I don't think it was intended to be a comedy, but despite some of the intentionally funny moments, this movie is just flat out stupid, it's hilarious. That's what makes this film so great!
shareOne reason I enjoyed this movie, is that it seemed to be self-aware for the most part. You can blame it on the acting if you like it, but to me it didn't look like it tried to take itself too seriously. Now I wouldn't say that it was intended to be a flat-out comedy, but there's many moments in it that were clearly made for laughs.
On a side note... the fights scenes, while they're nothing spectacular, are pretty entertaining.
Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!
Of course. GUILE was full of wisecracks.
shareYes, it's 100% an intentional comedy, and a hilarious one at that. They took the source material about as seriously as the 60s Batman TV series.
After watching it recently, I got the sense that the producers only told Raul Julia that it was supposed to be a comedy.
shareNo it was ment as very intelligent movie.
"QUICK, change the channel!!!"
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"QUICK, change the channel!!!"That was undeniably a funny line and delivered with sincerity by the big guy.🐭 share
Given the results I would certainly hope so
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At the pitch meeting, both parties agreed they had no interest in making a tournament movie, the schlocky kung-fu flick structure that would later be used to middling effect by the game-to-movie adaptation of Street Fighter's rival, Mortal Kombat.share
Instead, Street Fighter: The Movie would be a mission story with the game's coterie of colorful characters taking sides on a global conflict. The villain would be M. Bison, a totalitarian and vaguely Eastern European general. And the hero would be Guile, a wisecracking G.I. Joe type. It couldn't name an actor match for Bison, but Capcom knew what it wanted for its quintessentially American hero: Jean-Claude Van Damme, the most famous Belgian on Earth.
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According to de Souza, Sawada was a safe, familiar choice for Capcom. But de Souza wanted the role of Ryu to have a sense of humor, someone with comic timing, someone with better English skills. The first time director only had one bargaining chip: to add another role.
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You see this flourish in the film. The movement stands at the crossroads of martial arts and physical comedy. You might call it controlled flailing.
The story was literally written over night according to the director.
shareI always felt that Street Fighter was the closest thing that we got to a '90s version of a live-action GI Joe movie, while Guile being Duke (complete with the blonde hair) and Bison being Cobra Commander.
shareFurthermore, it looks more like GI Joe movie than Street Fighter movie. It's shame they didn't merge the great one-liner comedy with tournament style movie.
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