• jBlight@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Kung pow! They even had a silly thing after the credits that i thought was real but it never came to fruition =(

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      4 months ago

      As a fan of genuine hong kong kung fu cinema growing up, this remains one of the few films I had to stop watching about 15 minutes in—was clear whoever made the movie had never actually seen a kung fu film. To add insult to injury the dvd decided to hide itself under a pile of magazines causing me and my brother to pay extra on a massive late fee because of it. I hate that movie.

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        4 months ago

        Wow that’s the worst reason to hate a movie i have ever seen. “as a fan of star wars, it was clear that the makers of spaceballs have no idea how to make a scifi movie.”

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          4 months ago

          It was completely devoid of humor, and was clearly written by someone who had never actually watched the thing they were satirizing. I feel like that’s a pretty good reason to not like it.

          There are a million genuine articles of badly dubbed, stupid and hilariously cheap kung fu movies out there, Kung Pow was like if Coke decided to make an off-brand Mr. Pibb.

      • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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        It’s a bit odd to claim the guy who reedited and remixed an entire existing kung fu film never watched a kung fu film. Like his work or not, he pretty evidently saw the thing.