10.01.09
Bend it Like Bruce Lee
Hurrah! The first of the scary fillums nights of the year was on yesterday.
For various reasons the scary bit was toned down completely for the first pick to allow D to attend. We also chose curry ahead of pizza this once to allow Nicky to actually have nice food rather than the bland stuff her man insists upon.
Oh and Tom D, The Biskup and Mats1 came along too. A nice crowd and after nice food we got going.
First pick: Shaolin Soccer – Well now here’s a thing. I think this is the first fillum we’ve picked precisely because of the quality of the trailer that we’d spotted on an earlier fillum night. And it was worth it. A grand fillum with a bit of slack that they seem to have excised from the english-dubbed version. (We watched the 100-odd minute Chinese version – the english dubbed version is only 80-something minutes long).
Totally ludicrous, stupid acting and over-script. Great fun tho and made us all laugh I think. How could you not love a denoument that has Shaolin Soccer team versus “Team Evil”?
Probably the best (and certainly the funniest) sports movie I’ve seen in years (possibly ever).
After a swift loo and juggling break we lost 3 guests before settling down in front of Black Sheep.
Credits were mildly discomforting what with Jonathan King being the writer and producer.
Inevitable comprisons with Braindead only with sheep. It was funny, mildly gruesome and had one of the oddest easter eggs I’ve ever spotted on a DVD. Only mildly discomforting and the humour was good. It was short and to the point too. Nice.
Next night will be an Iberian thing with one in Portugese and another in Spanish.