It should have been a list of major crimes, and then flog it as much as possible, but when the screenwriters and directors are all American, there is no need to laugh at it.
Most Chinese have experienced Yuan Heping's Kungfu addiction in theaters to see the new look of the fairy sister and Bingbing. In addition, it is full of American imagination: this film was originally not made for Chinese people. Looking at the US$20 million weekend premiere box office in North America, it can be seen that Americans are still quite a face.
In the film, the characters from the Journey to the West and Shaw Kung Fu film come together to battle. Monkey King, perhaps a well-known oriental mythological character by Westerners; White-haired Witch, Golden Swallow, Shaolin Temple, Drunken Master, etc., are classics of Shaw Kung Fu movies. Such a fusion is almost absurd in the eyes of Chinese people. The listing of characters and plots is a means to evoke the fragments of kung fu movies in American memory and reshape goodwill.
The plot of American Chinese Kung Fu has a long history. Bruce Lee let Americans know about Chinese Kung Fu and swept the entire American film scene. In the following years, Chinese Kung Fu was more or less interspersed in Hollywood movies, either as an embellishment or as a background. The popularity of Jet Li and Jackie Chan also illustrates this point.
In this regard, the Shaw Brothers played an indispensable role as the masters of Kung Fu movies. In the movie, time and time again, as the director, the Americans imbued Shaw's imprints into all aspects. The shape of Yujiang Warriors is very common in early Shaw Brothers movies, and even the scheduling of some shots is reminiscent of those classic Kung Fu movies.
The Chinese name of the film "King of Kung Fu" has been very clear. It has nothing to do with the plot of the film. It is a memorial to the Kung Fu film itself. It is a tribute to the Shaw Kung Fu film, in the eyes and methods of Americans— -No matter how funny and clumsy in the eyes of the Chinese.
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