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I enjoyed it for what it was.

posted 11 years ago by markdl2000
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Just watched it a few hours ago, and I enjoyed it. There are certainly things that could have been done which would've increased my enjoyment, and improved the quality of the film, but I enjoyed it for what it was. I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10.
Pros

Loved looking at Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung and Grace Huang. They are beautiful and good actresses. I ,of course, wished they were all naked at some point in the film.
I enjoyed the somewhat cartoonish violence and gore.

Anytime I can hear ODB, I am happy! Enjoyed most of the music!

Performances by all of the Asian actors were good.Really liked the actor who was Silver Lion

RZA with the afro was hilarious!

Loved the fight scene with the ladies in black and Lucy Liu.

Buddhism and some 5% knowledge were expressed on-screen

Cons:
Performances by RZA, Crowe,and kinda Bautista were sub par. Not so much the acting part, I get they weren't supposed to be Academy Award quality, but I'd've liked people who were better "fighters".

NO NUDITY!!?!??!!!!! Who thought that was a good idea. Give me BOOBS and not man boobs!!

Could've used more hand to hand wu shu styles

Editng and story needed to be punched up a bit.

SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The three aforementioned ladies were all killed off! Too gorgeous to be killed and now they can't be in the sequel! And once again, Couldn't we have gotten them naked, or at least in lingerie? Sheesh! (Confession time, I think I might have a schoolboy crush on Liu and Chung, and it might be evolving into a fool-blown Asian lady fetish thing. In this post-racial America, where no one sees skin color anymore, is that racist? lol

[–] SCY385-1 11 years ago

I have to admit that I have watched it about 3 times now and the more I watch it the more I enjoy it. It is what it is, but I enjoyed it for what it was. It was a lot of fun. If you go into it understanding that it is not to be taken seriously, but to be enjoyed as a kung-fu, hip-hop mash-up and homage to the martial arts flicks from the old days you will like it just fine. I had a blast watching it. It was better than I thought it was going to be.

[–] markdl2000 11 years ago

Exactly SCY385-1! It seems like some people get that and others don't. I hope the dvd sales/rentals are good and it does well overseas so we can get a part 2.