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Dec. 1st, 2009 05:22 pmChi bi (AKA Red Cliff, 2008), John Woo. Nov 28, 8pm. View count: One.
Lin Shi Rong (AKA Magnificent Butcher, 1979), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Woo-ping Yuen. Nov 29, 8pm. View count: One.
Bai ga jai (AKA The Prodigal Son, 1981), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo. Nov 30, 8:30pm. View count: One.
Red Cliff is a solid ancient Chinese mytho-historical epic thingy, seemingly the first Chinese production John Woo's been involved in in a pret-ty long time. It shows a lot of semi-mythical Awesome Historical Figures whipping ass in righteous warfare. It's fun, you don't worry very hard about the good guys, and a lot of Woo's trademark touches are shoehorned in. There's a weird English VO in a couple of spots (which pronounces names in such an anglicised way that's it's actually hard to tell who it's talking about), but otherwise the subtitles are perfectly good.
Magnificent Butcher is purportedly a side story to a Robin-Hood-like mythos, where Sammo Hung plays Butcher Wing, a follower of famous kung fu badass Wong Fei-Hong. The story ends up being kinda dark, but the kung fu is impressive as always. The drunkard has some great expressions, even though he's replaced with a pitifully obvious stunt double when anything much gets going. Wong Fei-Hong has a scene wherein he does calligraphy on a rival's forehead (possibly the best scene in the movie), and you get to see a photo of young, thin Sammo Hung.
The Prodigal Son is another Sammo Hung/Lam Ching-Ying vehicle, where they (eventually) vie over a student. It's pretty amusing, and it's apparently a story about how parents screw you up. It's also about Lam Ching-Ying fighting a bunch of guys in theatre-drag.
Lin Shi Rong (AKA Magnificent Butcher, 1979), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Woo-ping Yuen. Nov 29, 8pm. View count: One.
Bai ga jai (AKA The Prodigal Son, 1981), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo. Nov 30, 8:30pm. View count: One.
Red Cliff is a solid ancient Chinese mytho-historical epic thingy, seemingly the first Chinese production John Woo's been involved in in a pret-ty long time. It shows a lot of semi-mythical Awesome Historical Figures whipping ass in righteous warfare. It's fun, you don't worry very hard about the good guys, and a lot of Woo's trademark touches are shoehorned in. There's a weird English VO in a couple of spots (which pronounces names in such an anglicised way that's it's actually hard to tell who it's talking about), but otherwise the subtitles are perfectly good.
Magnificent Butcher is purportedly a side story to a Robin-Hood-like mythos, where Sammo Hung plays Butcher Wing, a follower of famous kung fu badass Wong Fei-Hong. The story ends up being kinda dark, but the kung fu is impressive as always. The drunkard has some great expressions, even though he's replaced with a pitifully obvious stunt double when anything much gets going. Wong Fei-Hong has a scene wherein he does calligraphy on a rival's forehead (possibly the best scene in the movie), and you get to see a photo of young, thin Sammo Hung.
The Prodigal Son is another Sammo Hung/Lam Ching-Ying vehicle, where they (eventually) vie over a student. It's pretty amusing, and it's apparently a story about how parents screw you up. It's also about Lam Ching-Ying fighting a bunch of guys in theatre-drag.
