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And now, Kung Fury. . .
So I rewatched Kungy Fury last night. Since I just got done talking so much about STYLE in my Maniac write-up, I suppose I'll continue the trend here. And indeed, Kung Fury is absolutely filled to the brim with it. You could almost make the argument that the entire film is really just a style exercise, but frankly I don't think that would be fair. There's more to it than that.
But holy shit do they fucking NAIL IT in terms of getting everything right and really evoking a sense of the 80s. It's one of those things that you watch and you just have a smile plastered on your face almost the whole way through. It's especially true for me since, when I was a kid growing up in the 80s, I was obsessed with martial arts and action movies of the time. Just fucking OBSESSED!
A few specifics that stood out to me as being particularly amusing:
* "I knew he was dead straight off" after his partner gets cuts in half with a sword.
* "I was struck by lightning and bitten my a cobra."
* Hackerman shows up. First off, his name is Hackerman. Second, he's "the most powerful hacker of all time."
* Powerglove! I had one of those when I was a kid. It was a piece of shit, but holy fuck did it look cool!
* "ERROR: HACKING TOO MUCH TIME!" Uh oh, we've just hacked TOO MUCH TIME guys!!! Danger, Will Robinson! Hilarious.
* "Fuck! That's a laser raptor!"
* "I'm a cop. From the future." This line and his delivery made me crack up several times when I watched the trailer, and then again when I watched the actual film.
* The Aryan Mustache conversation is awesome.
* The cartoon where he dies and goes to heaven is SOOO perfect in terms of capturing the 80s style. Just amazing.
And now, that leads me to my one real gripe with the film, and frankly it's a major one.
The portrayal of Hitler is all off. In the trailer, they build him up to be this super-enemy. He's KUNG FUHRER: THE MOST EVIL KUNG FU MASTER OF ALL TIME!!! But in the actual film, he's this sniveling, weaselly fuck who doesn't seem to actually know how to fight. When he does throw any techniques, they're these limp-wristed punches and weak kicks that seem the opposite of what a kung fu master would do.
They really should've lived up to the idea in the trailer and made him this badass and then have the whole story build into an awesome face off between Kung Fury and Hitler. Instead, well, we got what we got.
So I think in some ways KF is a bit of a missed opportunity to make something TRULY AWESOME, but it's still a lot of fun and it's absolutely one of the most original productions to come out in years.
So I rewatched Kungy Fury last night. Since I just got done talking so much about STYLE in my Maniac write-up, I suppose I'll continue the trend here. And indeed, Kung Fury is absolutely filled to the brim with it. You could almost make the argument that the entire film is really just a style exercise, but frankly I don't think that would be fair. There's more to it than that.
But holy shit do they fucking NAIL IT in terms of getting everything right and really evoking a sense of the 80s. It's one of those things that you watch and you just have a smile plastered on your face almost the whole way through. It's especially true for me since, when I was a kid growing up in the 80s, I was obsessed with martial arts and action movies of the time. Just fucking OBSESSED!
A few specifics that stood out to me as being particularly amusing:
* "I knew he was dead straight off" after his partner gets cuts in half with a sword.
* "I was struck by lightning and bitten my a cobra."
* Hackerman shows up. First off, his name is Hackerman. Second, he's "the most powerful hacker of all time."
* Powerglove! I had one of those when I was a kid. It was a piece of shit, but holy fuck did it look cool!
* "ERROR: HACKING TOO MUCH TIME!" Uh oh, we've just hacked TOO MUCH TIME guys!!! Danger, Will Robinson! Hilarious.
* "Fuck! That's a laser raptor!"
* "I'm a cop. From the future." This line and his delivery made me crack up several times when I watched the trailer, and then again when I watched the actual film.
* The Aryan Mustache conversation is awesome.
* The cartoon where he dies and goes to heaven is SOOO perfect in terms of capturing the 80s style. Just amazing.
And now, that leads me to my one real gripe with the film, and frankly it's a major one.
The portrayal of Hitler is all off. In the trailer, they build him up to be this super-enemy. He's KUNG FUHRER: THE MOST EVIL KUNG FU MASTER OF ALL TIME!!! But in the actual film, he's this sniveling, weaselly fuck who doesn't seem to actually know how to fight. When he does throw any techniques, they're these limp-wristed punches and weak kicks that seem the opposite of what a kung fu master would do.
They really should've lived up to the idea in the trailer and made him this badass and then have the whole story build into an awesome face off between Kung Fury and Hitler. Instead, well, we got what we got.
So I think in some ways KF is a bit of a missed opportunity to make something TRULY AWESOME, but it's still a lot of fun and it's absolutely one of the most original productions to come out in years.
