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http://www.apple.com/trailers/ universal/the_rundown/large.html

Stifler & The Rock.

It made me laugh in a couple of places, I'm ashamed to admit.
Stifler "You can take them, they're little people"
And fighting a baboon, upside down.
And Christopher Walken in the jungle.

A DVD rental.

Goatboy wrote:
> And if you haven't seen any Shaw Bros/Golden Temple movies, then
> you'll see that and think "That's stupid".
> However, familiarity with kung-fu movies outside of Bruce Lee/The
> Matrix means it's nothing new.
> The people that are "Man on sword? That's stupid!!" are the
> same sort of people that watched Crouching Tiger and went
> "flying? That's gay!" and went back to watching Jackie
> Chan's USA movies.

I saw Crouching Tigger (the Winnie the Pooh version) and didn't think it was remotely homosexual.

I think it's more a thing of context, as in the type of film in which it appears. Then again, I did think some of the stuff in Crouching Tiger could have been done a bit better or removed, like some of the bits in thin trees.

So, err....where was I? Oh yes, I do think "Man on sword? That's stupid!" (note only one exclamation mark though, I'm not a fan of multiples), but I didn't think Crouching Tiger was gay and I'm not a fan of Jackie Chan's latest movies. The whole point of Jackie Chan was "Hey, look at all this amazing stuff - and the bloody idiot actually does it all himself!". Now it's "Hey, look at this amazing stuff - and half is done by nerds on a computer!". But that's a whole other debate.

Goatboy wrote:
> Sorry, I forgot you're Stan Winston.
> I shall fully accept your opinions over my own, bow down to your
> obvious knowledge and shall henceforth proclaim the greatness of a
> movie that limited vampire effects to blue contact lenses, werewolf
> transformation that was sub-Howling and had an opening shoot out that
> restricted to Matrix-lobby scene leftovers.

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You should, because I, in fact, rule. But, hey, don't forget I hated the film too, I just didn't think it had bad CGI.

"This from a guy who thinks LotR has bad effects."

LotR had bad CGI.

Strangly, I'm not the biggest Tarantino fan, I thought Pulp Fiction was ok and different, but it didn't appeal to me that much. Same with RD. But Kill Bill DOES look impressive and I think, going by what I've seen and read, I will enjoy it.

And if you want Kung Fu films done properly, but up-to-date as well, try the Storm Riders Trilogy:

Storm Riders
A Man Called Hero
The Duel

Great fight scenes, good storyline (based on a series of Chinese comics) and some neat special effects (especially in Storm Riders).

BUT - watch the original version rather than the dub, as it makes far more sense due to the cuts in the dubbed version.

Unbeliever wrote:
> unknown kernel wrote:
> I imported Shaolin Soccer from Hong Kong a while ago. It's dead
> good,
> but probably not one for the purists.
>
> Where did you get it from? Hong Kong Legends? Or somewhere else? Got
> a link?

Not HK Legends, it was an actual Hong Kong company. I can't remember the name because it was ages ago, but I just found it using google. I bought it on VCD because it was unbelievably cheap but I think they had the DVD too. The subtitles were a bit dodgy so you might be better off waiting for a more official western release. In the meantime I get to say 'ner ner ne ner, I'm cooler than you because I've got Shaolin Soccer first'. Or I would if importing kung fu flicks from Hong Kong was even remotely cool.

If I find that site again then I'll post the address.

Stifler and The Big Gay Blue-y Monster From Underworld
Stifler and Cheech and Chong
Stifler and The Dawson Strike Back

Did Shaolin Soccer make it over here in the cinemas or Dvd?

unknown kernel wrote:
> I imported Shaolin Soccer from Hong Kong a while ago. It's dead good,
> but probably not one for the purists.

Where did you get it from? Hong Kong Legends? Or somewhere else? Got a link?

And what's wrong with Lucy Lui?

Kill Bill looks good to me, Underworld I don't much like the look of (or sound of now) and Stifler movies look like harmless fun.

I think that the 'Stifler and the...' genre will be the phenomenonemonenon of this decade.

Highlights of which will be:

"Stifler and the talking monkey"
"Stifler and the racing pigs"
"Stifler and the Endless Days of Rehab"

I imported Shaolin Soccer from Hong Kong a while ago. It's dead good, but probably not one for the purists.

If you're moaning about Kill Bill and people balancing on swords, then you'll just *loooove* this:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/ shaolin_soccer/trailer2.html