Kung Fu Dream = China 30 years ago + Post-Olympic English + Hollywood

Avis 2022-03-19 09:01:04

If it weren't for the bird's nest and the big pants, it wouldn't look like Beijing in the new millennium, but rather like the 1970s in the "Tangshan Earthquake" I just finished watching. Was this intentional or unintentional?
The whole film is showing an old China, and the green leather car, what is it to show? The newness of the times seems to be just to explain why those little brats are so good at English (thinking of my sixth grade, ashamed).
Are those "red scarves" not from Young and Dangerous? Although he is very fluent in English, he looks like he has a lot of bitterness and hatred, and I am at a loss - why not Russian, the little red guards should learn this. Oh yes, Hollywood in America almost forgot about this.
Besides, the love at first sight with little loli and the protagonist's mother, Jackie Chan, is completely Hollywood. It's too far-fetched, and it's too TMD shit, completely inexplicable. It's not what the plot needs, it's what the audience needs.
There is also the so-called Qixi Festival before July 8. Could it be that the Qixi Festival is the solar calendar, and then the date of the accident in the newspaper is the lunar calendar, which barely makes sense.
As for the ending, think about it with your toes, if you can't think of it, buy tofu and kill yourself.
By the way, which expert please tell me, Chinese kung fu competition, do you wear shoes? Are you really afraid of kicking someone to death wearing those shoes?
To sum up, I personally think that from an immature and one-sided view, the director relies on his own knowledge of China more than 30 years ago and his ignorance of Chinese culture to make an American-style kung fu film with the main theme. The whole film is the China of 30 years ago, plus the English of the post-Olympic era, plus all the commercial elements required for a Hollywood commercial blockbuster (bad guy, love at first sight, the protagonist must win), it is extremely boring.

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The Karate Kid quotes

  • Dre Parker: Mr Han's teaching me kung fu.

    Sherry Parker: The maintenance man?

    Dre Parker: It's China, mom. Everybody knows kung fu.

  • Mr. Han: Where is your jacket?

    Dre Parker: I was warm enough without it.

    Mr. Han: Go get it.

    Dre Parker: You want me to go all the way back just to get it?

    Mr. Han: Yes, all the way back where you hide it.