Posted by BrianLynch at bgp572008bgs.eatntn01.nj.comcast.net on May 18, 2003 at 12:49:58:
In Reply to: Recent Movie Love Interest posted by who cares who sent the paper on May 18, 2003 at 12:01:53:
: Has anybody seen last year's "Kung Pow: Enter The Fist"? I just saw this movie on HBO and its fucking awesome. Hilarious.
I can honestly say, it's one of the five worst comedies of all time. At least, that's just my opinion. It's staggeringly unfunny.
:Reminiscent of Monty Python style humor.
Have you seen ANYTHING by Monty Python? It's not like Monty Python at all. Like, not in the least.
:What they did was they took Steve Oedekerk (wrote the Ace Ventura movies, Cable Guy, etc.) and an old Kung Fu movie.
He wrote the second ACE VENTURA, not the first. And he had nothing to do with the CABLE GUY. Odekerk is also the guy behind the world's worst attempts at humor, those terrible THUMB videos. THUMBTANIC, BLAIR THUMB. He scares me. He also wrote the upcoming BRUCE ALMIGHTY, which looks kinda sorta okay and devoid of any unfunny talking thumbs.
:They digitally inserted him into the scenes and dubbed his voice over different characters. I'm buying the DVD today. Anybody else's input?
It's God awful. BUT if you did like it, you should check out WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY. Woody Allen essentially did the same thing twenty years prior to Odekerk and did it much better, he dubbed an old chop socky movie with all new dialog, and the results are fantastic.