watch movies on machines made by Commodore. In fact, you can even go back to that story and find my messages where I picked apart the logical flaws in it. And also the logical flaws in the arguments against it. ;)
I'm personally of the opninion that Katz was trolled, and as a self-professed "real journalist", fell flat on his face when it came to fact checking. I wouldn't have been upset had it been, say, Rob, but for good reason. I know my sources - if Hemos of CmdrTaco say it's so, I take it as I would from a friend telling me a cool thing... it might be rumor, it might be real. It's still fun. If it's roblimo on NewsForge, I'm significantly more accepting of the news - not blindly accepting, but NF tends to do more fact checking, and puts that checking into the news article ("So I called Mr. So-and-so") than most major news agencies. I'd rather have an attributed rumor than a "news fact".
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Evan
Re:Review? (Score:1)
But Katz doesn't consider himself a journalist; that's the only problem I have with him. He's a talented writer, he picks interesting subjects, and he really does have a stronger technical understanding than most other mainstream reporters. But I've seen him protest on slashdot that he's a pundit, not a journalist, so doesn't have to follow the rules of journalism (if anyone can find a post I'd appreciate it if they posted the URL; I know I've seen it, but couldn't find that exact instance). Now pundits are obviously complete wastes of space, unless they ARE journalists and bring some measure of journalistic ethics to what they do. A pundit who just gives his opinions on something, and doesn't care about investigating what he or she is writing, isn't really contributing much.
Re:Review? (Score:3, Interesting)
That pretty much describes Slashdot.
Okay, now that you've had your laugh, that's not actually a bad thing. A good pundit will toss out themes and concepts for the general population to chew on and discuss. I know that in most threads on Slashdot that I get involved in, one of three things happen (usually a small amount of all three): I am moved to change my position, I am exposed to a different position with at least some validity, or in stating my existing position and being questioned, I build up my own existing beliefs and strengthen them.
Slashdot: A Million Pundits Arguing. Not all that bad a description, and not really that bad a thing. Of course, it's also nice to be in a forum where a Google search or peek into the online Brittanica or CIA World Fact Book can buttress your arguement. That eliminates all but the most pigheaded "But my uncle said Afgans are all rich" idiots.
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Evan
Re:Review? (Score:2)
I think Katz did all he needed to do: state the movie wasn't worth watching, briefly explain why, and open the floor up for discussion of bad movies in general, how the MPAA causes cavities and impotence and how much almost everyone hates Katz.
"stuff that Matters" is relative, and all of the typical
situation with "nerds". "Nerds" and obsession go hand-in-hand, so enough with the "Topic X doesn't matter." If the story is pointless, skip over it. If JonKatz and CmdrTaco and CowboyNeal, et al, notice a certain kind of topic not generating any discussion, they can keep it in mind for the next time.
I also like the idea of 1,000,000 pundits. Almost everyone here is an expert in something, no matter how narrow. It's often just a BS session with thousands of participants. Anyone who takes it more seriously than that is looking at it wrong. But every BS session has the chance to teach someone something, or alter a point of view or even educate. Let's face it, assertions made on
If you take
getting paid? (Score:2)
The Very Definition of Hackneyed (Score:1)
The Matrix came out in 1999. Bullet-time spoofs stopped being funny shortly thereafter. In 2002, they're actually anti-funny; if you're laughing at another funny joke, and you see one, you suddenly stop laughing.
Re:The Very Definition of Hackneyed (Score:1)
come on!
a cow!
a bullet time spoof, with a cow shooting milk at him!
original.
Offtopic (Score:1)
how in the world? (Score:1)
Yeah dude, the cow milk Matrix thing, WAY funny. And the chick with one boob? HEEEELARIOUS.
BTW, side note to Hollywood, putting the phrase, "From the director of Ace Ventura 2..." in the trailer isn't going to make people run out and see your crap ass movie.
ugh (Score:1)
User-contributed movie reviews? (Score:1)
Mod Up! (Score:2)
A REAL REVIEW! (Score:5, Insightful)
This movie can be compared to one thing, and one thing only:
An entire movie made off of the bruce lee spoof in kentucky fried movie.
If you like naked gun/etc, you'll like this. If you don't, then what the fuck are you seeing a movie called "Kung Pow" for?
Two people walked out in the middle of the movie.
The other 60 of us in the theatre were falling on the floor we were laughing so much!
This movie is about one thing, and one thing only:
PHOTOSHOPPING.
You know all those pictures of person X put into background Y? This is an entire movie of it.
They took an old, REALLY BAD, 1970's kung fu film, and with a TON a greenscreen and computer wizardry, as well as some really bad dubbing, made their own movie out of it.
Only the main character is "real." All of the other people/scenes/etc were from the cheezy old kung fu film. In the credits they show you some of the wizardry (before and after shots) and it's REALLY amazing.
There is tons of changed faces, added people, time change bizzarement.
You know when you and your friends are drunk, 2am, watching a kung fu movie and you start adding your own lines, and acting out parts? That's this movie.
If you're into the photoshopping scene, you've GOT to check out this movie. Maybe wait for dvd if you're not into silly-stupid-drunken-funny humour, but check it out.
I am eagerly awaiting the DVD... I hope they show more of the before/after/in progress stuff. It's amazing to see a scene of the original, then watch it again to see a completely new scene made out of it, with new people/etc added in.
HERE'S MY SCALE OF 1-10 ratings:
SOPHISTICATED WIT: 0
JUST REALLY FUCKING FUNNY: 10
PLOT: N/A
TECHINCAL WIZARDRY: 10
ACTING: N/A
WACKYNESS: 10
MY overall score: 9
Like I said, if you like:
-kentucky fried movie (bruce lee segment)
-naked gun
-crazy mad editing
you'll love this movie.
If you're not into at least 2 of the 3 above, you'll hate it.
Re:A REAL REVIEW! (Score:2)
YOU should be doing the movie reviews around here, I was stagging at seeing this film reading the latest comments, but your comment put me back in my place. This is the type of movie I'd go see with my guy friends, "leave the chick at home cause she ain't gonna like it". It's an escape, a time to hold your gut because it's hurts so hard from laughing.
Kick katz out!
Yay for batkiwi!
(even his name is halarious!, bat! kiwi! batkiwi!!!)
Re:A REAL REVIEW! (Score:1)
Re:A REAL REVIEW! (Score:1)
A very funny movie. . . (Score:2)
up side (Score:2, Informative)
We only have wait until next year [upcomingmovies.com] to start seeing Maxtix 2 ripoffs in every other movie. And then by this time in 2004 they wont be cool anymore either
Sounds more like (Score:2)
Below my current threshhold (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Below my current threshhold (Score:1)
Oh come on, I laughed myself silly. (Score:2, Insightful)
I mean, if you watched the adds, you should have known it wasn't going to be a high dollar flick.
I thought it was one of the best silly films made in a long time. The silly film genre is one of the most overlooked in the history of Hollywood. When have they ever had a "Best Silly Film" award? When has the silly film ever gotten listed as a valid subcategory of Comedy? Granted that most people do not appreciate the wonderful humor in a silly film, but not being one of those people is no reason to criticize.
Shame on you Jon, you should have simply said "the movie is not for me" and gone on with your life.
This is a movie for those of us that are fans of things like MontyPython, The Hitchhikers Guide (the videos), Some of Mel Brooks more offbeat stuff, etc.
If you fit in that group, go see it, If you want to see a spoiler for my favorite gag, scroll down. When you see the spoiler, you'll understand why some people simply can't handle this movie.
Brad
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We've all poked fun at the old dubbed japanese movies, where the sound is out of sync with the mouth movements, and this movies pokes fun at that. My favorite gag is a part where the dog barks, but the bark is obviously dubbed and is out of sync.
Not everyone would find that funny, and far too many people would let themselves be put off by its obvious and simple nature. Their loss.
Re:Oh come on, I laughed myself silly. (Score:2)
Re:Oh come on, I laughed myself silly. (Score:2)
There is no Academy Award for Comedy and I think it that "My Cousin Vinny" was the first Oscar for a comedy (Mira Sorvino) in a long time.
Re:Oh come on, I laughed myself silly. (Score:2)
Hey.... (Score:2, Interesting)
So... you're saying that before you went to do this impartial review of the movie, you went and listened to how everyone else said it was really bad? Don't you think that might have clouded*cough* your judgement? I mean, people see what they expect to see, and if you were expecting crap, perhaps that's all you saw.
Personally, I haven't seen the movie. But what's the point of having the review at all if the first line of it simply says: I was very prejudiced against this movie before I even saw it, now here's my unbiased review. (Although, most of us recognise that Katz is rarely, if ever, approaching unbiased... but that's a small point).
It was funny (Score:2, Insightful)
It's interesting.... (Score:1)
Airplane...but it had a theatre full of people of all ages laughing their ass off...I mean, damn near ROTFL. Yes, bullet ducking time warp tricks have been overdone...and yes, I'm a Matrix loyalist, too....but I think Jon was a little too tough on this one. There is wizardry in the production techinques, and enough funny gags to make it worth the 8 bucks. For a different take on the movie (one which I agree with) go to Moviefone and read the Variety review. To read the whole thing, you'll have to do a free 30 day trial of their site.
And Jon....all the funny gags were NOT in the trailers...eg when the peasant woman picks up the baby...and that's in the first 2 minutes.
What, you were expecting MacBeth? (Score:2)
Wrong title in America (Score:4, Funny)
Why is this even reviewed? (Score:2, Interesting)
I saw the Orange County review and wondered why it was posted - this one is a step further in solidifying my theory.
My $0.02 (Canadian)
Steve
I think this review had value... (Score:2)
Better than an article on the evils of McDonalds.
Tiger and Crane Fists (Score:1)
Re:Tiger and Crane Fists (Score:1)
Mod me up, I have a winner
Karate Kid Two!!!
Eh... (Score:2)
Roger Ebert hasn't released a review for the movie, either. Oh, and all 14 of the reviews are negative. It appears that everything remotely amusing was included in the trailer.
Katz is, for once, correct. Skip the movie; read James Berardinelli's review [colossus.net] instead. It's probably more humorous than the actual film.
The reason there aren't many reviews (Score:1)
Re:The reason there aren't many reviews (Score:1)
waste of bandwidth (Score:1)
Any left to share? (Score:1)
First question: What were you smoking?
Second question: Do you have any left?
POS movies. (Score:1)
Fuck them.
Kung Pow - Enter the Fist (Score:2)
Okay, I give up... (Score:1)
...how does a reader/fan of Slashdot configure it so that Katz's stuff doesn't show up on the home page? I've heard that it's possible, but I don't see anything in the preferences on my page.
I Changed Steve Oedekerk Show's Name (Score:3, Interesting)
A week passed. Nothing happened. Then something minor, but interesting, happened: they changed the name of the show. Now it was "steve.odekerk.com." They'd registered odekerk.com, lacking their own domain name.
That was one of the greatest achievements of my 18-year-old life: getting NBC to change the name of a show. I'm not saying that was a worthwhile endeavor, nor that it was a good or useful thing to do in retrospect, but it sure thrilled me at the time.
-Waldo Jaquith
Surprise Surprise (Score:2)
Rules of Movie Previews:
If it looks dumb, it's sickeningly stupid.
If it sounds great, it'll put you to sleep.
If it looks hilarious, it's definitely not.
If it looks exciting, it has no plot.
If you can't quite figure out the preview, it might be a good movie.
Once again Katz, you speak from a dark orifice (Score:2, Interesting)
However, the cliches were obviously intentional, there were a few jokes that really were quite funny and original, and there even was a (very rare) bit of brilliance there.
They did one hell of a job melding two old martial arts movies together with a fair bit of greenscreen and CGI to make it a reasonably cohesive whole. The thing is, if you are going to go see this, don't expect a standard movie with typical cut scenes, soundtracks and characterisations. Take it as it is and you'll probably enjoy it.
However, take it seriously and expect to come out of it with some sort of sense of purpose and you'll be disappointed. Go see it with Katz' typical pap of a review in mind and you'll be annoyed at the movie and at Katz.
TheGeek
Re:he thought the trailers made it look good? (Score:3, Insightful)
Unfortunately, the former comes along very rarely, and the latter comes around very often. Needless to say, I didn't hold much hope.
Re:he thought the trailers made it look good? (Score:5, Insightful)
Now though, I realize that there's no subversive intellect. It's just that smart people and dumb people both find the same slapstick humor funny. It doesn't make me smarter than somebody else if I see furter into a dumb joke than they do, because it's still a dumb joke. Just think about it for a second and I'm sure that you will agree.
Re:he thought the trailers made it look good? (Score:3, Interesting)
Perhaps when people that normally find slapstick humor boring catch themselves laughing at these movies, they just have to invent the "subversive intellectual quality" as an excuse.
Re:he thought the trailers made it look good? (Score:1)
Crap, is this a subversive intellectual joke that I'm not getting?
Anyway, your claim (assuming the entire post wasn't a joke flying over my radar), is undermined by people NOT finding the same humor funny. There seems to be a subversive, abnormal humor (say abnormal instead of intelligent to avoid loaded value judgments clouding the water) that "regular" people don't get. The best example I know of would be Pokey the Penguin [yellow5.com]. Normal people look at it and wonder why I'm reading something that looks like it was drawn by a two year old. To fans it's the funniest thing ever made, and all other humor exists in imitation of Pokey the Penguin.
There is certainly some humor that has an abnormal quality, a quality which we dare not say is intelligent but is likely to correllate with intelligence, and a quality which is at least as subversive as all abnormality must be.
I also note that it is possible to see humor in a joke that the originator did not intend--in fact, I've seen humor where the originator intended to have humor in the work he/she would not be aware of! (Sometimes I'm the originator...)
Replace "smarter" in your post with "abnormal" and "dumb" with "normal". Flip the bits of the negations in your second paragraph. (i.e. There IS [obviously] a subversive abnormality. Abnormal people and dumb people do not both find the same slapstick humor funny. It does make me more abnormal than somebody else if I see further into a normal joke then they do.)
Then just think about it for a second and I'm sure that you will agree.
OT: Maybe (Score:2, Informative)
I'd say The Simpsons is a whole different monster, though. The Simpsons is satire wrapped in (mostly) funny, over the top comedy. It's not worth teaching a philosophy class over [slashdot.org], but for people who can understand the messages behind the shows they are there.
Re:OT: Maybe (Score:2, Funny)
-Homer Simpson
Re:OT: Maybe (Score:1)
Re:OT: Maybe (Score:1)
Barney's film had heart but "football in the groin" had a football in the groin.
what mrcranky says (Score:1, Interesting)
To wit:
Director Steve Oedekerk bought the rights to a little-known 1976 martial arts film called "Savage Killers" and has since spent his time splicing himself into the footage, reworking it, and dubbing in new dialogue to create a film that serves no purpose other than to remind us that "Saturday Night Live" isn't the only place where skits run too long.
Then again, this is the guy who also spent a lot of his time making little thumb people by putting his eyes and mouth digitally onto thumbs and creating movies like "Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle," "Thumbtanic," and "The Blair Thumb." It's pretty safe to say that one thumb movie is enough, but Oedekerk doesn't think so and apparently will keep making them until somebody does something unpleasant with his thumbs.
In "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist," Oedekerk is "The Chosen One," a martial artist out to avenge his family's murder. The movie is filled with bad dialogue and low-rent computer effects. There's a fight between "The Chosen One" and a cow. There's a woman with one huge breast. The "love interest" whines like a gopher getting a cold thermometer shoved up its ass.
The film's relatively high amusement factor lasts about 15 minutes, after which any normal person starts wondering whether or not Oedekerk realizes that a 90-minute movie needs more material than he's got. Ironically, the most fun I had in the movie was watching the confused old people walk out after about five minutes, when they realized what they had gotten themselves into. It was kind of like watching nuns walking out of a porn film, not that I'd ever advocate slipping a reel of "Forrest Hump" into the training tapes over at the convent or anything.
Re:Best Matrix Parody Is: (Score:1)
Formula for new "comedy" movie is as follows:
Take overused idea and write part of a script (ad-libbing the rest of it)
Throw in a Matrix parody
Throw in teen sex
Toss in some more random and pointless nudity
Make 3 funny parts, advertise the hell out of them in any previews/promotions (NOTE: You don't have to actually put them in the movie!)
$script =~ s/$content//gi;
Well, you get my point, Little Giants was funnier.
Re:Stephen King, author, amok at 54 (Score:1)
King has fled into nearby woods, and search efforts have been hampered by an oppressive mist which cloaks an eldritch and unthinkable horror.*
*-King is thought to have been joined by Dead Author H.P.Lovecraft.