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Movie Review: Adventure of the King/龍鳳店

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“You’re watchingBathing in Prison, starring Barbie Hsu as Adventure of the King/龍鳳店 and Richie Ren as the audience .”

This f@#$ing movie was so bad that watching it gave mepinkeye.

We went to the Grand @ Elements for this piece of junk. The last 3 Chinese movies we’ve seen there have been crap, counting this one. Which makes sense, since its a sequel toFlirting Scholar 2, a film whose only redeeming value was that itended.

To be fair, the lastAmerican movieI saw there was crap too.

The really funny (for you), aggravating (for me) thing was that after the film, we were forced into this bizarre underground journey to getoutof the cinema.

Because, it turns out, this film’spremierewas taking place in lieu of the 9:15 showing.

We were told this by one of the Grand’s employees, who pointed at the poster.

“We’ve just seen it,” I said. “Can we get our money back?”

“It’s a Chinese film,” he was saying to another of the Gang of Film, a statement whose necessity is right up there isSean is Angry.

Which is germane to the story, because as soon as he said that, I said “It’s ash*tmovie!” Some people around me seemed to take offence, but f@#$ them.

They hadn’t just watched it.

We hung around the lobby to catch a glimpse of Richie Ren and other assorted stars.

As people filed into the cinema, myself and another Gang member laughed cruelly  and said “You’re alldoomed…”

They didn’t like this too much, but as previously noted,f@#$ them .

I gave them thestink eye.

Which is still better than whatAdventure of the King/龍鳳店gave them.

Maybe I’m being overly critical. It’s possible to like this movie, and here’sproof.

More likely, though, its proof that very strong weed grows in Malaysia.

over 14 years ago 0 likes  6 comments  0 shares
Mariejost 26 dsc00460
Of course someone reviewing this movie on the internet liked it. If you look long and hard enough, you can find a positive review about every wretched movie ever made on the Internet (even if there are 100,000 pans to set right next to it)., believe me, I have it on good authority. I've just spent the last 3 days slogging through article after article of "established" (read, print) critics moaning about the rise of the internet amateur reviewers/bloggers, the appalling journalistic standards seen in web reviewing, blah-blah-blah., ad nauseam. At least I know you have identifiable standards that I generally also espouse, a vast knowledge of the area of film that you specialize in and a witty neo-gonzo writing style that often turns these reviews into much more entertaining fare than the movie you just watched. I'm just sorry you had to take another bullet for the discriminating viewer on this one.
over 14 years ago
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I like how the reviewer's last paragraph is referring to all the 'strong,' 'manipulating' colors that are 'pleasing to the eye.' Yeah, she was either on weed or mushrooms when watching this film. hahaha
over 14 years ago
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At least they made a better poster for this than for "Flirting Scholar 2"
over 14 years ago
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I randomly decided to watch this on my flight back to Hong Kong from NY. Keeping your review in mind, I didn't have high expectations.... or expectations of any kind. I kind of hoped it would help me just pass out on the flight so I wouldn't be so jetlagged on return. I do have to say that I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't think it sucked nearly as much as I thought it would. In fact, I actually got a kick out of it. Then again, that might just be because my standards have been lowered so much after the last two Hong Kong "comedies" I watched on plane trips ("Beauty on Duty" and "Fantastic Water Babes"). In comparison, I thought this flic was far better and more coherently written, shot, acted, edited, and overall less psychotic than those other two flics.
about 14 years ago

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