What did everyone think of the movie Shaolin Soccer?

[ShowdOWN]

I just rented that dvd a few days ago and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It had some really funny and unique scenes that I have never seen before. But most of all, it was hilarious. I highly recommend it if you havent seen it.

Reviews

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[BladeWalker]

I have not seen it yet, but I heard it's a cross between soccer and Street Fighter.

 

[Mr N8]

I've owned it for ~ a year. I think its really funny. Still trying to convince my wife of that, though.

 

[Anubis]

very very stupid

 

[welst10]

love it

 

[MaxDSP]

its available on DVD?

 

[ragazzo]

fun movie. especially at the end sequence with someone lady and a bmw

 

[alexeikgb]

it was ok.... funny at times

 

Own it...its awesome.

 

[joinT]

Great flick

 

[Jeraden]

thumbs up

 

[andylawcc]

it is FABULOUS in chinese,
but I don't know how the dubbed English version would be like though. I don't think the jokes would translate well.

 

[imported_vr6]

It was a decent movie, the chick is smoking tho, i liked the way she worked the ball.

 

[phreakah]

i thought it was kinda funny

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
its available on DVD?

the hong kong version's been available for years now.

real gem of a movie.

i saw one of stephen chow's other movies, God of COokery. man that was dumb, but i still laughed (i'm a major foodie)

 

[Karsten]

I watched the original. Had a blast even if I didn't understand a word. I died laughing when the Goaly got his pants blown off!

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
its available on DVD?

Fry's has it for $9.99 in the Southern Calif ones.

 

[welst10]

That guy had a lot of funny flicks. This is not his best. he's the Jim Carrey of asia, so they say.

 

[RaDragon]

I found it to be hilarious and original

[ e d i t ]

grammar >.<

 

[pmoa]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
it is FABULOUS in chinese,
but I don't know how the dubbed English version would be like though. I don't think the jokes would translate well.

exactly....when heard in cantonese....its FANTASTIC!

 

[yukichigai]

I don't think there is a dubbed english version. I hope there isn't and there never is, 'cause as has been mentioned the jokes wouldn't translate very well.

The only part I really didn't like about the movie was when the girl got her "makeover". She looked like a poorly-done 1980s store mannequin. It was just ugly. I could not believe that was supposed to make her look good.

A friend pointed out that this movie is like Dragonball Z meets Soccer, except without the 4 hours of grunting, groaning and posturing where maybe 5 punches are thrown. I think he's right.

By the by, does anybody know if/how the actor who plays the villian is related to Jackie Chan? I'm pretty sure he is; he has a strong family resemblance and I saw the name "Terry Chan" in the mostly-cantonese credits. (The character name was in ideograms unfortunately)

 

[erikistired]

hilarious. and there is an english dub version, the new dvd has dubs and subs.

 

[tallest1]

surprisingly enough the english dub was done REALLY well, now someone tell me where I can get this mofo on DVD

 

[Wahsapa]

:thumbsup: it was pretty funny

 

[yukichigai]

Is the new DVD free of the subtitle problem on the old one?

(For those who don't know: the old DVDs had problems with selecting subtitles on the main menu. No matter what subtitles you selected before playing the movie, if subtitles were enabled the movie would play with Cantonese subtitles. You'd either have to hit the "subtitle" button on your remote or pause the movie, go back to the main menu and select the subtitles you actually wanted)