Without needing to introduce concepts and characters, the story can now progress into more epic areas and I’m excited for what’s to come. Recently and after 20 years of the first two another movie has come out that has been titled A Chinese Odyssey Part 3. “Where are my grapes?” You have a…, A ranked list of the Chinese-language movies I've seen since November of 2013. This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Drama More ways to shop: Find an Apple Store or other retailer near you. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box, They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? More Chinese Odyssey - at least according to the english title of the movie. Content Rating: Not Yet Rated Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. FILM BELLISSIMO FOLLISSIMO PAZZISSIMO SCEMO IN CULO, this was an excellent deal of fun and I absolutely loved the humour, but I'm just not sure about the pacing of the movie, it's the same issue I had with Hark's Green Snake, there was constantly something happening and my brain just couldn't handle it, so much so that an hour in, I had to take a 15 minute breakI'm still more of a fan of Chow's Journey To The West : Conquering the Demons, but he and everyone else were excellent here, and I'm definitely going to be checking out the sequel when my brain allows me to, tarrdigrade 1,832 films 30,378 219 Edit, If you're feeling overwhelmed, but still want to squeeze a film into your daily routine, this list is made for…, Jayce Fryman 18,682 films 3,287 111 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. It wasn’t a faithful retelling of any sections of Wu Cheng’en’s material, choosing instead to give us an origin story of a few key characters. Film data from TMDb. TMDb Arthur Waley's abridged translation, Monkey, is known in English-speaking … Bull Demon King. The film is a sequel to parts one and two of A Chinese Odyssey I understood the story completely, might have to do with the fact that I was forced to read the "Journey To The West Book” when I was young. So the Monkey King is given a second chance and reincarnated 500 years in the future as a bandit leader named Joker. Ng Man Tat. It was made as a two-parter and should be treated as such, so I’ll hold off on any real criticisms regarding the story and the characters until later. This is actually very loosely based on the book, in fact the only similarity this film has with the book are the characters, the Chinese tittle of the movie is "The 101th chapter" for a reason. It's done very well to tell a serious story In a comedy way.It also gave me my first chuckle of the film. The fake invisibility sequence alone is worth the price of admission. "A Chinese Ghost Story vs. Dragon Ball made by Lau/Chow-Productions. Like his future work, A Chinese Odyssey Part 1: Pandora’s Box is its own story and stars Chow as Wukong, whose general behaviour and treachery has forced Guanyin to do something drastic. ( Log Out /  Qu’est-ce que je calice de ma vie à écouter autre chose que des comédies slapstick librement inspirées du Voyage vers l’Occident? ( Log Out /  Before she can render a final judgement, Tang Sangzang (known in this version as Longetivity Monk, played by Law Kar-ying) pleads for the sentence to be softer, … Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. It’s impressive just how much the 2nd half of this movie is better than the 1st. Shenanigans ensue. This third part of the saga feels like sitting in a roller coaster, the scenes are fast and furious, perhaps difficult to follow if you didn't see the previous Odyssey parts, or if you aren't familiar with Chinese myths. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Gillian Chung. Show all Cast & Crew Critic Reviews for A Chinese Odyssey II -- Cinderella It'd be very hard to think of a more pointless reboot than writer-director Jeff Lau Chun-wai's A Chinese Odyssey Part Three. Johnnie Kong – Blindy The third chapter of the cult-classic fantasy saga: A Chinese Odyssey. Bizarr wird es auf jeden Fall. I must say I didn’t like it at first but slowly it won me over by focusing on the right characters and Stephen Chow doing Stephen Chow things. Chun Sanshi Niang. Movie: A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella Country: Hong Kong Release Date: Feb 4, 1995 Duration: 1 hr. I can handle the truth. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Credited cast: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung ... Li Yilong (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung) Faye Wong ... Princess Wushuang: Wei Zhao ... Phoenix: Chen Chang ... Emperor Zheng De: Roy Cheung ... Chu Liangshim: Athena Chu ... Amour Amour: Rebecca Pan ... Queen mother: Jan Lamb ... Comentary (voice) Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Fai-Hung Chan Sex: 1/10 Stephen Chow. Ter Stephen Chow no elenco é certeza que nós veremos diversas bizarrias, mas eu não estava preparada para a loucura desse wuxia que tudo indica ficará ainda mais entranhado na mitologia budista chinesa na continuação.BlurayRip FGT. i think it's safe to say here that whenever i get to watch films like this i remember why i love films and their possibility space that's always ever expanding. Er is veel hard blauw, groen en oranje licht dat uit de achtergrond knalt en de sets zijn…. An utterly maddening and deliberately convoluted Shaw Bros homage/parody, that belongs with the likes of Airplane and Monty Python in how committed it is to both relentless jokes, and the genre/period it’s gleefully mocking. ", Ich mag:- von A Chinese Ghost Story die vernebelten Fantasy-Monsterkämpfe mit viel klassischem Drahtseil-Wuxia (je mehr Pirouetten, desto besser)- die klassische Reise nach Westen/Affenkönig-Geschichte die auch in Dragon Ball Verwendung findet (die ersten Bände bzw. Change ). The Grapes: Shuming Lu ... Bull King: Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Kin-Yan Lee Li Po Lung ... Monkey … This is the last part of the Odyssey Trilogy. Time travel: Just go back a whole ten minutes, dude Schon der Originalton ist mit wenig Genauigkeit nachsynchronisiert und die Gags allesamt Müll (wobei ich nicht glaube, dass dies an der Übersetzung der Untertitel liegt). Don't know If that's true though. This began as an open-ended project about…, The 15th and the latest edition of TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films - ranked 1001-2000th www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_films1001-2000.htm, I’m sick of sorting through concerts, series, and other non-movies. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. The most impressive thing about A Chinese Odyssey is that it cycles through different genres and excels at all of them. ‎Watch trailers, read customer and critic reviews, and buy A Chinese Odyssey: Part 2 directed by 劉鎮偉 for $6.99. Because it’s difficult to really judge this film on its own. That’s the stuff that will carry over into part 2, so I’m very much looking forward to seeing what’s in store in the next chapter of the story. "Anticipating the slightly more serious turn Chow would take later in his career, A Chinese Odyssey would have plenty of nonsense slapstick, but it would also take the themes of the novel, the reformation of the Monkey King, bringing him into line with Buddhist orthodoxy, completely seriously. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an … Even if you don't understand anything I guarantee you with still be entertained by Chow's Mo Lei Tau jokes. Well, this is probably due to the fact that, almost twenty years prior, he played that role himself in a three-hour film split into two parts called A Chinese Odyssey. Chow nails the monkey role. 77. Ng Man-tat – Pigsy 4? Unknown. I loved the crazy fun costumes, especially the Spider Woman’s and the action sequences were a perfect mix of comical and wuxia for my tastes. When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. Stephen Chow at his best. I figured I'd have a better handle on it now, having seen so many Journey to the West and Monkey King movies in the intervening years, and I've even read some of the book itself. Fantasy adventure about the arrival of Buddhism in China. This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". A Chinese Odyssey Part 1: Pandora’s Box (1995) TMDb Score. Athena Chu – Zixia, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Hong Kong, Period, Wuxia, 1995, Athena Chu, Jeffrey Lau, Johnnie Kong, Karen Mok, Law Kar-ying, Lu Shuming, Ng Man-tat, Review, Stephen Chow, Yammie Lam. Há 25 anos estreava em Hong Kong. The Grapes: Athena Chu ... Zixia: Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Mobile site. Stunts - 78/100 | Mainly Stephen Chow being set on fire… about 4 times. Auf was lasse ich mich hier eigentlich ein? One bit of trivia from IMDB I found Interesting was that this Is considered as classical to China as The Godfather Is to America. Bull King costume: A solid 5/10 He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. one of the most exhilarating films i've ever seen while also being one of the most fun! Narrative - 42/100 | Only finds its footing in the latter parts…. Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing. A Chinese Odyssey Part Three is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong fantasy comedy drama film directed by Jeffrey Lau.It was released in China on September 14, 2016. I dare say the time travel ending shenanigans saved this movie._________________________________________. Doch dann wurde ich überrascht: Mit nur noch einem Rad auf der Straße bekommt der Wagen namens "A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box" noch die Kurve und wird richtig unterhaltsam. In that regard, I have to say that Pandora’s Box falls a bit flat as far as its title goes. Based on the novel Journey to the West (~1500s), an assortment of Chinese folktales turned into a 100 chapter masterwork by Wu Cheng'en, Jeffrey Lau’s fantasy comedy A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995) quickly slips the leash of its source for an extremely loose adaption overflowing with gags and slapstick humor. Cast & Crew. Report this film. Jeffrey Lau – Grandpa Buddha / The Grapes Und wenn dann hier Spinnen-Monster und Riesen-Ochsen mit Magie bekämpft werden, Groundhog Day-Zeitreisespielchen anstehen, das Feuer im Schritt mit den Füssen ausgetreten werden muss (mehrfach;), oder eine Runde Entbindungs-Wrestling angebracht ist, dann erlaube ich mir auch mal einen kleinen Schmunzler... i'm a simple man. Daarnaast is dit ook mijn eerste Lau, dus ik had niet echt een idee wat ik ervan moest verwachten. 1995 Law Kar-ying – Longevity Monk Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Lu Shuming – Bull King Athena Chu. It won the Golden Angel Award for Film at the 12th Chinese American Film Festival. If you are a fan of Kung Fu Hustle I would search these out. With talented people like Kar-Ying Law and Karen Mok fleshing out the secondary cast and a notable cameo of Jeffrey Lau (as "The Grapes"), there are absolutely no complaints about the cast. Written in Japanese, one pack said “made by hand” or temomi, while the other was a machine-processed tea.I opened the temomi, clearly the more expensive one, based purely on my experience of what temomi means to a sencha or … Writer: Wu Cheng’en (highly debatable), Stephen Chow – Joker/ Monkey King "A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora’s Box", eine Actionkomödie aus Hongkong, die scheinbar sehr lose auf altertümlichen Sagen und Erzählungen aus China beruht, beginnt eigentlich richtig schlecht. I can understand how the plot of the movie might seem confusing to people who aren't Chinese or haven't read the famous "Journey To The West" book. Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her. Fairy Zixia uses the Pandora's Box to look into the future. Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing. Stephen Chow Ng Man Tat Athena Chu Law Kar-Ying Yammie Lam Karen Mok Jeffrey Lau Johnnie Kong Luk Shu-Ming Ada Choi, Choi Sing Din Ying Gung Shut Xi'an Film Studio, Le roi singe 1 - La boîte de Pandore, 월광보합, 西游记I之月光宝盒, 서유기-월광보합, A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box, 齊天大聖東遊記, A Chinese Odyssey Part I-Pandora's Box, Đại Thoại Tây Du - Nguyệt Quang Bảo Hợp, Tây Du Ký - Nguyệt Quang Bảo Hợp (1995), Eine chinesische Odyssee, 88 mins   At the end of 'A Chinese Odyssey 2', Zixia managed to see in advance the outcome of the battle. Het enige werk dat ik van Chow gezien heb, is The Mermaid, maar daar speelde hij zelf niet in. Overall I'd give It a 3.5/5* but because of how excited I am to watch parts 2 & 3 I'll give It a 4. Wat vooral opvalt, is dat het een drukke bedoening is en dat de humor vaak erg flauw is – soms zelfs platvloers – maar dat sommige grappen wel weer geslaagd zijn. A Chinese Odyssey Part 3 is an odd joint (ad) venture between the typically Hong Kong action movie and the traditional fantasy drama of China Mainland. IF YOU LOVE RIKI-OH, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, OR ANY OF STEPHEN CHOW’S FILMS:FUCKING WATCH THIS, stephen chow gets his dick stomped on for a grand total of probably two minutes and it fucking rules. Before she can render a final judgement, Tang Sangzang (known in this version as Longetivity Monk, played by Law Kar-ying) pleads for the sentence to be softer, offering his own life in the process. Of course there’s so much stuff that will go over my head as a Westerner with limited knowledge of Journey to the West, and wider Wuxia cinema. This…. Directed by Jeffrey Lau. In my opinion, both the Chinese Odyssey movies are one of the bests in Chinese cinema history. I didn’t understand much because the plot is almost incomprehensible but it was just nice to see all the crazy and bizarre antics. 39 min. I mentioned just earlier that Pandora’s Box is an original story, but unlike other Journey films which keep a certain feel about them, this one just sort of goes its own direction stylistically. It’s the acme of the mo lei tau genre, the high point at which its absurdity becomes elevated to something like a philosophy of life.". Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. wildly ambitious, constantly adding in threads of different tones and most of the time nailing their inclusion in the flow of everything else. Staffel mit dem entsprechenden Humor) - von Jeffrey Lau und Stephen Chow ihre anderen cartoonartigen Zusammenarbeiten wie Kung Fu Hustle und Shaolin Soccer (alberner Slapstick; 'der unwissende Held'-Story). 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