Dear Bloggy,
I just returned from watching "Forbidden Kingdom" with SQ & SY. It was an alright movie, as far as Kung Fu was concerned. However, the plot failed terribly.
Plot Summary:
American Kid (Codename: Traveler) is a Kung Fu Movie Lover. He visits this antique shoppie in Chinatown to buy videos, on his way back, he chats up some girls from a gang. The gang guys beat up Traveler and get him to lead them to rob the antique shop. Gang robs the store and shoots owner, Traveler escapes with ancient rod and returns to the past.
Traveler ends up in ancient China, meets up with Lu Yan (Jackie Chan). Jackie tells him about the prophecy of Monkey God's rod getting returned to imprisoned Monkey God and restoring peace to the land. On the way they meet up with pretty girl (Codename: Golden Sparrow) and Silent Monk (Jet Li) to get the rod to Monkey God at 5 Element Mountain to fight Jade Warlord.
Monkey God gets rod, bish bash baddie, kick American Kid back to future. The End.
Some highlights (spoiler alert)
Every Chinese guy/gal in Ancient China speaks perfect English (complete with grammar and tenses check)
Jackie Shouts "You aren't listening" and starts speaking English throughout the show
Silent Monk wasn't quite silent, he could scold "Stupid" & starts talking loads.
The Amazing Jing Gu Bang (Monkey God's Cudgel) which was supposed to weigh loads could be carried by anyone [it used to support the sea bed before it was used by Monkey God]
Lu Yan (Drunken Immortal) got pissed on
Lu Yan request Running instead of Walking Monk
In the fight of the 2 teachers, "The Traveller" got super pinched on the neck, head and chest (won't be surprised if he became well endowed in the chest)
The Golden Sparrow speaks in third person, another marvel in ancient China.
Well, besides the punch-lines and fantastic Kung Fu Moves, the movie fared miserably in the plot and adaptation to folklore. It's more of a stereotypical adaptation of the Journey to the West.
2 Popcorns - Watch it for the action, not story.
I just returned from watching "Forbidden Kingdom" with SQ & SY. It was an alright movie, as far as Kung Fu was concerned. However, the plot failed terribly.
Plot Summary:
American Kid (Codename: Traveler) is a Kung Fu Movie Lover. He visits this antique shoppie in Chinatown to buy videos, on his way back, he chats up some girls from a gang. The gang guys beat up Traveler and get him to lead them to rob the antique shop. Gang robs the store and shoots owner, Traveler escapes with ancient rod and returns to the past.
Traveler ends up in ancient China, meets up with Lu Yan (Jackie Chan). Jackie tells him about the prophecy of Monkey God's rod getting returned to imprisoned Monkey God and restoring peace to the land. On the way they meet up with pretty girl (Codename: Golden Sparrow) and Silent Monk (Jet Li) to get the rod to Monkey God at 5 Element Mountain to fight Jade Warlord.
Monkey God gets rod, bish bash baddie, kick American Kid back to future. The End.
Some highlights (spoiler alert)
Every Chinese guy/gal in Ancient China speaks perfect English (complete with grammar and tenses check)
Jackie Shouts "You aren't listening" and starts speaking English throughout the show
Silent Monk wasn't quite silent, he could scold "Stupid" & starts talking loads.
The Amazing Jing Gu Bang (Monkey God's Cudgel) which was supposed to weigh loads could be carried by anyone [it used to support the sea bed before it was used by Monkey God]
Lu Yan (Drunken Immortal) got pissed on
Lu Yan request Running instead of Walking Monk
In the fight of the 2 teachers, "The Traveller" got super pinched on the neck, head and chest (won't be surprised if he became well endowed in the chest)
The Golden Sparrow speaks in third person, another marvel in ancient China.
Well, besides the punch-lines and fantastic Kung Fu Moves, the movie fared miserably in the plot and adaptation to folklore. It's more of a stereotypical adaptation of the Journey to the West.
2 Popcorns - Watch it for the action, not story.
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