Guest Yi-Long Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Movie looks like a nice time-waster, but WHYYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy the sucky CGI sequences!?!?!? It just looks like a constipated monkey's ass-cream. Why not just pick a nice field with a tree, and shoot the sequence there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted April 19, 2011 Member Share Posted April 19, 2011 I'll pop it in the DVD player tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 19, 2011 Member Share Posted April 19, 2011 Lucky dog! Looking forward to hearing what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jesse Smooth Posted April 19, 2011 Member Share Posted April 19, 2011 Well, the DVD I bought in San Fran Chinatown is a bootleg. The sound blares up at times. Overall, I liked the movie. Though, there was no need for certain scenes to be in CGI. Nothing spectacular, but enjoyable if you have time to kill. Perhaps there is hope after all for the genre to break into the 21st century. Kane Kosugi is good and I need to catch up on his other recent work. Let's hope Sammy Hung follow's his dad's footsteps. Oh yeah, it was cool to see a Lau Kar Wing cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted April 22, 2011 Member Share Posted April 22, 2011 I saw the bootleg of this in Chinatown today but passed. I'll pick it up eventually, to be a Sammo and Lau Kar Wing completist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member crazedjustice888 Posted April 23, 2011 Member Share Posted April 23, 2011 Has there been any version of this film yet with READABLE english subs? I know it just came out, but despite varying opinions, I have actually been waiting to see this movie. If its not out yet, any idea when it would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted April 23, 2011 Member Share Posted April 23, 2011 Has there been any version of this film yet with READABLE english subs? I know it just came out, but despite varying opinions, I have actually been waiting to see this movie. If its not out yet, any idea when it would be? What, you don't like it when they plug Chinese into Babel Fish to make English subs? I remember my old boots of Ip Man 1 and 2...I got a literal headache after watching the movies and trying to read the subtitles. "But Leaf Gate, you9 must coming to WingChun teaching!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BLfan Posted April 23, 2011 Member Share Posted April 23, 2011 Choy Lee Fut will have its European Premiere at London's Prince Charles Cinema on Saturday 7 May 2011 as part of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 23, 2011 Member Share Posted April 23, 2011 What, you don't like it when they plug Chinese into Babel Fish to make English subs? I remember my old boots of Ip Man 1 and 2...I got a literal headache after watching the movies and trying to read the subtitles. "But Leaf Gate, you9 must coming to WingChun teaching!" BWAAA---HAAAA---HAAA!!!! Dude, if I still smoked left-handed cigarettes, I'd be hitting you up for these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 25, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 25, 2011 Kozo just posted a review over at lovehkfilm.com....basically saying to the average moviegoer it's a laughable mess, but for fight-fans it might just (& it kind of sounds like a big 'just') be passable - http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/choy_lee_fut.html I'm still on the fence about it, the trailer didn't do a whole lot for me, and I'm not really a big fan of movies where the final fight takes place in a ring....'Fearless' is just about the only movie that falls into that category which I thoroughly enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted April 25, 2011 Member Share Posted April 25, 2011 I'm still on the fence about it, the trailer didn't do a whole lot for me, and I'm not really a big fan of movies where the final fight takes place in a ring....'Fearless' is just about the only movie that falls into that category which I thoroughly enjoyed. Rocky? It is a cliche at this point though. I don't mind a tournament scene thrown into a movie, but not as the main focal point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 26, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 26, 2011 Rocky? Ah....I should have specified 'kung-fu movies'! Do it in a field, an abandoned factory, an old quarry, the bad guys hidden lair, on top of a building, just not in a ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted May 12, 2011 Member Share Posted May 12, 2011 anyone seen this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted May 12, 2011 Member Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've passed on the bootleg but I might pick it up this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Amazing Psycho Per Posted May 15, 2011 Member Share Posted May 15, 2011 wow... a very poor effort... what a bore... I could be going on forever on what is bad, but basically, everything is bad. Seriously don't waste your time on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member lillippa328 Posted May 15, 2011 Member Share Posted May 15, 2011 ^Its really that bad with Sammo and Yuen Wah? How were the fights?Were there alot? a llittle more detail please, if ya dont mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tigerstyles Posted May 15, 2011 Member Share Posted May 15, 2011 wow... a very poor effort... what a bore... I could be going on forever on what is bad, but basically, everything is bad. Seriously don't waste your time on this. the trailer was enough looks lame wont be watching it for sure now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TheGrimReaper Posted May 15, 2011 Member Share Posted May 15, 2011 Just saw it yesterday... Where to begin - simple plot, comic relief characters, nothing too special in the fighting department, and I almost fell alseep during the middle part of the movie. Yuen Wah and Sammo just thrown there to generate audience, especially Sammo - he is no more than 10 minuties into the film - I suppose his name will be written with big letters on the poster. Crappy fighting scenes - plenty of quick cits, awful editing, short takes, only the second fight in the Super fight procedure featuring Ken Kosugi, was a bit watchable - all the rest just boring and tedious... It was more like "strike a pose" movie with pumping soundtrack like in "Fast & Furious" franchise, nothing out of the ordinary, or at least good choreography... I'm disappointed - it could be a lot better if an eforts has been put in it... Cash cow (or chicken) for me - oh and the english speaking people at the beginning were simply laughable This mess should not be reccommended - it hurts eyes and destroyes brain cells For me it was total crap - 1/10, one of the worst movies form the genre I've seen in years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Amazing Psycho Per Posted May 16, 2011 Member Share Posted May 16, 2011 Just saw it yesterday... Where to begin - simple plot, comic relief characters, nothing too special in the fighting department, and I almost fell alseep during the middle part of the movie. Yuen Wah and Sammo just thrown there to generate audience, especially Sammo - he is no more than 10 minuties into the film - I suppose his name will be written with big letters on the poster. Crappy fighting scenes - plenty of quick cits, awful editing, short takes, only the second fight in the Super fight procedure featuring Ken Kosugi, was a bit watchable - all the rest just boring and tedious... It was more like "strike a pose" movie with pumping soundtrack like in "Fast & Furious" franchise, nothing out of the ordinary, or at least good choreography... I'm disappointed - it could be a lot better if an eforts has been put in it... Cash cow (or chicken) for me - oh and the english speaking people at the beginning were simply laughable This mess should not be reccommended - it hurts eyes and destroyes brain cells For me it was total crap - 1/10, one of the worst movies form the genre I've seen in years... My thoughts exactly... Fights are so badly shot and edited, I can't even comment on the skill level of Sammy Hung... Sammo doesn't do much except a small pole fight where he is dubbled half the time, and Yuen Wah doesn't do much more except smoking a pipe. The screenplay is an insult to a five year old's intelligence and I can't think of one single second of redeaming quality in this tripe. It's a waste of the viewer's and everyone involved's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tantheman Posted May 17, 2011 Member Share Posted May 17, 2011 I saw this at the aforementioned Terracotta festival. There were only about 30 people in the cinema. That was a bad omen. Yes it is as bad as the previous two comments. After the disgusting romantic montage my friend burst out with a belly laugh, and I joined him. And we thought this would be the best of the three we saw. PLEASE EVERYONE AVOID THIS MOVIE. It's the kind of movie that makes you lose faith in the genre. Luckily I saw Gallants the next day, and it reaffirmed my faith in the genre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FeiLong Posted June 7, 2011 Member Share Posted June 7, 2011 it's a bad movie and official DVD has been released: http://www.gouduo.com/ware_18733.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Silver Fox Posted July 22, 2011 Member Share Posted July 22, 2011 I watched CLF yesterday, I'm still kind of reeling from the experience. With the talent involved it could have been good but I am simply shocked at how tedious and just how thoroughly BAD this was. Sammo is hardly in the movie and when he does appear he is drinking beer and just kinda standing around saying nonsense.This is a neutered martial arts film,drained of blood,grittiness and passion. Nobody even gets killed-why are the 'bad' guys bad? Because they have goatees? The plot makes little sense-what? Sammo is a Choy Lee Fut secret agent, sent around the world to open kung fu schools? WHAT !! Cringe-worthy CGI air battles between aging kung fu masters, the audience at the end tournament look like students in a high school gymnasium, forced to endure this badly polished turd. It didn't seem like the film makers cared about what was happening. Laughable dialogue like 'Hey, you wanna go to China?' "Oh okay, why not' type stuff. Like the logistics of just leaving the UK and relocating to some martial arts school didn't require more than 2 seconds thought. There are some decent martial arts on display here and there and the end fight shows some good stuff especially from Kane Kosugi-but he is vastly underused for the majority of the film. The romantic sub plot was cartoonish and ill advisedly added for a wider appeal. This is another Sammo crapfest which reminded me of other misguided efforts like Wushu or Kung Fu Chefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted July 23, 2011 Member Share Posted July 23, 2011 Kung Fu Chefs. I didn't think it was that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Silver Fox Posted July 23, 2011 Member Share Posted July 23, 2011 Well it was better than CLF, but that ain't saying much. To me, it had the same confused plot, dated MTV style editing,bad CGI and featuring a bored and semi-disoriented Sammo sleepwalking his way through another mediocre film. It has a neither here nor there quality which is how I felt about CLF-the movie just couldn't figure out what it wanted to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TheGrimReaper Posted August 31, 2011 Member Share Posted August 31, 2011 I've done some thinking over this movie and decided to watch it again - as if to give it a second chance - the result, well it's worse than I thought... For more detailed explanation here is a link to my blog: http://martialartsmoviesstation.blogspot.com/2011/08/sammo-hung-yuen-wah-kane-kosugi-sammy.html Thank you in anticipation. Greetings from The Grim Reaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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