Movie Monkey Gods,
We watched “Journey to the West” suggested by Bill E. Another in his relentless pursuit to prove that we should love Asian cinema. This one translated a bit easier to my American eyes with it’s big budget special effects and it actually being a 100% action-comedy. I liked it, what’s not to like giant things, monkey men, weirdly aggressive women… if this was in English I would rate it 5 stars A#1 American Fun time.
If I knew more about DragonBall I could spot all the similarities, but I just got the general ones. But Goins seemed to be loving it!
This week it’s Bill D’s turn and he called his shot weeks ago when he picked ‘Bad Santa’ for a spontaneous ‘Christmas in September’ week. We will put Softember on hold for now.
I was on a different computer last week and I kind of messed up the screenshots, but I did manage to get some. But not of Dallman or Suleman… who both fell asleep for a bit.
Thursday 8:30
and only a few more weeks until BLACKTOBERFEST!
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons[1][4] (Chinese: 西遊·降魔篇) is a 2013 fantasy comedy film co-written and produced by Stephen Chow and co-directed by Chow and Derek Kwok.[5] The movie was first announced in July 2011 and was released on February 10, 2013 in China.[1] The film is a loose comedic re-interpretation of the 16th century novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic often believed to be written by Wu Cheng'en.
A sequel, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, written and produced by Chow and directed by Tsui Hark, was released on January 28, 2017.[6]
