My brother recommended this film to me over the summer, and while I will admit that he has been dead on in his recommendations to me thus far I absolutely could not bring myself to watch this film. All that I had seen of it were clips of the `Chosen One' fighting the (badly executed) CGI cow in the field and knew that it was probably not something that I would really get into.
I actually started watching this film in the middle and ended up in complete hysterics. The premise is not a knew one (but perfected in Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily?), but the concept of taking a Kung Fu film from the 70's and inserting your own dialogue and placing yourself in the scene via CGI is an absolute riot. Creator/Writer/Director/Star Steve Oedekerk may not have done many films that I enjoyed in the past, but his career has been an eclectic one, and this one is a gem.
Some of the jokes are extremely corny, and the CGI cow is still really painful to watch, but the majority of the comedy is *very* humorous. My recommendation would be to watch the film on DVD because it has a couple of very funny commentary tracks that made the $9 I dropped on it more than worth it. Much more painful will be admitting to my brother after giving him a world of s*** for even watching this film that he was dead on in his recommendation once again.
--Shelly
I actually started watching this film in the middle and ended up in complete hysterics. The premise is not a knew one (but perfected in Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily?), but the concept of taking a Kung Fu film from the 70's and inserting your own dialogue and placing yourself in the scene via CGI is an absolute riot. Creator/Writer/Director/Star Steve Oedekerk may not have done many films that I enjoyed in the past, but his career has been an eclectic one, and this one is a gem.
Some of the jokes are extremely corny, and the CGI cow is still really painful to watch, but the majority of the comedy is *very* humorous. My recommendation would be to watch the film on DVD because it has a couple of very funny commentary tracks that made the $9 I dropped on it more than worth it. Much more painful will be admitting to my brother after giving him a world of s*** for even watching this film that he was dead on in his recommendation once again.
--Shelly