01-05-2005 07:17									#1
	Is the movie kung fu hustle a communist(china) propogana piece? Tired of ads?

Watching it now..... is this a propoganda piece? I am enjoying the movie and rooting for the good guys but.....

This is a chinese movie, right?

The "bad" guys dress like rich westeners and wear top hats.... while the good guys are the poor, REALLY poor, hard working peasents(who have super powers and kick ass.)

Is it me or is this movie a communist propoganda piece, Is this a chinese movie?


Whenever I see a chinese movie I enjoy looking for the features that allow it to make it past the censors.

Last edited by Vesayen on 01-05-2005 at 07:28

	01-05-2005 07:19									#2
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I'm fairly certain that it is not a chinese movie.

	01-05-2005 07:23									#3
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Does it pain you to root for the Chinese?

	01-05-2005 07:24									#4
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Yes it does, while the people of China are poor victims the goverment are such opresive, despotic bastards and LIKLEY to be responsible for the apocalypse in around 50 years.....

I don't like rooting for the Chinese.

	01-05-2005 08:26									#5
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And this means that any film about poor Chinese people whacking the man can't be enjoyed by you?

Hell, I root for Bruce Willis in his movies and I hate America. You gotta get over it.

	01-05-2005 09:32									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Yes it does, while the people of China are poor victims the goverment are such opresive, despotic bastards and LIKLEY to be responsible for the apocalypse in around 50 years.....

Looks like you get very thoroughly brainwashed. Check out the Doomsday Clock to see which country should be responsible for an "apocalype," if any.

As for your original question, the answer is no. It is not a Chinese film either. IIRC Columbia is behind it.

	01-05-2005 09:45									#7
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Have you NEVER seen an old Jackie Chan or Jet Li movie? In 1/2 of them the bad guys are imperialist English types just like what you describe. Heck, even in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles in Time the bad guy is a white aristocrat trying to exploit the natives.

OH NOES!!! TMNT3 is teh Chinese Propoganda!!!

	01-05-2005 10:52									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Watching it now..... is this a propoganda piece? I am enjoying the movie and rooting for the good guys but..... This is a chinese movie, right? The "bad" guys dress like rich westeners and wear top hats.... while the good guys are the poor, REALLY poor, hard working peasents(who have super powers and kick ass.) Is it me or is this movie a communist propoganda piece, Is this a chinese movie? Whenever I see a chinese movie I enjoy looking for the features that allow it to make it past the censors.

Um... Kung Fu Hustle is a parody of martial arts movies... they probably played the good guy peasants vs the bad guy westerners as part of that.

	01-05-2005 10:53									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Yes it does, while the people of China are poor victims the goverment are such opresive, despotic bastards and LIKLEY to be responsible for the apocalypse in around 50 years..... I don't like rooting for the Chinese.

	01-05-2005 11:48									#10
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Propaganda
Fascist
Hypocrite

The three words everybody should be able to spell before they're allowed to post at Poly.

	01-05-2005 11:56									#11
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The Chinese aren't necessarily guilty of discrimination, they just don't like any foreigners.

	01-05-2005 12:25									#12
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I'm still pissed at that steven seagal movie where they portray oil company executives as bad guys when we all know that isn't true.

	01-05-2005 15:18									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Um... Kung Fu Hustle is a parody of martial arts movies...

Not quite. It's just badly made

	01-05-2005 15:20									#15
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Like Kung Pow?

	01-05-2005 15:30									#16
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Kung Pow?

	01-05-2005 17:20									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Watching it now..... is this a propoganda piece? I am enjoying the movie and rooting for the good guys but..... This is a chinese movie, right?

No, it was made in Sweden.

quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Is it me or is this movie a communist propoganda piece, Is this a chinese movie?

Stephen Chow a commie? Of course, he's a good buddy of Mao.

quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Whenever I see a chinese movie I enjoy looking for the features that allow it to make it past the censors.

	01-05-2005 17:34									#18
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This is what you've been reduced to. I suppose it was inevitable.

	01-05-2005 18:43									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Watching it now..... is this a propoganda piece? I am enjoying the movie and rooting for the good guys but.....

How are you watching it right now? It's still in the theaters?

	01-05-2005 18:49									#20
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara How are you watching it right now? It's still in the theaters?

He's a thief. P2P networks carry more than music you know.

	01-05-2005 18:55									#21
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I know, I'm just trying to make him say it. I thought the quality on these things was really low, however, since it's basically a videotaped movie.

	01-05-2005 19:33									#22
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I know three good stores for pirated Chinese DVDs. The quality is excellent (the better stuff is just a bit-for-bit copy of the official releases).

	01-05-2005 21:11									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Vesayen Yes it does, while the people of China are poor victims the goverment are such opresive, despotic bastards and LIKLEY to be responsible for the apocalypse in around 50 years..... I don't like rooting for the Chinese.

Don't be utterly absurd...

	01-05-2005 21:14									#24
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? he could be watching it legally:

1. it's in us theatres now, in chicago, for instance. real ones, too, not arthouse ones.
2. legal dvd copies were released in february, coded for region 3.

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...and just because Columbia is behind it, doesn't make it American.

It's a Hong Kong film mostly financed by Columbia, which is owned by Sony, which is headquartered in Japan.

So would you call it a Japanese movie, even though virtually all of the cast and crew were Chinese? Hong Kong Chinese, no less?

	01-05-2005 21:17									#26
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...And Vesayen, if you don't like rooting for the Chinese, I have one question to ask you:


...Why the **** are you watching a movie where all the characters--both the protagonists and antagonists--are Chinese, then?

	01-05-2005 21:24									#27
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You haven't seen many kungfu flicks have you?

	01-05-2005 22:23									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed So would you call it a Japanese movie, even though virtually all of the cast and crew were Chinese? Hong Kong Chinese, no less?

I would call it a US film, because it was pretty much made like a Hollywood one. It was written and directed by Stephen Chow, a famous (some would say infamous) Hong Kong comedy actor.

He also wrote and directed Shaolin Soccerl, a film supposed to be funny.

It is not a Chinese movie because Chinese movies are made in China (the PRC). It is a Hong Kong movie, and we are not subjected to any censorship.

	02-05-2005 01:24									#29
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And Hong Kong is in which country? And the film is in which language? And the actors are which nationality?

	02-05-2005 01:32									#30
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When are Americans going to come to terms with their Sinophobic racism.

Ever since the end of the Cold War, Americans have been looking for someone to be "the evil enemy" and the poor old Chinese, who want little more than to sell you widgets are the best you can find.

Hence the endless and unprovoked China bashing. What is it with Americans? Do they need to have enemies to make them feel good about themselves or are they just racist?