The high rating and reviews made me think this would be a good movie. 15 minutes in, my parents were disappointed by the typical Stephen Chow film, and we had to switch. I thought it was a parody of the Hong Kong fighting movies where people exhibit exaggerated expressions and float in the air/fly, but we soon realized that it IS one of those movies. Half the actors do not deliver quality acting, adding onto the disaster that the movie is already.
Edit: I'm not going to justify my sense of humor, but I think it's pretty mainstream given that I laugh during Marvel movies and I like the popular comedy TV shows too. This type of movie is the kind that throws you some slapstick stuff and tries to use "weirdness" to underpin their "comedy." With a near nonexistent plot, the scenes don't drive the movie forward. I chuckled a couple of times at certain things (because I've seen them in memes a long time ago), but other than that, I was literally thinking, "what is going on in this movie???"
Comparing this to good martial arts films is aN absolute disgrace. I saw one reviewer said the fight scenes are great, especially the first one. Stylistically speaking, this movie is above the rest of those cheesy fighting films, but it is not really fighting if it's one-sided and the "action" ends as quickly as it started. If you've seen Daredevil, the first few seasons of Arrow, or even the Ip Man film series, then you'll actually know what decent good fighting scenes are.
Edit: This is DEFINITELY a cult film, because negative reviews like mine, which would've helped me a lot in the first place, have an excessive # of downvotes, and all the reviews with high ratings have a majority of helpful votes.
I hope my review sees the light of day and can prevent poor souls from watching this movie.
Edit: I'm not going to justify my sense of humor, but I think it's pretty mainstream given that I laugh during Marvel movies and I like the popular comedy TV shows too. This type of movie is the kind that throws you some slapstick stuff and tries to use "weirdness" to underpin their "comedy." With a near nonexistent plot, the scenes don't drive the movie forward. I chuckled a couple of times at certain things (because I've seen them in memes a long time ago), but other than that, I was literally thinking, "what is going on in this movie???"
Comparing this to good martial arts films is aN absolute disgrace. I saw one reviewer said the fight scenes are great, especially the first one. Stylistically speaking, this movie is above the rest of those cheesy fighting films, but it is not really fighting if it's one-sided and the "action" ends as quickly as it started. If you've seen Daredevil, the first few seasons of Arrow, or even the Ip Man film series, then you'll actually know what decent good fighting scenes are.
Edit: This is DEFINITELY a cult film, because negative reviews like mine, which would've helped me a lot in the first place, have an excessive # of downvotes, and all the reviews with high ratings have a majority of helpful votes.
I hope my review sees the light of day and can prevent poor souls from watching this movie.