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Directed by: Steve Oedekerk Starring: Steve Oedekerk http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240468/ Quick summary: The protagonist, the Chosen One, is on a quest for revenge against the evil Master Pain, a.k.a. Betty, for murdering his family when he was an infant. The Chosen One possesses great skill and strength, but does he have what it takes to enact his revenge?! Oedekerk uses digital editing and computer graphics in Kung Pow! to superimpose himself in place of the main character from Tiger Crane & Fist. Oederkerk takes it upon himself to voice 99% of the characters in Kung Pow!, yielding hilarious results. Kung Pow! is best viewed when in the company of your friends or a group of people with similar taste in comedy. I discovered that the movie loses a significant amount of its punch during the 5th or 6th viewing. Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is for a niche audience, so if you are not a fan of the best one-liners of the new millenium, beware! "It's a net, and it's tiny!!" 5/5
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May 2, 2004 18:23
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God, this film was so terribly unfunny, I had to turn it off before I slit my loving wrist with the edge of the rental DVD keep case. Seriously, Oedekerk's work here is annoying — it defines annoying. It also defines everything that is wrong with the films Hollywood picks up for distribution. "Hmm, 'Prozac Nation,' a drama starring Christina Ricci and Jason Biggs based on a well-written, brutally honest autobiography from the once-clinically depressed Elizabeth Wurtzel? We'll hold it indefinitely! "'Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist,' on the other hand ... that seems like a winner. We'll release it as soon as possible! ARF, GIVE ME MY POWER LUNCH!" Please, unless you enjoyed poo poo like "Thumb Wars," avoid this movie at all costs. 1/5 Keanu Grieves fucked around with this message at 18:41 on May 2, 2004 |
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May 2, 2004 18:29
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This movie isn't for everybody, but personally I loved the humour that Oedernick used. Kung Pow is also substantially more funny when you watch it with your friends. The very beginning of the movie and the cow fight are definitely the worst part of the movie, but overall I would reccomend it to anybody with an odd sense of humour. 4.5/5
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May 2, 2004 18:40
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There were a couple scenes that weren't very funny, but overall the movie is hilarious. Compare it to the latest Jack Black or Farrelly brothers shitfest, it's loving great. Definitely watch it with other people, and don't try to analyze the movie, if not, you're missing the point of it. 5/5
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May 2, 2004 18:42
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Definitely a funny, but different movie. 4/5
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May 2, 2004 19:55
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This is a hard movie to rate, for me. It has long periods of horribly unfunny crap and bursts of absolute comic genius, which eventually more or less balance out. There are a lot of details put into the voicework that are nothing if not inspired (for example, the "hhmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!"), and the voicework is probably where 90% of the movie's humor value originates from (which makes sense, since 90% of the movie is another movie, dubbed over). The voices will almost certainly make you forget about the movie's low parts, but if you aren't entertained by the pure insanity of the dialogue, you're going to hate it. 4/5
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May 2, 2004 20:19
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Everything in the trailer was terrible. The rest of the movie is brilliantly funny. If you can stomach 1/3 of the movie, the rest is worth seeing.
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May 2, 2004 20:47
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I just can't get passed the painfully unfunny voices used in this film. It's like someone told a 2nd grader he was a comic genius as an experiment, and encouraged him way too much. It grates on my nerves to watch it. Just plain awful!
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May 2, 2004 20:51
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quote:Spacecow came out of the closet to say:
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May 2, 2004 21:06
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I loved this movie... just one of those movies that hit me unexpectedly so I was laughing forever while watching it. 4/5
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May 2, 2004 21:10
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I regret not seeing this movie sooner. The trailers did not do this movie justice.
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May 2, 2004 21:44
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This is a movie you watch with friends. It's got a kind of Mystery Science Theater 3000 sort of appeal to it; however beware of periods of stupidity (cow-fighting scene, and any scene showing the tongue -- I'm looking at you) between the moments of pure comedic genius (product placement with Taco Bell). Four stars.
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May 2, 2004 21:53
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This movie seems to be pretty much a love it/hate it affair. I hated it. The one thing I simply can't get over is the dubbing. Not the dialogue, but how amazingly tedious it was after 'big guy with silly voice #7' appears. I have never been able to watch this movie to its end. The baby, cow, and gophers were painfully unfunny, plus the irritating funny voices, and I just couldn't stand Steve Oedekerk... I can't remember anything humorous in the movie (though I'm sure there is some); it was overshadowed by the desperate attempts to be funny. 1/5
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May 2, 2004 21:59
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I hated this movie the first time I watched it and stopped after about twenty minutes. I was flicking channels another day and nothing was on but that, so I gave it a second try and found it to be hilarious. Its a funny parody of kung fu flicks and I'd recommend to anyone who can tear themselves away from the 350th rerun of an unfunny MST3K episode. 4/5
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May 2, 2004 22:02
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Kung Pow! has moments of pure comedy and moments of pure garbage. The dialogue in this movie is hilarious, which is probably the movie's strongest point. Unfortunately, several of the scenes in Kung Pow! are pointless and retarded, such as the cow fight scene and as said before, the last 15 minutes of the film. The whole " tongue " thing was pretty stupid too. " You will now receive the Fist of Fury. Prepare the long rubber glove.. " I give this movie a 3.. out of 5.
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May 2, 2004 22:06
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It's the funniest thing you'll ever watch if you just watch the first 15 minutes. After that, the gimmick wears off REALLY quick. 2/5
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May 2, 2004 22:29
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The experience of watching this movie is completely dependant on whom you watch it with. With my sister it was hilarious, we enjoyed the hell out of it. With my friends it became almost unbearable. If someone is looking to not enjoy it, they woln't, and they'll make you feel like a turd for laughing at a guy getting a clean hole punched in his chest.
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May 2, 2004 22:34
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quote:Krinkle came out of the closet to say: This is so very very true. Also, if you liked it the first time thorugh, don't ruin it by seeing it again. It only gets less funny. Just like Kill Bill, if you expect it to be something it isn't or go into it in the wrong mindset, you will not enjoy it nearly as much. Edit: HOLY poo poo, I FORGOT ABOUT THE COW SCENE. This is the least enjoyable scene in any movie I can remember. It is so bad, it is painful. Squinky fucked around with this message at 03:09 on May 3, 2004 |
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May 2, 2004 23:24
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I saw this movie in theatres with a bunch of my friends and we all concluded that it was horribley unfunny. The voices were just annoying and the cheesy jokes like the kung-fu baby and the matrix cow were painful. 1/5
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May 2, 2004 23:36
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One of my favorite comedies of all time. Seen it at least 6 times. Own the DVD. 5/5 because there is no 6
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May 2, 2004 23:49
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Parts of this movie made me smile, while the tongue made me smile the most. 3/5
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May 3, 2004 00:02
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This is one of those movies that is hit and miss with me. Some of the jokes are downright hilarious, but other times it's just a string of lame ones. I'm interested in the sequel though, that trailer at the end wasn't just a joke apparently.
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May 3, 2004 00:40
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quote:Kaiser Bill came out of the closet to say: Agreed, but I have to vote it 1/5 because the rest of the movie was so bad. I would have walked out of the theater after the first half, but the 2 friends I was with really seemed to enjoy it.
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May 3, 2004 00:47
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I love this movie, there's no denying it. Once my friend bought the DVD about a couple months ago, we've watched it atleast 8 times all the way through, 2 times with the "alternate" soundtrack. My friends and I constantly find ourselves quoting the movie because a majority of them are downright funny. The movie is dumb as hell, but that's what I find so appealing. "Beware his song of big butts....he beats you up while he plays it!" 5/5- Because if I can watch a movie 6 times and still not tire of it, then it's drat good. EDIT: quote:dojokm came out of the closet to say: SAY WHAT? Fancy Hat! fucked around with this message at 01:35 on May 3, 2004 |
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May 3, 2004 01:21
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except for the cow matrix scene and the "big butts" scene in Kung Pow, I really loved almost everything about the movie. I love how good of a job the movie does at poking fun at badly dubbed kung-fu movies. 5/5.
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May 3, 2004 02:16
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quote:Incest came out of the closet to say: My love for Steve Oedekerk is matched only by my ire at the fact that his greatest work will never see the DVD format. I am speaking, of course, of High Strung (1994)
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May 3, 2004 02:26
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I'll be the first to admit it: I'm a huge fan of oldschool kung fu movies. So much so that I have a favorite actor in Jack Long (LOL PORN NAME KEKEKEK ZERG). I'm also one of those people that pretty much loads every sentence that leaves my lips with comedy TNT (soaked in urine). In essense, I'm a guy who likes violence and hilarity. This movie should've satisfied me on so many levels. That being said, I found this movie to be pretty lovely overall. Sure, there were a few funny scenes, but some of the comedy seemed to be born of really bad inside jokes... jokes that I probably wouldn't find funny even if I had known what the hell they were based on. By virtue of the fact that I nearly choked to death laughing at the "Tiger, Tiger, Birdy, Birdy" scene I give this movie a 2/5. It needed more kung-fu and a wittier brand of comedy. Who the gently caress finds "mew mew mew mew" funny? 2 Gold Bars
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May 3, 2004 03:15
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Great film spoilt slightly by two characters; the cow and the one breasted woman. Betty is my hero and badong is a brilliant word. Betty's 'joke' has me in tears everytime. WEEEUUUU!
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May 3, 2004 03:30
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Yeah, the humor is over the top and stupid, but it keeps my friends and I laughing. Just go into the movie with a goofy rear end attitude and you'll have a great time. Your clothes are red! 5/5
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May 3, 2004 03:36
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All the parts that were advertised as funny about the movie weren't, but everything you didn't expect was golden. One of my favorite no-brainer films.
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May 3, 2004 03:37
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quote:Fancy Hat! came out of the closet to say: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339271/ The last update was in Dec 2002 though, so who knows whether it's still a go.
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May 3, 2004 03:40
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It's a funny movie if you can watch it with friends and gloss over the tedious parts. 3/5
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May 3, 2004 03:45
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The movie is awful and unfunny. It's insipid, with poor writing and cheesy gaffs "Now, I'll change my close magically to red! Now they're blue!" The only thing funny from this movie is the catch phrases that the folks at work throw around during smoke breaks. Gopher chucks? WTF?
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May 3, 2004 03:57
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There are, every once in a while, some really headache-inducing scenes, but if you set those aside you have one of the most quotable movies that you can ever see with your friends. It's a great bunch of inside jokes in the making, actually: even yesterday I suddenly started singing the 'we are both ventriloquists' song and had not one but two guys joining me. Scary but true. Other references that I can remember participating in have included the entire 'He told me of its significance' exchange, 'That's a lotta nuts!' (I know one guy who can do the voice perfectly), "I rock. And Roll. All day long... sweet Suzie!", "You've helped me to reach the next level. And all along I thought you were just a sadistic psycho-bitch." and "I'm falling! You're falling! WE'RE FALLING! WHAAALLLE!" This movie had me, I can say with certainty, at the part near the beginning where the fake baby rolls down a hill for about five minutes while majestic music plays in the background.
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May 3, 2004 04:00
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I loved this film due to its nonstop series of nonsequiters and unpredictableness. The ending was pretty stupid though, but everything else was absolutely hilarious.
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May 3, 2004 04:03
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Certainly, the cow part was the worst of the movie. Having said that, I loved it. A shame it tanked. As has been said before, this is a movie to be seen with friends that have similar taste in humor, defnitively not for everyone.
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May 3, 2004 04:19
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quote:Lowtax came out of the closet to say: Agreed, but the ending almsot had to be stupid like that. I don't think that anything more conventional would have worked. I first saw this film at a get together at a friend's house between the not-as-funny Dead Alive and the loving horrible Freddy Got Fingered. I had to watch it twice to get all the jokes since I missed some of them the first time around due to laughing so hard at the other jokes. I'm rating it a 5 because there is no 6.
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May 3, 2004 04:38
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I'm a huge fan of "what the gently caress?!" humor, and this movie is filled to the brim with it. From Wimp-lo and his squeaky shoes to that little hosed up alien that shows up for no reason, most of this movie will make you say "what the gently caress?!" It's brilliantly stupid.
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May 3, 2004 06:03
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quote:The Baroque Cycle came out of the closet to say: High Strung is without doubt the greatest comedy movie of all time. I have a crappy VHS rip that I treasure, but as for Kung Pow? As everyone else has said, it's a love/hate movie depending on your sense of humour. My nipples look like milk duds! My finger points! 5/5
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May 3, 2004 12:58
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I didn't like this movie. I am a fan of stupid comedies, but this was too mismatched and incomplete to be any good.
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