I have only watch the original once, when it's on TV, and it's quite good. So I thought I might give this a try.
The director of my favorite Chinese film last year (Ip Man 2) directed this movie, Louis Koo is in this movie (one of the better actor Hong Kong's film industry had to offer). I mean how could this movie get a score lower than a 7? That's was what I thought before I watch the movie.
Half an hour into the movie, I had already regretted I spent RM8 on this. This movie is a huge disappointment. It's boring, the character is dull and the post production crew didn't even try to get some good voice actor to dub the Mandarin speaking character. Seriously, the character's face does not match their voice. (I watch the Cantonese version).
And the acting done by the guy who play Ning Choi San is really bad. Didn't they held an audition to find suitable actor/actress? Because of the bad voice acting and unsuitable actor, the only character you really care about in the whole movie is really Louis Koo alone.
Also, Wai Ying Hong's character as the tree monster is a bit exaggerating and ridiculous, the next thing we know, the villain ends up becoming the second funniest character in the movie.
Finally, what is wrong with Hong Kong's film industry lately? Why are there a myriad of actor/actress from mainland China in Hong Kong movie lately? Most of the character in this movie are played by mainland Chinese actor/actress. It's not like I'm a racist against mainland Chinese or anything, but if you can't speak Cantonese, don't audition for a role that needs you to speak Cantonese. It ends up becoming a mess after the dubbing.
P/S: I'm really sad I had to say this, but the only good thing about this movie is the babes and Louis Koo's jokes.
The director of my favorite Chinese film last year (Ip Man 2) directed this movie, Louis Koo is in this movie (one of the better actor Hong Kong's film industry had to offer). I mean how could this movie get a score lower than a 7? That's was what I thought before I watch the movie.
Half an hour into the movie, I had already regretted I spent RM8 on this. This movie is a huge disappointment. It's boring, the character is dull and the post production crew didn't even try to get some good voice actor to dub the Mandarin speaking character. Seriously, the character's face does not match their voice. (I watch the Cantonese version).
And the acting done by the guy who play Ning Choi San is really bad. Didn't they held an audition to find suitable actor/actress? Because of the bad voice acting and unsuitable actor, the only character you really care about in the whole movie is really Louis Koo alone.
Also, Wai Ying Hong's character as the tree monster is a bit exaggerating and ridiculous, the next thing we know, the villain ends up becoming the second funniest character in the movie.
Finally, what is wrong with Hong Kong's film industry lately? Why are there a myriad of actor/actress from mainland China in Hong Kong movie lately? Most of the character in this movie are played by mainland Chinese actor/actress. It's not like I'm a racist against mainland Chinese or anything, but if you can't speak Cantonese, don't audition for a role that needs you to speak Cantonese. It ends up becoming a mess after the dubbing.
P/S: I'm really sad I had to say this, but the only good thing about this movie is the babes and Louis Koo's jokes.