Viewer Comments:The Eagle Shooting Heroes
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This is a prime example of you get it or you don't. Now I'm not belittling those that don't get this movie--I think they were more disappointed because they were expecting something different--but this movie is hysterical. Maybe it takes a more Asian sense of humor, but this movie was really great. It helps to understand that this isn't a true kung fu movie, rather a comedy about kung fu.
Maybe I missed something, but I did not enjoy this one. Great cast, but really stupid, confusing, not funny, poor use of wires, completely absurd. I usually like this type of movie, but I don't want to even watch this again.
It may be a cultural thing, but if you do get the jokes in the movie it's hilarious. I have watched this film again and again and it has not lost its appeal.
Action packed full of stars, each star plays his/their role extremely well and is no show-stealer--everyone is wonderful. Might even be confusing the first time through but that's why you'd buy it and watch it again! You probably missed the joke because you were still recovering from the first.
Maybe it's just me. . .maybe it's cultural. . .maybe it's my training as a movie maker but I find this bit a complete waste of great talent. I'm tolerant of sorry scripts, bad acting, bad cinema, etc. but I can't turn a blind to overall bad production, guys in monster suits (I dislike all those Japanese Gamera flicks) and silly, incoherent nonsense. This movie is definitely acquired taste and I don't discourage those from giving it a go. Just be forewarned it's not for everyone, especially me. Thumbs down.
This film is the only HK film I know of that one might say is as funny as "God of Cookery." I was playing this for some freinds the other night and one person had to go take a time out because she was hyper-ventilating. Sure it's got the HK film obsession with bodily functions; but, combined with a real wit and the incredible combination of Maggie Cheung AND Briggite Lin, it becomes something quite fantastic. Eagle Shooting Heros trancends the Hong Kong genre to become a classic of comedy cinema. You really won't regret it.
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