Member galvatron1976 Posted June 11, 2013 Member Share Posted June 11, 2013 Switch (天機：富春山居圖)(2013) KB98AlAaBeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted June 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2013 Received a bit of a panning from the guys over at Twitch - http://twitchfilm.com/2013/06/review-switch-proves-a-mission-impossible-for-andy-lau.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted June 20, 2013 Administrator Share Posted June 20, 2013 It's getting brutalized! One dude on FB said "I wasted my puke by throwing up over how bad it is." Yikes! The trailer made it look intriguing, and visually (cinematography-wise and locations used) it is simply stunning. Check out this article on it: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/20/awfully-successful-is-this-chinas-worst-blockbuster-ever/ I have to admit, hearing how bad it is, is actually making me more curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Keung Posted June 20, 2013 Member Share Posted June 20, 2013 Andy himself says it's bad... http://www.jaynestars.com/movies/andy-lau-admits-switch-had-a-bad-script/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted June 20, 2013 Member Share Posted June 20, 2013 When the lead actor is dissing his own movie, you KNOW it has to blow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted June 20, 2013 Member Share Posted June 20, 2013 I have to admit, hearing how bad it is, is actually making me more curious. Yeah, that happens to me too. Like everything I've heard about the ending of 2009's Murderer makes me want to see it just for a laugh... Check out this article on it: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...ckbuster-ever/ From the article: "Later on, Ms. Lin’s character dies in a shower of blood only to appear a short while later fighting on the side of the Chinese hero, her miraculous resurrection left unexplained." You've got to be kidding me! Plot holes are a dime a dozen in big action movies, but usually stuff this bad gets noticed by the director...or the producer...or the editor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted June 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2013 Like everything I've heard about the ending of 2009's Murderer makes me want to see it just for a laugh... Oh, the memories, I'd tried to erase this movie from my brain, but it won't go away. I posted about it here - http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted July 2, 2013 Member Share Posted July 2, 2013 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/switch.html "The facepalm of the year." Personally, I think that should be on the DVD cover when it's released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted January 25, 2015 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm ashamed to say curiosity finally got the better of me with this one. I weighed in with my own review here - http://www.cityonfire.com/switch-2013-review-andy-lau/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member massa_yoda Posted January 25, 2015 Member Share Posted January 25, 2015 I'm ashamed to say curiosity finally got the better of me with this one. I weighed in with my own review here - http://www.cityonfire.com/switch-2013-review-andy-lau/ This makes me want to see it even more. I guess I also need to check out "Ameera" as well. Love a good train wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 25, 2015 Member Share Posted January 25, 2015 Damn OAB that was a good read. I'm gonna have to see this. I have a feeling that with another 100 million in the budget this could have been a good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted January 25, 2015 Moderator Share Posted January 25, 2015 Damn OAB that was a good read. I'm gonna have to see this. I have a feeling that with another 100 million in the budget this could have been a good movie. Hey Morgoth...trust me, the movies budget was not its problem! Money can't buy talent, & there was definitely none of that on display here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted January 25, 2015 Member Share Posted January 25, 2015 Great review, OAB. I not one to want to see how bad a movie is for myself. I may still watch a movie everyone says is horrible just because I still want to see it for myself in the hopes that I will find some redeeming quality in it. But to watch a film because of a desire to see just how bad it is? Sorry, but I can find more enjoyable wastes of time (says the man who seems to watch a lot of awful fu films). Therefore, I will not bother with this in anyway whatsoever...though I do want to see the rollergirl assassins' choreographed explosion pose...dadgummit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted January 26, 2015 Moderator Share Posted January 26, 2015 Great review, OAB. I not one to want to see how bad a movie is for myself. I may still watch a movie everyone says is horrible just because I still want to see it for myself in the hopes that I will find some redeeming quality in it. But to watch a film because of a desire to see just how bad it is? Sorry, but I can find more enjoyable wastes of time (says the man who seems to watch a lot of awful fu films). Therefore, I will not bother with this in anyway whatsoever...though I do want to see the rollergirl assassins' choreographed explosion pose...dadgummit. You mean you have better things to do with your time than to watch a movie which you know is going to be bad? Sorry, but I just don't get that. On a serious note though, I don't usually watch movies which I know are going to suck either. But sometimes a movie comes along that gets so repeatedly slammed for being so bad it beggars belief, I find my curiosity gets piqued and I'm drawn to see what the fuss is about. The last time it happened was with the 2009 movie 'Murderer', which was simply amazing, 'Switch' stands proudly next to that flick as being a fantastic moment of WTF cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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