Although U've got the examples wrong, U've got the feeling right.
Donnie Yen's Monkey King gave me the feel of a production aimed at kids straight from the 80's.
I mean, the costumes and CGI are pathetic at best, not even laughable (to my taste).
The acting is somewhat theatrical. Nobody feels real or 'human' enough - I know, I know, most roles are non-human - but I won't need to explain here why only human-like characters, whether they should be in fact animals, demons or gods, will stir our sense of identification and capture the interest and emotions of the audience.
I actually had no problem to forget about The Forbidden Kingdom flaws and was carried away by the story and acting.
I consider it a more than decent movie and will re-watch it when the occasion comes.
In this Monkey King, I was too busy criticising to even get into the plot. It passed beside me, hidden by exaggeratedly lousy special effects I would have found retro already 15 years back.
my rating- 4 out of 10 - pretty bad, not worth a re-watch.
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matthyew
9 years ago
the forbidden kingdom was awful, the effects in this are pretty well used for a lot of chinese films and was a hell of a lot better than that whitewashed piece of crap FK, i was hopeful with Jackie and jet but then they used an american boy as the main. awful.
Yen shows a different side of his acting in this one.
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