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4/7/2005
FILM FLAM
Caught a preview screening of Kung Fu Hustle this week. If Tex Avery had made
The Matrix as a kung fu flick it might be something like Kung Fu Hustle. It’s
damn hilarious. The computer effects aren’t quite as clean and pretty as The
Matrix, but after a few scenes it stopped bothering me because the film doesn’t
take itself seriously. And the director has such an eye for humor that it
could’ve been done with stick figures in a flip-book and still be hilarious. But
he definitely knows how to use computer-generated effects for full effect, even
if they aren’t quite as picture perfect as other films. And the characters in
Kung Fu Hustle make Neo and company seem like a bunch of high school posers. A
black trench coat is so passé. Try to pull off bright green alligator shoes with
gold tassels, striped golf pants, a yellow shirt and a green neckerchief – and
still come off as a badass. You almost don’t need to see another kung fu movie
ever, since this one seems to take the wire fu CGI cartoonish violence beyond
it’s logical conclusion. Goddamn, it’s brilliant. Between this and Sin City,
which we caught a second time at the drive in this week, it’s already been a
great summer for movies – and summer ain’t even here yet.
EAR PLUGS
Crap, we really should’ve put together those reviews from the Tiki Torch Night
at the T. Rex tribute. But hey, we’ve reviewd Tiki Torch Night before and T. Rex
would be familiar faces if you saw our Winter Formal review a couple of weeks
ago. Maybe this weekend we’ll see something fresh and new. Or maybe not. With
the weather lately we often find ourselves on a porch or a deck somewhere,
already drinking margaritas by 6 PM, so by the time a show gets going at 11
we’re demotivated and intoxicated. Ah, spring!
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