However that's a pretty different story. See, the problem isn't that it was "designed for a western audience", as I find the whole "the audiences are vastly different mutually incompatible" argument to be bullshit anyways. A good movie is a good movie, and it doesn't take anyone with a specific cultural background to recognize that.
The thing is Steven Chow is talented enough and actually cares about the movies he makes that he generally does a good job making them, and for Kung Fu Hustle the movie was still produced by the Hong Kong studios so he retained most, if not all, of the creative rights (I shudder to think of what demands would have been placed on him if there were American backers).
In my experience, most American Hollywood types look at movies like this and think they can do a half-assed job, so I've yet to see them produce a good movie of this genre. This movie has all the hallmarks of it. Well, of course I only have the trailer/plot synopsis/vague comments by actors to go on, so maybe/hopefully I'm wrong about it.
Yeah, I'll admit, I'm a little worried, but you know... Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon (the first ones) did actually turn out to be fun movies. So maybe, just maybe.. Plus, the choreographer is good, so we can hope...
At least it doesn't star Cuba Gooding Jr. That's usually always a bad sign.
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Date: 2008-02-19 05:07 pm (UTC)However that's a pretty different story. See, the problem isn't that it was "designed for a western audience", as I find the whole "the audiences are vastly different mutually incompatible" argument to be bullshit anyways. A good movie is a good movie, and it doesn't take anyone with a specific cultural background to recognize that.
The thing is Steven Chow is talented enough and actually cares about the movies he makes that he generally does a good job making them, and for Kung Fu Hustle the movie was still produced by the Hong Kong studios so he retained most, if not all, of the creative rights (I shudder to think of what demands would have been placed on him if there were American backers).
In my experience, most American Hollywood types look at movies like this and think they can do a half-assed job, so I've yet to see them produce a good movie of this genre. This movie has all the hallmarks of it. Well, of course I only have the trailer/plot synopsis/vague comments by actors to go on, so maybe/hopefully I'm wrong about it.
(do check out this while you're at it).
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Date: 2008-02-19 07:13 pm (UTC)Yeah, I'll admit, I'm a little worried, but you know... Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon (the first ones) did actually turn out to be fun movies. So maybe, just maybe.. Plus, the choreographer is good, so we can hope...
At least it doesn't star Cuba Gooding Jr. That's usually always a bad sign.